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Time to Show ‘True Grit’ on Climate Adaptation

Chris Hall

Or even for the Coen Brothers’ 2010 remake of the classic Western ‘True Grit’, from which the quote above is taken. A paper from UNEP published late last year stated that developing nations’ “estimated annual adaptation costs/needs are in the range of US$160–340 billion by 2030 and US$315–565 billion by 2050”.

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Taking control of the harmful effects of air pollution to improve health outcomes

Envirotec Magazine

In 2010, the European Respiratory Society appealed to physicians to “recognise that air pollution is the largest environmental challenge for European citizens, one that currently limits the fundamental right of all individuals to breathe clean air. Yet, more than ten years later and little has changed. Tackling air quality.

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Rising sea temperatures and coral loss: “Most detailed scientific picture to date”

Envirotec Magazine

Between 2010 and 2019, the amount of algae has increased by 20 per cent, corresponding with declines in hard coral cover. UNEP has created a dynamic data visualization that distils the report findings for non-scientists in all UN languages, plus Portuguese, Bahasa Indonesia and Swahili.

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The Adapted Metropolis

Chris Hall

Extreme climate-related events can reduce a property’s value by between 5-20%, according to the UN Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI). Last year, UNEP FI published guidance outlining the kinds of resilient buildings needed to cope with new climate extremes.

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Turn Commitments into “Hard Numbers”, says GFANZ’s Carney

Chris Hall

In addition, institutions should have interim decarbonisation targets that are “consistent” with the 2030 target, set by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change , of reducing CO2 emissions by around 45% from 2010 levels. What proportion of your assets are consistent with those targets?”. Heading for the exit?

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Renewable Energy Investment Over Last Decade Tops US$2.5 Trillion

CleanTechnica

Figures published earlier this month by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) have shown that global investment in new renewable energy capacity between 2010 and 2019 is on course to exceed US$2.6

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