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Cut global emissions by 7.6 percent every year for next decade to meet 1.5°C Paris target
On the eve of a year in which nations are due to strengthen their Paris
climate pledges, a new UN Environment Programme (UNEP) report warns...
Kenyan students learn about environmental law
In our globalized world, environmental threats require effective
responses that promote peace, justice, development and the fulfilment of
environmental and human rights. This is the responsibility...
Thirty years on, what is the Montreal Protocol doing to protect the ozone?
The Montreal Protocol to protect the
Earth’s ozone layer is to date the only United Nations
environmental agreement to be ratified by every country in the...
Trade and Development Bank, UNEP to collaborate on climate finance
In a pledge to continue stepping-up its commitment to climate change
mitigation and adaptation action, the Eastern and Southern African Trade and
Development Bank (TDB) signed...
CLEANTECH: A Catalyst for Climate Action
On the third day of the 18th Session of its General
Conference, the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)
organized an event on innovative Cleantech solutions...
Rooting for the environment in times of conflict and war
Eighteen years ago, on 5 November 2001, the United Nations General
Assembly declared 6 November the
International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in...
More countries than ever hit by forest fires in 2018
Today, the European Commission
published the 2018 edition of its Annual Report on Forest Fires in Europe, the
Middle East and North Africa. According to the...
Climate Risks: Wildfires, Glacier Melt, Coastal Flooding … A Beautiful Antelope
California
wildfires are again in the news as the Kincade Fire now raging risks 50,000
people, who have been evacuated. It might come as a surprise...
Major Environmental Groups Call On Businesses To Lead On Climate Policy
Eleven leading environmental
and sustainable business organizations published an open letter in the New York
Times today, urging the CEOs of Corporate America to step up...
Develop while you still can
The last
week saw the United Nations General Assembly as the focal point for global
affairs, with the center stage given to the confrontation between a...