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How unchecked consumerism helps drive climate change

Corporate Knights

DECEMBER 26, 2022

As extreme weather events in Canada and around the world are linked to human-made climate change , there is one story that continues to be left out: the connection between climate change and the products we purchase. Our stuff, consumerism and climate change. times the product’s weight. Life cycles matter.

Climate Change

Climate Change UNEP Waste Supply Chain

Mitigating Climate Change Due to Methane From Natural Gas

3BL Media

JULY 25, 2023

Methane is a primary component in natural gas and a contributor to climate change. In 2022, our methane emissions were about 23% lower than they were in 2018, our baseline year. Why is reducing methane emissions so important to climate change mitigation?

Climate Change

Climate Change EPA UNEP Development

Sports Organisations Commit to Safeguarding Nature Under New Framework

3BL Media

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Co-created by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the IOC and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), in collaboration with the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), the Sports for Nature Framework aims to deliver transformative action for nature across sports, by 2030 and beyond.

UNEP

UNEP Supply Chain Supply Chains Climate Change

COP27: A Breakthrough for People and Planet

3BL Media

DECEMBER 13, 2022

DESCRIPTION: The 27th United Nations (UN) Conference of the Parties (COP), which took place this November in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, marked a significant milestone in developing action against climate change. Climate change inequality, contributors and sufferers, has been a key agenda item at COP for many years.

Paris Agreement

Paris Agreement Climate Change Development Waste

ESG Explainer: The Blue Economy

Chris Hall

MARCH 16, 2022

The global economy relies on the health of the ocean, says Dennis Fritsch, Project Coordinator, Sustainable Blue Economy Finance at the United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI). UNEP FI is working towards integrating the use of sustainable finance practices in support of ocean health by the global financial community.

UNEP

UNEP Banking Paris Agreement Stranded Assets

Fusion the Positive Choice for Climate Impact

Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Neither the world’s financial firepower nor the impact of climate change is spread evenly, which means funding the transition to net zero is much harder and more urgent for emerging markets and developing economies (EMDEs) compared to developed ones. . Steady momentum .

UNEP

UNEP Impact Investing Net Zero Supply Chain

World Economic Forum: “Investing less than 1% of world GDP into nature-based solutions can tackle climate change and biodiversity crisis”

Envirotec Magazine

MAY 28, 2021

The report was produced by the World Economic Forum, UN Environment Programme (UNEP), and the Economics of Land Degradation (ELD) Initiative hosted by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) in collaboration with Vivid Economics.

Climate Change

Climate Change UNEP Supply Chain Supply Chains

From Green to Blue

Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

With this in mind, the ICMA has now released blue finance guidelines to try and drive similar success in that market in collaboration with the International Finance Corporation (IFC) – a member of the World bank Group, United Nations Global Compact, United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) and the Asia Development Bank.

Green Bonds

Green Bonds UNEP Banking Climate Change

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

Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Corals reefs across the world are under relentless stress from warming caused by climate change and other local pressures such as overfishing, unsustainable coastal development and declining water quality. This, the largest analysis of global coral reef health ever undertaken draws on data: spanning 40 years. in 73 countries.

UNEP

UNEP Climate Change Development

The Adaptation Agenda: Preparing Investors for a 1.5°C+ World

Chris Hall

MAY 27, 2022

C higher than in the pre-industrial era, the physical effects of climate change have already started to materialize. ([1], Natural disasters have always occurred, but climate change is making them more frequent and more intense. References: [1] IPCC, 2022: Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability.

Climate Change

Climate Change Paris Agreement UNEP COP26

The B in ESG – Part 1: Frameworks for Action

Chris Hall

JANUARY 18, 2024

The Taskforce for Nature-related Financial Disclosure (TNFD) was founded in June 2021 to provide a framework for corporations and financial institutions to assess, manage and report on their dependencies and impacts on nature beyond climate change.

Climate Change

Climate Change UNEP Sustainable Investment Corporate Financiers

Asset Owners on 1.5°C Pathway Despite Lack of Policy Support

Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

trillion AUM. “The alliance is doing exactly what it set out to do ,” Remco Fischer, Climate Lead at the UN Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI), told ESG Investor. Now that the rubber has hit the road, we are showing [how] promises have led to targets and targets have led to members taking action.

Net Zero

Net Zero Paris Agreement UNEP Climate Change

Lost at Sea

Chris Hall

JANUARY 22, 2025

Alongside climate change and pollution, overfishing is one of the biggest threats to our oceans yet the majority of the population is unaware of its meaning and implications. As of 2018, the largest providers of such subsidies globally were China (21%) with US$7.4 billion, the EU (11%) with US$3.9 Approximately US$22.2

Supply Chain

Supply Chain Supply Chains UNEP Shipping

New Standard Digs Deep into Mining Impacts

Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

in 2018, to 8.6% “Mining can cause impacts in terms of human rights risks and damage to the environment, particularly when mining in sensitive areas,” says Kuszewski. However, mining will still be needed, no matter how efficient we become in closing that loop.” Rising material extraction has shrunk global circularity from 9.1%

Development

Development UNEP Net Zero Waste

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