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UNEP: New climate pledges need ‘quantum leap’ in ambition to deliver Paris goals

Eco-Business

There is a 'massive gap between rhetoric and reality' that must be closed by new climate pledges being drafted under the Paris Agreement, the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) says.

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We Mean Business Coalition welcomes ICVCM approval of three REDD+ methodologies for VCM to accelerate credible nature investment

We Mean Business Coalition

Reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation is necessary to achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement and ensure a safe and livable climate, with recent research by UNEP suggesting action on forests could deliver around 20 percent of the emissions reductions needed over the next decade.

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New Investment Models Needed for Net Zero Goals Warns UNEP FI’s Carlin

Chris Hall

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. The post New Investment Models Needed for Net Zero Goals Warns UNEP FI’s Carlin appeared first on ESG Investor.

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Capital Flows not Supporting Nature Commitments

Chris Hall

“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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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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Climate Change Forum in APAC Hopes To Bring Global Solutions

3BL Media

The in-person event, hosted within the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) Regional Office for Asia-Pacific, runs from August 30 to September 1, during the Korea Global Adaptation Week (KGAW) 2023, one of the most notable adaptation events of the year, aiming to promote actions and practices to adapt to the negative impacts of climate change. 

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Ancient Arctic Organisms Key Threat in Global ‘Polycrisis’

Chris Hall

Scientists at the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) have now warned in a new report that many more “reservoirs of ancient, mostly uncharacterised microorganisms and viruses” could be lurking under the tundra – which is warming at four times the global average. Some of the identified risks are, unsurprisingly, environmental.

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