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The ESG Interview: From Ground Level to Board Level

Chris Hall

Jessica Smith, Nature Lead at the UNEP FI, says it’s time for biodiversity to take its place alongside climate in investor priorities. of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change. “We UNEP FI is going to play a big role in in the year ahead in the piloting programmes to work out what this will look like.”.

UNEP 98
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Investors Demand Comprehensive Plans at COP29

Chris Hall

Submitted every five years under the Paris Agreement, NDCs outline each signatory country’s plans to decarbonise their respective economies including a set of intermediate targets and the steps to reach net zero, including policy action required to enforce compliance. NDCs are expected to play a central role at this year’s COP.

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Behind Closed Doors

Chris Hall

In January this year, the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) cast doubt on some of the more extravagant claims made for the ‘green-ness’ of natural gas. Crises never go to waste “Post-Ukraine, this view became very present in the EU,” says Holder. InfluenceMap was founded in 2015 ahead of the Paris Agreement.

UNEP 81
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Nature critical to infrastructure for sustainable development: UN report

Envirotec Magazine

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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SDSN September 2017 Events Summary

Sustainable Development Network

SDSN Chairs and Network Managers presented the work of the networks, including SDG localization efforts, publications, solution initiatives, and SDG training. During the meeting, the SDG Advocates presented their ongoing work and ideas for future activities in support of their mission.

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SDSN at COP27

Sustainable Development Network

The Council of Engineers for the Energy Transition (CEET) plans to deliver a statement in a public-facing panel-setting to present engineering solutions for the energy transition. Join SDSN's Aline Mosnier, as she presents Chapter 6 of the report: "Transforming food systems".

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Take-off for the Net Zero Transition  

Chris Hall

Ahead of the conference, the data had been collected and analysed, with assessments delivered on the effectiveness of actions taken to date, primarily in the form of signatories’ nationally determined contributions (NDCs) to the Paris Agreement. The official verdict was clear. C of climate change by 2100. C in realistic reach.