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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, Transportation and Mobility
Since 2012 the World Bank has integrated Nature-based Solutions (NbS) in around 100 projects across 60 countries, and developed a knowledge base to help mainstream NbS. One of them is improving transport infrastructure resilience in Haiti, a country prone to natural disasters, from hurricanes to earthquakes.
Created a Post in Green Recovery from COVID-19, Climate Change, Sustainable Finance
AfDB President Dr Akinwumi Adesina reminded global audiences of the continent’s vast opportunities for green growth at the recent European Union-Africa Green Investment Forum.
Created an Event in Climate Change, Transportation and Mobility
Created a Post in Natural Capital, Climate Change
The first open-source, user-friendly artificial intelligence (AI) tool for rapid, standardized, and customizable ecosystem accounting launched last week.
The ARIES for SEEA Explorer allows users to generate ecosystem accounts for any user-specified terrestrial area in the world (such as a country, administrative region, watershed, etc.), by using freely available global remote-sensing derived data and models, and rapidly computes these accounts online, using a web browser.
Created a Post in Sustainable Finance, Climate Change, Green Recovery from COVID-19
More than ever, there is a widespread recognition that a healthy natural world is essential in supporting vibrant communities and economies.
Created a Post in Climate Change
Antarctica’s ice shelves – the floating tongues of ice formed where the ice sheet meets the ocean – are especially useful indicators of a warming climate.
Created a Post in Sustainable Finance, Climate Change
Last week, 43 of the world’s biggest banks launched Net-Zero Banking Alliance with a focus on delivering the banking sector’s ambition to align its climate commitments with the Paris Agreement goals. Would they help stop financing climate change?
Created a Post in Climate Change, Energy
Two years ago business magnate Richard Branson launched a competition to cut the carbon impact of residential cooling to 1/5 of today's standard. Now we have the result - the Global Cooling Prize awards $1 million split to two winners who design AC that shaves energy, reduces global warming, and is more affordable and eco-friendly. The question is, can we really afford it?
Created a Post in Cities and Urban Development, Climate Change, Water and Sanitation
Stormwater harvesting is becoming a mainstream alternative source of water supply for cities. Read how City West Water in Melbourne is developing this source to ensure a water-secure future
Created an Event in Sustainable Finance, Climate Change