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Updated climate commitments ahead of COP26 summit fall far short, but net zero pledges provide hope, says UNEP report

Envirotec Magazine

C this century, according to the UN Environment Programme’s (UNEP) latest Emissions Gap Report 2021: The Heat Is On. Released ahead of the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26), the latest round of climate talks taking place in Glasgow, the report finds that net zero pledges could make a big difference.

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Food waste contributes 10% to global emissions but 9 out of 10 countries’ NDCs fail to focus on food waste and loss

Envirotec Magazine

” 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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Nature Map – a new tool to support countries to integrate nature and climate in policymaking and promote nature-based solutions

Sustainable Development Network

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. 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.

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Reflecting on COP27 and Rallying for SBTi

3BL Media

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. A key takeaway from COP27? So… we all need to dig in even further on climate! What’s the landscape look like today?

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Global Reporting Initiative Publish Standard to Address Sustainability Impacts of Coal

3BL Media

This expert group includes representatives from the UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre, standard setters EITI and SASB, and investment institutions FTSE Russell and S&P Global. The outcome of the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in November saw agreement by countries to ‘phase down’ (rather than ‘phase out’ ) use of coal.

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Food System Action: A Roadmap to Keep 1.5°C Alive

Chris Hall

The Glasgow Summit at COP26 made a major focus on “keeping 1.5°C 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 In addition, more than 100 world leaders promised to end and reverse deforestation by 2030, at the COP26 climate summit. A credible 1.5°C

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Nature Map Consortium presents global maps to help governments operationalize targets for biodiversity conservation and restoration

Sustainable Development Network

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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