Sustainability Matters

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

As the world experiences record global temperatures and greenhouse gas emissions, the latest Emissions Gap Report from the UN Environment Programme ( UNEP ) found that current pledges under the Paris Agreement put the world on track for a 2.5–2.9°C from 2021 to 2022, reaching a record 57.4 C above pre-industrial levels.

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OCTOBER 28, 2022

The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) says: “This vulnerability is driven by the prevailing low levels of socioeconomic growth in the continent. UNEP wants to see more investment diverted towards supporting African countries in meeting their nationally determined contributions (NDCs). This is the case in Africa.”. Increasing concern.

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Sustainable Development Network

OCTOBER 31, 2022

SDSN will be hosting and participating in a variety of events alongside COP27. Below are the details of those events. CEET’s objective is to promote and highlight Egypt’s major theme: “Getting to implementation”, through a first-time in history, engineer-led and co-designed decarbonization forum.

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DECEMBER 13, 2023

Bureaucratic barriers The failure in scaling blended finance in a meaningful way is well known – flows are decreasing with volumes falling to a 10-year low in 2022, according to the latest Convergence report. With adaptation finance flows remaining dangerously low to meet climate goals, has COP28 made a difference?

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Ahead of the conference, the data had been collected and analysed, with assessments delivered on the effectiveness of actions taken to date, primarily in the form of signatories’ nationally determined contributions (NDCs) to the Paris Agreement. trillion in 2022. The official verdict was clear. C of climate change by 2100.

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MARCH 28, 2023

The approach is also designed to allow organisations to signal their alignment to global policy goals, such as the recently negotiated Global Biodiversity Framework much as they are now doing with climate reporting and net zero transition planning aligned to the goals of the Paris Agreement.

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MAY 27, 2022

C objective of the Paris Agreement would of course significantly limit these impacts. As the UN Environmental Programme (UNEP) summarises in their Adaptation Gap Report [8], “adapting to climate change makes economic sense” – with the Global Commission on Adaptation estimating a return of US$7.1 4] SwissRe, 2022.

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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. in 2022 compared to the previous year.

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Sustainable Development Network

AUGUST 19, 2021

In 2022, China will host the Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity to agree a new Global Biodiversity Framework, including proposed targets to conserve at least 30% of land and the ocean by 2030 and to apply integrated biodiversity-inclusive spatial planning to address land- and sea-use change.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

We quickly went from the positivity of COP26 into 2022, which has presented a range of challenges for us all,” said Neil Brown, head of equities at GIB Asset Management. Yet, as the latest United Nations Environment Programme’s (UNEP) annual gap report shows, policies currently in place point to a 2.8°C Beast from the east.

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AUGUST 30, 2023

As global temperatures rise, escalating climate-related risks, the volume of climate litigation cases has more than doubled in the past five years – from 884 in 2017 to 2,180 in 2022.

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Chris Hall

JUNE 21, 2023

The draft implementation plan will outline specific objectives, deliverables and timelines to enhance the integrity of voluntary commitments and their contributions to the Paris Agreement, identify systemic barriers faced by non-Party stakeholders, and improve transparency regarding the systemic impact of those who have not made or are failing to deliver (..)

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Sustainable Development Network

OCTOBER 28, 2022

SDSN is proud to have contributed to Chapter 6 "Transforming food systems" of UNEP's 2022 Emissions Gap Report thanks to our FABLE Consortium scientific director Aline Mosnier. This lack of progress leaves the world hurtling towards a temperature rise far above the Paris Agreement goal of well below 2°C, preferably 1.5°C.

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Chris Hall

JUNE 1, 2022

Just prior to COP26, the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) launched the International Methane Emissions Observatory (IMEO) to improve the accuracy and public transparency of human-caused methane emissions. The first meeting is scheduled for November 2022. Delivering on the pledge could reduce warming by at least 0.2?C

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Chris Hall

AUGUST 16, 2023

C temperature pathway. Last year, the UN Environment Programme’s (UNEP) ‘ Emissions Gap Report ’ said climate policies enacted worldwide could result in 2.8°C Another paper forecast just a 6-10% probability of limiting global warming to 1.5°C C of global warming by 2100 – and between 2.4-2.6°C C by 2050, the report said.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

COP28 has been buffeted by controversy since the United Arab Emirates (UAE) was announced as host, with concerns that the country’s fossil fuel interests would jeopardise the meagre progress made since the Paris Agreement. However, the question of where the money would come from remained open as the gavel went down in 2022.

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MARCH 31, 2023

Current climate pledges by governments are falling short, with the latest analysis by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) putting the world on track for a temperature rise of between 2.4°C To address the emissions gap and keep the 1.5°C The talks have been deferred to this year’s COP28. C pathway.

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