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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

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.

Waste

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ESG Explainer: The Blue Economy

Chris Hall

MARCH 16, 2022

With the global economy heavily reliant on ocean health, a sustainable future is paramount. To date, the ocean and its ecosystems have provided significant benefits to the global community, including climate regulation, coastal protection, food, employment, recreation and cultural well-being. What is a sustainable blue economy?

UNEP

UNEP Banking Paris Agreement Stranded Assets

COP27: A Breakthrough for People and Planet

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. Mitigation Work Program’ Development. SOURCE: Inogen Alliance. Loss and Damage’ Fund Agreement. Loss and damage, 22.

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Investors Demand Comprehensive Plans at COP29

Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

This year’s global investor statement – the most ambitious yet – sends a clear message from hundreds of investors to governments around the world for greater policy action to help unlock private capital to support the decarbonisation of the global economy,” said Stephanie Pfeifer, CEO of the IIGCC.

Net Zero

Net Zero UNEP Paris Agreement Climate Change

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

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

climate action and investments, as public and private sector leaders raise their ambition, deliver on commitments, implement policies to capitalize on the opportunities in the necessary transition to a zero emissions future, and ensure public finance to support adaptation and resilience for developing nations. November 3, 2022 /3BL Media/ -

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Why Investing in Waste Matters

Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Every year more than 2 billion tonnes of municipal solid waste (MSW) is produced across the planet, as shown in the UN Environment Programme’s (UNEP) Global Waste Management Outlook 2024. In 2020, the direct cost of waste management to the global economy was an estimated US$252 billion. billion tonnes.

Waste

Waste UNEP Global Economy Development

FABLE Consortium co-leads "Transforming food systems" chapter of the 2022 Emissions Gap Report

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. Only a root-and-branch transformation of our economies and societies can save us from accelerating climate disaster.” C in place. C in place.

UNEP

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Net Zero Action Depends on Public-Private Cooperation

Chris Hall

DECEMBER 1, 2023

They need support from policymakers and regulators, they need rules and regulations to steer global economies in an effective, sustainable, and coherent transition to net zero. But they cannot do it alone.

Net Zero

Net Zero Paris Agreement UNEP Climate Change

Water Must Be “Third Peak” in Climate, Nature Challenge

Chris Hall

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Industry experts have underscored the need for water to be considered in tandem with climate and nature-related risks, highlighting the interconnectedness of all three in avoiding planetary boundary tipping points and ecological breakdown. Mathilde Mesnard, Co-ordinator for Climate and Green Finance at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation (..)

Climate Change

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World Economic Forum: “Investing less than 1% of world GDP into nature-based solutions can tackle climate change and biodiversity crisis”

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%

Climate Change

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Buyers’ Guide Bids to Build Trust in VCMs

Chris Hall

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

Paris Agreement

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The Energy Trilemma: Affordability, Security and Climate

Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

“Unlike previous COPs, you had a group outside of the direct negotiations committing to invest in the condition of our planet in a way that aligned with the requirements to decarbonise the economy.”. Yet, as the latest United Nations Environment Programme’s (UNEP) annual gap report shows, policies currently in place point to a 2.8°C

COP26

COP26 Net Zero Global Economy Paris Agreement

ESG Explainer: Call of the Wild

Chris Hall

JULY 13, 2022

The report warns of multiple risks and impacts for the billions of people in developing and developed countries currently dependent on wild species – for food, energy, materials, medicine, recreation and other purposes – due to their over-exploitation and potential extinction. Almost 140 governments attended the Bonn conference.

Supply Chain

Supply Chain Supply Chains Climate Change Development

UNFCCC Tightens the Screw on Net Zero

Chris Hall

JUNE 21, 2023

Over the course of this year, the UNFCCC Secretariat will work with relevant stakeholders to determine how GCAP can increase the robustness of the whole accountability system.

Net Zero

Net Zero Climate Change UNEP Paris Agreement

Nature is Integral to Sustainability Reporting – ISSB

Chris Hall

DECEMBER 15, 2022

“There has been a tragedy of accounting, where we count many things [in our economy], but not nature – we certainly don’t count the air, or water,” said Faber. . He said the ISSB would seek to redress matters by developing a new conceptual framework for sustainability in finance and business. “We

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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

ESG Explainer: The Blue Economy

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COP27: A Breakthrough for People and Planet

Investors Demand Comprehensive Plans at COP29

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

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FABLE Consortium co-leads "Transforming food systems" chapter of the 2022 Emissions Gap Report

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Water Must Be “Third Peak” in Climate, Nature Challenge

World Economic Forum: “Investing less than 1% of world GDP into nature-based solutions can tackle climate change and biodiversity crisis”

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The Energy Trilemma: Affordability, Security and Climate

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