3BL Media

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

For the next seven years, we must marshal our collective forces and bolster commitments to cut greenhouse gas emissions by half by 2030 to avoid more irreversible effects of this growing crisis. Co-hosted by AIGCC, CDP, Ceres, IGCC, IIGCC, PRI and UNEP FI. DESCRIPTION: COP27 provides a critical moment to build upon historic U.S.

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 13, 2023

“Investors and companies are increasingly setting climate and nature targets, but once those are in place, they need to be thinking more about how to redirect capital [in line with these goals],” Ivo Mulder , Head of the Climate Finance Unit at the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), told ESG Investor. trillion in 2022.

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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.

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3BL Media

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Data from the UNEP shows that some 60% of food waste happens in peoples’ homes. Food loss and waste wastes 1/4 of fresh water used in agriculture every year. While a significant portion of food is lost along the food supply chain, a lot of food is wasted at the household level. How can we help more people to waste less food?

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

UN member states adopted the SDGs as key pillars to achieve peace and prosperity for people and the planet by 2030. Yet, the UN estimates the funding gap to achieve the SDGs by 2030 at USD $2.5-3 UNEP FI’s Sector Impact Map has been applied across 50,000 public companies using Bloomberg’s granular segment revenue classification.

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Environmental Finance

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Restoration finance remains "relatively modest" amongst the private sector, a new report by the UN Environment Programme, as it called for a quadrupling of flows by 2030.

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Corporate Knights

APRIL 15, 2024

Risks Increased climate-related natural disasters could lower the profits of the 40 largest livestock companies by almost US$24 billion in 2030 from 2020 levels. Sources: UNEP, FAO, FAIRR, AIER, Business for Nature, Our World in Data, As You Sow, WHO, Sierra Club, ASPCA. billion in Canada. Read more about the true cost of meat here.

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Chris Hall

MAY 11, 2023

Speaking at ESG Investor’s inaugural Stewardship Summit, UNEP FI’s Head of Climate Risk says transition finance flows to developing economies are too low to meet net zero targets. The post New Investment Models Needed for Net Zero Goals Warns UNEP FI’s Carlin appeared first on ESG Investor.

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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. The report, now in its 12th year, finds that countries’ updated Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) – and other commitments made for 2030 but not yet submitted in an updated NDC – only take an additional 7.5

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ESG Today

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

The investor statement sets out a series of key “Asks of Governments,” calling for key actions including enacting economy-wide public policies such as submitting 2030 and 2035 targets by 2025 that are aligned with limiting global temperature rise to 1.5°C, trillion in 2023, but notes that this still falls short of the estimated $4.8

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John Englart

NOVEMBER 11, 2023

The United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) released the Global Production Gap Report on 8 November 2023. Governments in aggregate are planning to produce more than double the amount of fossil fuels in 2030 than would be consistent with limiting warming to 1.5°C.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 26, 2023

Although minerals are critical to a net zero future, ongoing environmental and social abuses cannot be ignored, urges Brumadinho community representative.

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Project evaluation conducted under the methodologies will provide a unique window into the heat reduction benefits of mitigating these pollutants over climate-critical timeframes including 2030, 2040 and 2050, as well as over longer-term time horizons. Today’s announcements are only the beginning,” said Gallagher.

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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.

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Renewable energy and nuclear power featured in high-level announcements, with heads of state and governments pledging to triple renewables capacity to at least 11,000 gigawatts by 2030, and to double the global rate of improvement in energy efficiency from 2% to 4% annually in the same time frame.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 31, 2025

Nations reaffirmed their commitments to the Kumming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Frameworks (KMGBF) strategic vision and global ambition of halting and reversing biodiversity loss by 2030. of marine areas are under protection, meaning the surface area of protected land must double by 2030.

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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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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

The Ocean Race is also contributing scientific data to the Ocean Decade Odyssey project , which is an endorsed Project of the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021-2030) supporting efforts to reverse the cycle of decline in ocean health and create improved conditions for sustainable development of the ocean.

