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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 Climate Change, Green Recovery from COVID-19
Happening now - "Resilient Recovery Series: How Can We Turn Climate Goals into Climate Action?" with Marc Sadler, Practice Manager of the Climate Funds Management unit at the World Bank
Created an Event in Sustainable Finance, Climate Change
Created a Post in Climate Change, Sustainable Finance
UNEP FI’s TCFD Banking programme has launched 3 new papers - * Decarbonisation and Disruption: Understanding the financial risks of a disorderly transition using climate scenarios * Pathways to Paris: A practical guide to climate transition scenarios for financial professionals * The Climate Risk Landscape: Mapping Climate-related Financial Risk Assessment Methodologies
Created a Post in Climate Change
'Put a big fat price on carbon': OECD chief bows out with climate rally cry
Ángel Gurría says action on environmental crises must be defining focus of wealthy countries after Covid
Finance ministers have to be green, says head of OECD
COVID-19 is a stark reminder that planetary health and human health are interconnected, and that economies can only thrive on a healthy planet. Linking financial instruments with national sustainability commitments could support a Green and Resilient Recovery
Created a Post in Cities and Urban Development, Climate Change, Natural Capital
The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Urban and Regional Futures has published its first chapters as part of the Living Reference
Getting the Climate Science Facts Right: The Role of the IPCC, River Publishers, Denmark / the Netherlands- ISBN: 9788770221863 e-ISBN: 9788770221856
Created a Post in Industry and Entrepreneurship, Climate Change, Natural Capital
We can manage it if we can map it. Just heard about this "Supply Chain Atlas" that German companies put together to show impacts on GHGs, air, land and water in 8 industries like chemicals, machinery and food.
Created a Post in Cities and Urban Development, Climate Change, Water and Sanitation
Urban wetlands breathe life into Sri Lanka’s capital city -- Colombo is built on and around wetlands, which keep people safe from floods, cool the air, filter polluted water, provide food and medicines, fight climate change, and provide city dwellers respite from the urban jungle. However, during the last 30 years, an estimated 40% of the wetlands in Colombo has been lost due to direct and indirect impacts of urbanization. If Colombo were to lose all its precious wetlands, the city would be flooded annually costing as much as 1% of its GDP in flood damage...
Did you know there was a movie on the Great Green Wall? Walk with the people who fight it out here every day on the borders of habitable Africa. See the trailer here!