Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 26, 2021

C this century, according to the UN Environment Programme’s (UNEP) latest Emissions Gap Report 2021: The Heat Is On. It is a now problem,” said Inger Andersen, Executive Director of UNEP. “To per cent in 2020. per cent off predicted annual greenhouse gas emissions in 2030, compared to the previous round of commitments.

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Chris Hall

JULY 1, 2022

This is the assessment of Eric Usher, Head of the UN Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) which brings together the United Nations and the financial sector to develop responsible investment agendas. But that [progress is] not being made by all governments.”. Focus on nature.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

We have to minimize the risk of extreme wildfires by being better prepared: invest more in fire risk reduction, work with local communities, and strengthen global commitment to fight climate change” said Inger Andersen, UNEP Executive Director. Wildfires disproportionately affect the world’s poorest nations.

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 13, 2022

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Sustainable Development Network

SEPTEMBER 22, 2019

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. We will continue to develop and improve these products, as new data on land-use, biodiversity and carbon becomes available.”

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Chris Hall

MAY 18, 2022

Later this month, an Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee will meet in Senegal to begin work on developing the instrument, which the UN hopes to be in place by 2024. UNEP says 400 million tonnes of plastic waste is generated per year. While companies are beginning to ensure their packaging is more sustainable, more can be done.

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Sustainable Development Network

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

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. 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.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

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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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Developed with inputs from the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) and UN Act Now, Climate Pledges surfaces nine expert-backed solutions to help people understand the most impactful actions they can take within their communities. Climate Creators Who Drive Meaningful Action.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

The COP28 outcomes on adaptation and loss and damage will aim to advance real action towards building resilience and contributing to sustainable development, including by driving enhanced adaptation finance,” he says. Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber is bullish on the impact of this year’s conference. But will the outcomes match the rhetoric?

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Every year more than 2 billion tonnes of municipal solid waste (MSW) is produced across the planet, as shown in the UN Environment Programme’s (UNEP) Global Waste Management Outlook 2024. In 2020, the direct cost of waste management to the global economy was an estimated US$252 billion. billion tonnes.

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 18, 2024

The EU Taxonomy was among the first such tools, with its governing Regulation entering into force on 12 July 2020. Since that time, the EU Taxonomy has been improved and expanded beyond initial climate-focused criteria, and other jurisdictions around the world have followed suit, developing their own taxonomies.

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3BL Media

JULY 25, 2023

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 The increasing proximity of residential development to our right-of-way meant that the infrastructure had become subject to elevated safety standards.

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

There is the March 2022 resolution to ‘End Plastic Pollution’ and develop an internationally legally binding agreement by 2024 to shift away from single-use plastics and invest in circular solutions – a move could heavily impact the business model of many food and beverage companies. we combine this so the guidance draws on that ”.

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Sustainable Development Network

MARCH 25, 2019

On current trends the Aichi targets for biodiversity and the 2020 biodiversity targets contained in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) will be missed by a wide margin. Together these campaigns will improve the global maps developed through Nature Map. To solve this problem, we are launching Nature Map Earth.

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3BL Media

JULY 25, 2023

In 2020, Laura Zizzo, a climate change pioneer known for her integrated legal and consulting leadership, joined forces with proven technology entrepreneur Jeremy Greven to create Manifest Climate. EDITOR’S NOTE The analysis results along with insights from insurance regulators and other stakeholders will be presented in a webinar at 2 p.m.

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Sustainable Development Network

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

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Chris Hall

APRIL 22, 2022

As climate urgency increases, and countries around the world look to make good on their nationally determined contributions, the more pressure there is across both emerging and developing markets to adapt to and mitigate the effects of climate change, panellists said. . Surpassing US$1 trillion . trillion, the Climate Bonds report said.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 28, 2021

The report seems to find that annual investments in nature-based solutions will have to triple by 2030 and increase four-fold by 2050 from the current investments of $133 billion (using 2020 as base year). If we do not save nature now, we will not be able to achieve sustainable development,” said UNEP Executive Director, Inger Andersen.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 9, 2022

“Climate change is undoubtedly already upon us, and cities are seeing huge changes,” says Roland Hunziker, Director of the Built Environment at the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD). metres compared to 2020 levels, the number of people affected will increase by 20%. If the global mean sea level rises by 0.15

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 5, 2021

The “Status of Coral Reefs of the World: 2020” report , released on 5 October, documents the loss of approximately 14 per cent of the world’s coral since 2009. 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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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 6, 2023

The arrival of the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) was announced as early as July 2020. The World Economic Forum estimated its monetary value in 2018 to be equivalent to an estimated US$125 trillion worth of economic, natural and social capital. What is the TNFD?

