Guest Article: Responsibilities and Climate Justice: A Small State’s Call
We need to focus more on responsibility as a fundamental component of achieving climate justice and begin to identify and operationalize what climate justice responsibility from the global perspective...
View ArticleUS National Climate Assessment Puts Price Tag on Extreme Events
NCA5 evaluates climate impacts across ten US regions and assesses how they affect water, forests and ecosystems, coasts and oceans, agriculture and rural communities, the built environment, energy and...
View ArticleCountry Plans Insufficient to Reach Paris Goals: UNFCCC Reports
National climate action plans “remain insufficient to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C and meet the goals of the Paris Agreement”. Countries’ LT-LEDS account for 87% of the world’s GDP, 68% of...
View Article2030 Emissions Must Fall 28-42% to Limit Warming to 2°C, 1.5°C: UNEP Report
Emissions Gap Report 2023 finds that the world is on track for a global average temperature rise of 2.5-2.9°C above pre-industrial levels. While there has been progress since the Paris Agreement was...
View ArticleUNEP Report Proposes Steps to Meet Cooling Demand While Cutting Emissions
The report calls for action in the areas of passive cooling, higher energy efficiency standards, and a faster phase down of climate-warming refrigerants through the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal...
View ArticleFood Systems Transformation, Partnerships Focus of COP 28 Side Events
An event on international cooperation to achieve a successful 2050 net-zero transformation highlighted that Greenland loses 10,000 tons of ice every second, threatening to submerge such countries as...
View ArticleWorld Leaders’ Summit at COP 28 Kicks Off with Multiple High-level Events
Droughts were once viewed as only affecting some regions, but are now a global threat, impacting on livelihoods and ecosystems, and fueling displacement and conflicts, a high-level roundtable...
View ArticleIISD Webinar Casts Critical Look at COP 28 Progress at Halfway Point
ENB team leader Jennifer Allan highlighted “one big win” achieved on day one – full operationalization of the loss and damage fund. She said a lot has been happening in other talks but no significant...
View ArticleEvent: Third UN Conference on LLDCs
The Third UN Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries (LLDCs) will explore innovative solutions to challenges faced by LLDCs and build meaningful, strategic partnerships to unlock the potential of...
View ArticleEvent: Global Stocktaking on Sustainable Energy
The Global Stocktaking on Sustainable Energy will convene in April 2024. The event will contribute to ongoing efforts to achieve peace, prosperity, progress, and sustainability for all, in line with...
View ArticleEvent: Global Methane Forum 2024
The Global Methane Forum 2024 will bring together policymakers, industry leaders, technical experts, and researchers from around the world to promote replicable methane mitigation successes. The Forum...
View ArticleGuest Article: A Net-zero Future Requires Learning from Everyone
According to a 2022 report published by the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy, Taiwan’s energy efficiency has risen to eighth in the world, second only to Japan in Asia. Over the last...
View ArticleESCAP Tool Supports Geospatial Solutions for Sustainable Development
Consolidating contributions from ESCAP members, associate members, and partners into a single digital platform, the database aims to help users explore good practices being implemented in the...
View ArticleEvents Focus on Subnational Climate Action, Reducing Methane Emissions
An event focusing on the critical role of subnational governments in driving climate action sought to elevate the voices of local and regional governments and states, as well as highlight the need for...
View ArticleFinance and Energy Kick Off Thematic Days at COP 28
Genilson André Kezomae, a Brazilian Indigenous rights activist, underscored that Indigenous Peoples, by law, must be consulted when renewable energy resources are being developing on their lands and...
View ArticleEvent: UNGA Sustainability Week
The President of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) announced plans to organize a series of back-to-back events as part of a ‘Sustainability Week’. The UNGA President highlighted the importance of thematic...
View ArticleCCAC Ministerial Sees New Pledges for Action on Methane
The Climate and Clean Air Coalition has played a central role in putting SLCPs on the map. Several countries announced pledges to the CCAC Trust Fund, for action on methane, and to help countries...
View ArticleCOP 28 Heralds “Beginning of the End” of Fossil Fuels
The conference started on a high note with the operationalization of the new loss and damage fund and swift adoption of the agendas. However, the negotiations proved difficult, especially on the GST...
View ArticleEvent: International Day of Clean Energy 2024
The International Day of Clean Energy aims to raise awareness and mobilize action for a just and inclusive transition to clean energy for the benefit of people and the planet. Clean energy plays a key...
View ArticleEvent: International Conference on Enhancing Nuclear Safety and Security
The International Conference on Enhancing Nuclear Safety and Security will take place on the theme ‘Challenges and Opportunities in a Rapidly Changing World’. The Conference will play a role in...
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