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Canada on the defensive as global pressure mounts to phase out fossil fuels

Corporate Knights

The 2023 Production Gap Report , released by UNEP, the Stockholm Environment Institute and other partners, found that 19 leading energy-producing countries are planning to extract twice as much fossil fuel supply in 2030 as the maximum that can be burned to keep the world on a 1.5°C

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Could the video game industry be key to levelling up on climate action?

Corporate Knights

Many of the large tech companies that manufacture games and consoles, such as Microsoft, Apple and Google, have committed to reaching net-zero by 2030. So much so that the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has recognized the power of video games as a communications tool to spread environmental messages.

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The (not so) green recovery: New report warns world is failing to 'build back better'

GreenBiz

The conclusions reached by UNEP and the University of Oxford match those of an ongoing series of economic reports by Vivid Economics and Finance for Biodiversity, which has been tracking the "greenness" of different countries' recovery packages since the outbreak of the pandemic. Of the $14.6

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Bloomberg Launches New Tool to Assess Company Impact on SDGs

ESG Today

The UN SDGs refer to the 17 categories of goals adopted as part of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, with the aim to protect the planet and improve the quality of life globally. Bloomberg said that it is the first data provider to integrate the UNEP FI Sector Impact framework into its data offerings.

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At COP27, Investors, Companies, and Policymakers Must Accelerate Urgent Action on the Climate and Water Crises To Cut Emissions in Half by 2030

3BL Media

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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Sports Organisations Commit to Safeguarding Nature Under New Framework

3BL Media

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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#TooGoodToWaste: A Global Call to Action To Stop Household Food Waste

3BL Media

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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