The Morrison government often claims that it 'meets and beats' its carbon emissions reduction targets. Those targets - first set during a major climate convention in Kyoto back in 1997 - actually…
See statement by UN Secretary-General António Guterres at COP26 World Leaders Summit below:
Dear Prime Minister Boris Johnson, I want to thank you and COP President Alok Sharma for your hospitality…
SA, like most of Sub-Saharan Africa, stopped using leaded petrol in 2006
Leaded petrol, a staple of motoring for nearly a century but blamed for more than 1-million premature deaths annually, has…
Statement on the Working Group I contribution to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) sixth assessment report, entitled Climate Change 2021: the Physical Science Basis
Today’s IPCC Working Group 1 Report is a code red for humanity. The alarm bells are deafening, and the evidence is irrefutable: greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuel burning and deforestation are…
'Urgent policy action needed'; UN publishes first draft of global agreement aimed at addressing the nature crisis.
The draft plan has been released yesterday (12 July) by the UN Convention on…
UN Climate Change News, 6 July 2021 – The Virtual Thematic Sessions of Asia-Pacific Climate Week 2021 (APCW 2021) kicked off today. APCW 2021 will be held from 6 to 9 July and is hosted by the…
Over 4,500 non-state actors from across the global economy have committed to halving emissions by 2030, joining the UN-backed Race to Zero campaign. These actors from over 92 countries recognise the…
Soils provide 95% of all food but are damaged by industrial, farming, mining and urban pollution.
The world’s soils, which provide 95% of humanity’s food, are “under great pressure”, according to a…
Female genital mutilation has revived under Covid but activists are pushing hard to save girls at risk.
It was when the phone started ringing with calls from worried mothers in Somalia that Ifrah…
Sustainable solutions must target African countries left behind in quest for global energy access
During the last decade, a greater share of the global population gained access to electricity than…
Friends,
I thank the Government of Chile for hosting the sixth Mission Innovation Ministerial and for launching Mission Innovation 2.0.
Mission Innovation plays a crucial role in accelerating…
UN Secretary-General calls for sea-change in extractive industries as crucial ingredient in COVID-19 recovery, addressing inequalities and climate action
New York, 25 May 2021—United Nations…
UN Climate Change News, 27 May 2021 - Today, world leaders convened at the Climate Breakthroughs Summit -- a collaboration between the World Economic Forum, Mission Possible Partnership, the UN…
2020 was one of the three hottest years on record, marked by wildfires, droughts, floods and melting glaciers, a United Nations report said on Monday, prompting the U.N. Secretary-General to say the…
Wednesday 17 March, ROME - The United Nations and the Government of Italy announced today that the Pre-Summit gathering for the 2021 UN Food Systems Summit will be in Rome, Italy from July 19 to July…
We spend 90% of our time in the buildings where we live and work, shop and conduct business, in the structures that keep us warm in winter and cool in summer.
But immense energy is required to…
Call comes at event hosted by UK government, which is under pressure over planned coalmine in Cumbria.
All planned coal projects around the world must be cancelled to end the “deadly addiction” to…
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