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2020, one of three warmest years on record: World Meteorological Organization Unsplash/John Towner: 2020 was the warmest decade on record, according to the World Meteorological Organization. The COVID-19 pandemic was not the only long-term crisis the world will remember from 2020. In terms of climate change, the year was also one o...
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Step up climate change adaptation or face serious human and economic damage – UN reportPixabay / 14 Jan 2021Almost three-quarters of nations have some adaptation plans in place, but financing and implementation fall far short of what is neededAnnual adaptation costs in developing countries are...
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UN chief calls for ‘urgent transition’ from fossil fuels to renewable energy Unsplash/Karsten Würth: A wind farm in Biedesheim, Germany Building a global coalition for carbon neutrality by mid-century will be the UN’s “central objective”, the world body’s top official told a conference on climate action on Mo...
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António Guterres: 2021 Is the Year to Reconcile Humanity with Nature Credit: Global Landscapes Forum UN Climate Change News, 11 January 2021 - In a virtual address today at the ‘One Planet Summit’ for biodiversity hosted by the French government in cooperation with the United Nations and the World Bank, UN Secretary-Genera...
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Meeting the global phosphorus challenge will deliver food security and reduce pollution Photo by Reuters / 04 Jan 2021 “It is unacceptable that hunger is on the rise at a time when the world wastes more than 1 billion tonnes of food every year. It is time to change how we produce and consume, including to reduce greenhouse emissions,” says U...
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Winners of the 2020 UN Global Climate Action Awards Announced Credit: C40 Cities Finance Facility Bonn, Germany, 27 October 2020 - The recipients of the 2020 United Nations Global Climate Action Awards were announced today, shining a light on some of the best examples of what people across the globe are doing to com...
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‘Growing momentum’ to make 2021 the global action year for sustainable energyUNDP Yemen: Men install solar panels for a hospital in Yemen. In a bid of optimism for the new year, the UN Development Programme (UNDP) expressed confidence that clean energy would grow in 2021. Despite that the world is not on tr...