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Updated climate commitments ahead of COP26 summit fall far short, but net zero pledges provide hope, says UNEP report

Envirotec Magazine

C this century, according to the UN Environment Programme’s (UNEP) latest Emissions Gap Report 2021: The Heat Is On. Released ahead of the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26), the latest round of climate talks taking place in Glasgow, the report finds that net zero pledges could make a big difference. per cent in 2020.

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Nature Map – a new tool to support countries to integrate nature and climate in policymaking and promote nature-based solutions

Sustainable Development Network

Thus, they can play a critical role in making next year’s COP26 of the climate convention and COP15 under the biodiversity convention a success. Says Neil Burgess, Chief Scientist at UNEP-WCMC: “ Nature Map is a crucial new tool that can help to guide policies that tackle the twin crises of climate change and biodiversity loss together.

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Nature Map Consortium presents global maps to help governments operationalize targets for biodiversity conservation and restoration

Sustainable Development Network

Says, Guido Schmidt-Traub from SDSN, “these new maps are an important decision support tool for countries, as they prepare for the landmark climate and biodiversity conferences in 2020. Says Neil Burgess from UNEP-WCMC: “We will soon launch a wider consultation on the data and maps.

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Environmental Court Cases on the Rise

Chris Hall

As of 1 July 2020, the number of cases had nearly doubled, with at least 1,550 climate change cases filed in 38 countries, according to the UNEP Global Climate Litigation Report. The European Court of Human Rights made headlines in 2020 when it communicated about its first climate change case.

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Time to Show ‘True Grit’ on Climate Adaptation

Chris Hall

The US$100 billion of annual climate-focused financing for developing countries from 2020 onward – a 2009 promise that remains intangible – is another. Insufficient focus on adaptation A key emerging area is the perception that climate adaptation is not receiving the focus it needs compared with mitigation.

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Mitigating Climate Change Due to Methane From Natural Gas

3BL Media

Analysis from the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) concludes that a 45% reduction in global methane emissions by 2030 is essential to limiting global warming to 1.5 Created in November 2020, OGMP 2.0 In addition to being a potent GHG, methane is the primary contributor to ground-level ozone.

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SDSN Reflects on an Impactful 2021!

Sustainable Development Network

All this work was featured in our virtual Zero Emissions Solutions Conference alongside the first week of COP26. The Networks program also issued two new SDG Action publications to support the UN’s Decade of Action : the SDGs Edition in July for the High-level Political Forum and the Climate Action Edition for COP26.

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