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According to the IPCC, the concentration of greenhouse gases in the earth’s atmosphere is directly linked to the average global temperature on Earth, and the concentration has been rising steadily. The most abundant greenhouse gas, accounting for about two-thirds of greenhouse gases, carbon dioxide, is largely the product of burning fossil fuels.
There is alarming evidence that important tipping points, leading to irreversible changes in major ecosystems and the planetary climate system, may already have been reached or passed. One of the most urgent challenges facing countries across the world today is how to achieve economic prosperity and development while also combating climate change.
The Paris climate change agreement commits nations to limit global temperature rise to no more than 2°C above pre-industrial levels, with countries pledging to cut or curb their greenhouse gas emissions – through a combination of mitigation and adaptation measures – by 2030.
Created a Post in Agriculture, Green Recovery from COVID-19, Climate Change
Our food systems are failing us. Over 800 million people are suffering from hunger, while 13% of the world’s population are obese. So what is to blame?
Agricultural production follows the money. And 87% of the $540 billion given to agricultural producers each year is either price distorting or harmful to nature and human health. So what we can do to fix it?
Listen to our latest #podcast to find out! We discuss how #foodsystems transformation can generate system-wide benefits while protecting farmers, consumers and nature ?
Co-produced with UNDP and UNEP. Listen below:
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To read UNDP, UNEP and FAO's new report, which provides many of the answers in this month's episode, click here ? bit.ly/3DRrks9
Created a Post in Stockholm+50, Climate Change
Contemporary discussion of climate policy rarely acknowledges inequality.
However, 10% of the world’s population is responsible for about half of all GHG emissions, while the bottom half of the world contributes just 12% of all emissions. This is not simply a rich versus poor countries divide: there are huge emitters in poor countries, and low emitters in rich countries.
Why do these inequalities matter? After all, shouldn’t we all reduce our emissions? Yes, we should, but obviously some groups will have to make a greater effort than others.
At the world level, a modest wealth tax on multimillionaires with a pollution top-up could generate 1.7% of global income. This could fund the bulk of extra investments required every year to meet climate mitigation efforts.
According to Lucas Chancel, co-director of the World Inequality Lab, and affiliate professor at Sciences Po, it’s time for us to acknowledge there can be no deep decarbonisation without profound redistribution of income and wealth.
What do you think? And most importantly, what would you be willing to give up in the time race to save the planet?
Created a Post in Green Recovery from COVID-19, Climate Change, Gender
There can be no just transition without gender justice.
Indeed, the pandemic has drawn attention to a trio of interlocking crises that systematically undermine gender equality: jobs, care and climate.
In response, UN Women’s new “Feminist plan” provides a visionary but practical roadmap for putting gender equality, social justice, and sustainability at the centre of the recovery and transformation.
Visit the webpage to find our more.
Created a Post in Cities and Urban Development, Climate Change, Water and Sanitation
Smart Digital Water Management of the Future
Created a Post in Climate Change, Sustainable Finance
OPINION: Carbon markets are booming. Here’s how to ensure they work
As companies and governments move toward net-zero emissions goals, demand for offsets will soar - but they need integrity to work
Wall Street’s $22 Trillion Carbon Time Bomb
It’s not just the moral imperative of dumping fossil-fuel producers anymore. Now it’s a matter of financial health.
Created a Post in Climate Change, Energy, Sustainable Finance
GFLP International Conference: Financing Net Zero and Nature Positive Future
From 16 to 17 December 2021, the Global Green Finance Leadership Program (GFLP) is hosting GFLP International Conference: Financing Net Zero and Nature Positive Future, co-hosted by Beijing Institute of Finance and Sustainability and UK PACT.
This two-day conference is intended to invite experts to exchange ideas and discuss topics on Role of Green and Sustainable Finance, Climate Disclosure and Other Approaches in Climate and Nature-Related Risk Management, Financial Product Innovation for Sustainability, and Carbon Accounting for Financial Institutions.
Created a Post in Energy, Climate Change, Industry and Entrepreneurship
Cobalt, lithium, nickel and graphite, historically of secondary interest to miners, have gained exceptional value in a world trying to set fossil fuels aside due to their use in electric batteries.
But will mining ever been sustainable and fair?
From Congo to Serbia, the rising quest for these materials is demonstrating how the clean energy revolution, meant to save the planet from perilously warming temperatures in an age of enlightened self-interest, is already caught in a familiar cycle of exploitation, greed and gamesmanship that often puts narrow national aspirations above all else.
Created a Post in Climate Change, Energy, Industry and Entrepreneurship
The Covid pandemic has made even more evident our reliance on technology. Indeed, our way of working has changed - with some of us even working remotely full time.
We often see this as a more sustainable pattern, but is this really the case?
Computers, servers and other electronic devices require large amounts of natural resources.The energy to run them emits high amounts of CO2, and programmed obsolescence and the low percentage of recycling are generating e-waste. Plus, the vast majority of data in the cloud are not used.
Without denying the many benefits brought by these technologies, including for the environment, it is important for users, services providers and policy makers to understand what the impacts are and to learn how we can move towards greener digital technologies.
Read the brief to discover more!
Created a Post in Climate Change, Forestry
Recent study details the use of satellite technology to estimate how fires change and destabilize forestry landscapes. Fires in Brazil's Amazon continue to threaten the ecological and ethnological makings of the carbon sink.