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3BL Media

AUGUST 14, 2023

Meanwhile, in its quest to make all packaging reusable or recyclable by 2030, the United Nations is preparing to launch a plastic treaty in 2024. According to UNEP , 91% of consumers express concern over plastic waste. Consumers are taking up the issue as well. Consumers are taking up the issue as well.

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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. Focus on nature.

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3BL Media

JULY 19, 2023

The UN University estimates that by 2030, there will be a 40% gap between water demand and availability. In the meantime, 80% of the world’s wastewater is returned to the environment untreated (UNEP, 2016). Water availability and water quality are declining globally.

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Chris Hall

JUNE 16, 2023

The recent IEA report and UNEP gap report on net zero pathways have noted how difficult it will be to achieve the 1.5°C On methane, the UN has stated that methane emissions have to be reduced by 45% globally by 2030 to align with 1.5°C. Other key milestones for 2030 could include reducing the intensity of animal protein production.

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Ambitious action The investor statement recommended measures including enacting economy-wide public policies to ensure that 2030 and 2035 targets in NDCs align with the goal of limiting global temperature rise to 1.5°C.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

The UN Environment Programme’s (UNEP) 2023 Emissions Gap Report – aptly titled ‘Broken Record’ – clearly states that the world is a long way from limiting global warming to 1.5°C Adaptation bonds are among the potential vehicles for private investment, but policy action is still needed at COP28.

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

In new guidance addressed to asset managers and owners, NGO ShareAction and the UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC) made five key recommendations to improve risk management in protected areas. “We

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ESG Today

JULY 10, 2023

The statement said: “The proposed approach would limit investor access to the consistent, comparable and reliable information needed to inform decisions and allocate capital in line with sustainability goals, including those of the European Green Deal, the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 and the EU Climate Law.”

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 27, 2022

The latest UNEP Emissions Gap Report found that as a global society we still do not have a credible pathway to achieve our common goal of limiting global temperature increase to 1.5°C. C increase– to do this requires a reduction in GHG emissions of 50% by 2030 on a path to net zero by 2050. A key takeaway from COP27?

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Chris Hall

MAY 18, 2022

Packaging makes up around one third of the municipal waste generated annually in the European Union and the US, says WBCSD, with the cost of adverse environmental effects caused by plastic packaging valued by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) at around at US$40 billion. UNEP says 400 million tonnes of plastic waste is generated per year.

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3BL Media

JUNE 23, 2022

A later panel highlighted the CGF’s role as an official “Accelerator” of the UN’s Race to Zero campaign, marked by achieving more than 50% commitment among its Board member companies to halve emissions by 2030.

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Chris Hall

MAY 5, 2023

Romie Goedicke, Associate Lead of the Nature Programme at the UNEP Finance Initiative, outlines how a recent pilot project has helped financial institutions to better align with the goals of the Global Biodiversity Framework. The TNFD remains on track to publish its final recommendations in September.

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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. In 2017, there were 884 cases brought in 24 countries. As of January 2022, 1,853 cases have been reported. Italy is about to hear its first climate-related case.

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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. gigatonnes of CO2 equivalent, less than one per cent, off projected global emissions in 2030. C in place. C in place. C in place. C over the century.

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Sustainable Development Network

APRIL 20, 2021

Normal 0 21 false false false ES X-NONE X-NONE SDSN Youth and SDSN Youth Mediterranean launched the “Mediterranean Youth Solutions Report 2021”, an incredible opportunity for young students and researchers for contributing to the UN Agenda 2030 and promoting their professional paths.

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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.

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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 coalition aims to go further by 2030, reducing emissions by 60% to 75%. Why is reducing methane emissions so important to climate change mitigation?

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

New research from climate think tanks suggests that “immediate, transformational changes” across every sector are needed by 2030. Efforts to limit global warming to 1.5°C C are far behind the “pace and scale” required, with experts calling for policymakers to close the global gap in climate action at COP28 later this month.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 22, 2024

The UN Environment Programme’s (UNEP) 2023 ‘ State of Finance for Nature ’ report suggested that investments in nature-based solutions (NbS) to date have been underwhelming. Worse even: almost US$7 trillion are invested globally each year in activities that have a negative impact on nature – the equivalent to 7% of the global GDP.

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