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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 Cities and Urban Development, Climate Change
Investments of about $280 billion will be needed to cope with the effects of climate change in 35 cities in South Africa, Kenya and Ethiopia by 2050, new report by the Coalition for Urban Transitions shows. As the fastest urbanizing continent and the hardest hit by global warming, trillions of dollars of investment will be needed as a further 950 million people are expected to live in African cities by 2050.
The report concludes that the regulatory and financial framework and policy reforms are highly required to mobilize finance at scale and unlock investment in cities. Is it achievable?
Created a Post in Climate Change, Energy
According to UNDP administrator, Achim Steiner, lower-income countries shouldn’t be penalized for seeking to develop gas power or restricted to renewable energy just because they are looking to boost their power generation, while even wealthier countries show little sign of doing the same. Is the world moving quickly enough towards a decarbonized energy structure?
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Created a Post in Climate Change, Green Recovery from COVID-19
Having already pledged to reach net zero emissions by 2060, how can Indonesia and other countries now implement change on the scale required? The answer - as Indonesia is learning - starts in the classroom. Find out more in our latest blog article for the Green Learning Network - link below ? ? ⬇️
After being named as one of the best inventions of 2020 by Time magazine, Climate TRACE - the world's first comprehensive accounting of global GHGs based on direct, independent observation - has recently been released. It tracks human-caused GHG emissions in real-time using satellite imagery and other forms of remote sensing, artificial intelligence, and collective data science expertise.
Created an Event in Climate Change
Created a Post in Agriculture, Climate Change
Establishing a sustainable food supply in the middle of the desert is extremely challenging. High temperatures throughout the year making it inhospitable for farming and lack of fresh water for irrigation are just two among many other challenges.
How to create a smart and sustainable food supply in the desert, taking the case of Red Sea Project as an example?
Created a Post in Climate Change
All crises teach us lessons, but the pandemic has gone further: it has reminded us about the power of nature. A recent Ipsos poll conducted globally for the IMF found that 43% of people surveyed reported being more worried about climate change now than they were before the pandemic, with only 7% saying they are less worried. The heightened public awareness about the dangers of unmitigated climate change make this an important moment for policymakers to enact bold reforms.
The new IPCC special report on effects of global warming above pre-industrial levels, sounds an alarm on the irreversible negative impacts of human activity on our own habitat. Nature-based solutions as a tool for climate mitigation is highlighted due to its co-benefits in improving human well-being - change can be for the better!