3BL Media

JULY 25, 2023

Methane is a primary component in natural gas and a contributor to climate change. Why is reducing methane emissions so important to climate change mitigation? This powerful warming effect causes experts to believe that cutting methane emissions is critical to mitigating climate change.

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3BL Media

JULY 25, 2023

July 25, 2023 /3BL/ - A new report released today by the Ceres Accelerator for Sustainable Capital Markets and the California Department of Insurance reveals that insurance companies are pursuing a wide variety of strategies to manage the increasing risks associated with climate change. Climate Risk Management in the U.S.

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We Mean Business Coalition

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

The recent approval by the Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market (ICVCM) of three REDD+ methodologies for issuing high-integrity carbon credits is a watershed advancement in developing a next generation VCM that delivers results for climate, nature and people.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

” The latest Food Waste Index Report (2024) , compiled by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and co-authored by WRAP, found that the world wastes over a billion tonnes of food – one fifth of all food available to consumers at the retail, food service and household level annually.

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Impakter

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

UNEP Report Calls for a ‘Step Change’ in Adaptation Investments. The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) has issued its annual Adaptation Gap Report, which provides a science-based assessment of the global progress on adaptation planning, financing, and implementation.

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James Militzer

JANUARY 8, 2025

This shift to electric mobility (e-mobility) can reduce emissions from transport which are a key contributor to air pollution and climate change while providing many other benefits, from technological efficiency and lifetime cost savings to user experience, such as a quieter drive and less regular maintenance.

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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, 2023

Investors are warming to opportunities stemming from climate change, and other takeaways from COP28. COP28, the latest United Nations Conference of the Parties on climate change, delivered mixed results on some key agenda items but provided new insights into climate-related opportunities and the initiatives needed to implement them.

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ESG Today

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

trillion annually required to reach net zero emissions by 2050, and adds that policies to date have focused primarily on developed markets, while emerging markets and developing economies (EMDEs) are still facing significant underinvestment. trillion in 2023, but notes that this still falls short of the estimated $4.8

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, November 28, 2023 /3BL/ - Ahead of COP28, the UNEP-convened Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC), The Global Methane Hub (GMH) and Delterra are proud to announce their partnership to reduce methane emissions in the Global South. Learn more at: [link] and connect with us on LinkedIn & Instagram.

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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. We estimate around 25 are responsible for 40% of our financed emissions out of our almost 500 [investee] companies,” she said.

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 13, 2022

DESCRIPTION: The 27th United Nations (UN) Conference of the Parties (COP), which took place this November in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, marked a significant milestone in developing action against climate change. Climate change inequality, contributors and sufferers, has been a key agenda item at COP for many years.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 18, 2022

Jessica Smith, Nature Lead at the UNEP FI, says it’s time for biodiversity to take its place alongside climate in investor priorities. Smith says: “There have been some delays in the calendar, but that means there has been much more engagement with different actors around developing the (GBF).

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

The GHR Registry takes advantage of groundbreaking climate accounting protocols addressing all drivers of climate change, including many that have been historically overlooked or undervalued, and delivering crucial heat reduction computation over any timeframe of interest. Several new methodologies are in the pipeline.

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

As Climate Week NYC approaches, the global conversation on climate change is intensifying, and the need for effective action by all stakeholders is clear to see. Taking place from 22-29 September, Climate Week NYC is the largest annual climate event, aiming to “drive the transition, speed up progress, and champion change”.

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Sustainable Development Network

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

CEET members convened at the Africa Climate Week to discuss low carbon energy and green technology pathways for economic development in Africa. Every year, RCWs will be held across the regions of Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, Asia-Pacific and the Middle East and Northern Africa.

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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

MARCH 15, 2022

GRI is developing new standards to enhance accountability on the issues that matter most within sectors. The Sector Standard for Coal enables comprehensive and comparable disclosure on: How companies respond to climate change mitigation demands , as reflected in the Paris Agreement, including plans to transition away from coal mining.

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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 and climate change are mutually exacerbating.

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ESG Today

JANUARY 22, 2023

See below for the highlights of the past week, and get all your ESG news at ESG Today: Sustainability Goals, Initiatives and Achievements Lenovo Commits to Net Zero Emissions Across the Value Chain by 2050 Danone Launches Plan to Address Methane Emissions From Dairy Supply Chain Pfizer to Offer Full Portfolio of Medicines to 1.2

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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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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 26, 2021

New and updated climate commitments fall far short of what is needed to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement, leaving the world on track for a global temperature rise of at least 2.7°C C this century, according to the UN Environment Programme’s (UNEP) latest Emissions Gap Report 2021: The Heat Is On.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

The number of litigation-arbitration climate change related cases is on the rise. 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. Investor-state arbitration.

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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 Twenty-four percent of assessed countries said they have developed a NAP, and 46% intend to do so in the near future.

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3BL Media

AUGUST 22, 2024

I believe in sport’s ability to change minds and touch hearts. For temporary installations, a rigorous approach was developed to assess potential ecological impacts, from the pre-design to the post-Games phase. We need to be able to leverage that.”

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

It also called for the implementation of “ambitious” national biodiversity strategies and action plans that support the targets relating to nature, water and biodiversity-related challenges contributing to and stemming from the climate crisis in their NDCs, in line with the Global Biodiversity Framework.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 26, 2023

The investor-led initiative will be advised by UNEP and is backed by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Archbishop of Cape Town and the UN-convened Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI). “The It will further attempt to identify where existing ESG data can be consolidated, so investors and corporates can align.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Nature-based infrastructure solutions can influence 79% of all targets across the Sustainable Development Goals, highlighting the critical role nature can play in advancing sustainable development, climate action and biodiversity conservation, according to a new report by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), UNOPS, and the University of Oxford.

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Blended finance vehicles can help asset owners achieve impact in emerging markets and developing economies. . Given that impact investments are made with the intention to generate positive, measurable social and environmental impact alongside financial returns, developing markets are target regions.” .

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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.”. of emissions. Focus on nature.

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Renewable Energy World

JUNE 25, 2021

But they are also the biggest, most cost-effective climate mitigation solution available – making up 58% of urban mitigation potential, the organization added in a press release. Lead project partner cities Bogotá and Santiago de Calí in Colombia, and Gaziantep and Konya in Turkey, will pilot the development of aligned local action plans.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 31, 2025

Nature loss exacerbates climate change, undermines food security and puts people and communities at risk. Funds such as this are an opportunity for biodiversity rich countries often developing countries to see benefits from the use of genomes sourced from their ecosystems. billion in weight loss and diabetes treatments.

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3BL Media

JULY 19, 2023

In the meantime, 80% of the world’s wastewater is returned to the environment untreated (UNEP, 2016). The AWS Standard was developed through a four-year global, multi-stakeholder consultation seeking a framework that could be implemented by any site, in any sector, in any catchment around the world.

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Sustainable Development Network

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

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. 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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Sustainable Development Network

SEPTEMBER 22, 2019

Nature Map has been prepared by teams from the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), International Institute for Sustainability (IIS) Rio, UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), and UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN), with the support of Royal Botanic Gardens Kew.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Climate change mitigation remains important, but the need to finance adaptation measures is becoming urgent, says Lindsey Stewart, Director of Investment Stewardship Research, Morningstar. “I I don’t believe in fairytales or sermons or stories about money, baby sister, but thank you for the cigarette.”

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 28, 2021

The report was produced by the World Economic Forum, UN Environment Programme (UNEP), and the Economics of Land Degradation (ELD) Initiative hosted by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) in collaboration with Vivid Economics. However, nature currently only accounts for 2.5%

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