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 20, 2023

The disparate challenges of different countries will be a running theme, specifically the needs of emerging markets and developing economies (EMDEs), but adaptation will play a lesser role, having been covered in a recent deep dive, as will the failure to agree on carbon markets. Back on track? C in realistic reach.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 19, 2021

The economic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic caused CO2 emissions from buildings and construction to fall significantly in 2020, but a lack of real transformation in the sector means that emissions will keep rising and contribute to dangerous climate change, according to the 2021 Global Status Report for Buildings and Construction.

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Sustainability Update

MAY 28, 2024

It represents not only a lost opportunity to feed food-insecure people but also a substantial contribution to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions – an estimated 8 -10% of total global emissions , according to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) , as well as 58% of all landfill methane emissions , according to the EPA.

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Sustainable Development Network

OCTOBER 3, 2017

This workshop was made possible with the generous support of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). This year’s conference theme was The World in 2050: Looking Ahead for Sustainable Development.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 22, 2023

General Motors has done the same, taking an equity stake in an Australian mining company sourcing nickel and cobalt.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 29, 2022

A 2020 World Bank report noted the “mineral intensity” of the transition to clean energy, pointing out the reliance of several renewable energy sources on technologies requiring higher levels of mineral inputs. “There is an unavoidable dependency on key minerals that requires significant growth in the mining sector.

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Sustainable Development Network

DECEMBER 21, 2021

SDSN had a busy 2021 where a number of our networks, programs, and teams supported the progress towards achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Paris Climate Agreement. Modeled off of our global meeting during the 2020 HLPF, the Networks program launched the regional University Presidents Meetings in December.

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Sustainable Development Network

AUGUST 19, 2021

To implement post-2020 biodiversity strategies such as the Global Biodiversity Framework, policymakers and governments need clarity on where resources and conservation management could bring the greatest potential benefits to biodiversity. Please see the full study for a thorough breakdown of all of the points covered in this post.

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Chris Hall

AUGUST 12, 2022

According to the UNEP Global Climate Litigation Report , more than 1,500 cases had been filed in 38 countries by July 2020. The number of cases is widely recognised as having doubled since 2015.

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Sustainable Development Network

JULY 19, 2021

SDSN and our networks hosted a number of events alongside the UN's High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF). The UN RCO of Samoa and SDSN provided an update on the conceptualization and development of a new MVI and its importance in the context of the SDGs and Agenda 2030. Event summaries are below.

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Chris Hall

APRIL 5, 2022

“Investors and policymakers need to look at the demand side – not just the supply side – and improve the buildings that we already have,” Roland Hunziker, Director of the Built Environment at the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), told ESG Investor. . Wielding effective policy . Hunziker said. .

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We Mean Business Coalition

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Nature does everything.” – the words of UNEP Executive Director Inger Anderson at Davos 2024 during a session exploring if the financial risks of climate change are under-priced. This includes the UNEP FI’s latest report comparing assessment and disclosure approaches of different frameworks on nature-related issues.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

A 2020 World Bank report estimated the production of minerals, such as graphite, lithium and cobalt, will need to increase by nearly 500% by 2050 – the equivalent of nearly three billion tonnes – to fulfil sufficient upscaling of clean energy technologies and energy storage solutions. “It’s in 2020, and now 7.2%

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

The share of investments managed via sustainable strategies rose by 15%, accounting for more than a third (36%) of global AUM, according to the Global Sustainable Investment Review 2020, published last year. trillion). The post Reforms Needed to Free Investors to Consider ESG Factors appeared first on ESG Investor.

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Chris Hall

MAY 27, 2022

In 2020 alone, global losses from natural disasters were estimated at US$210 billion, with over US$10 billion in losses each from wildfires in California, floods in China, and cyclone Amphan in India [5]. The natural disaster figures for 2020. ( [link]. Adaptation Gap Report 2020. With global surface temperatures already 1.1°C

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