UN strategy paper sets strict 2030 AC energy efficiency targets
Air conditioning systems are one of 20 priority areas for a new global strategy intended to begin realising short and long-term carbon reduction gains ahead of COP26 event
A global carbon reduction initiative has set a target of having one fifth of the world’s air conditioning equipment manufacturers offering affordable, more sustainable technologies for homes by 2025.
The targets are among a number of commitments set out in an UN-backed strategy paper called, ‘Race to Zero Breakthroughs’. These commitments include a range of near-term targets that 20 sectors including the cooling and building industries are urged to sign up to ahead of the delayed international climate change conference (COP26) that is set to be held in Glasgow later this year.
02/04/2021 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 02/03/2021 17:19
UNHCR and IOM call for improved safeguards for the displaced on the frontlines of climate emergency
04 February 2021
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and the International Organization for Migration (IOM), are calling on states to strengthen the protection and assistance of people displaced in the context of disasters and climate change, ahead of a virtual conference co-hosted today, 4 February, with PDD, the state-led Platform on Disaster Displacement, currently chaired by the Government of Fiji, with the Government of France as vice-chair.
This commemoration also comes on the heels of two bilateral Memoranda of Understanding signed by IOM and UNHCR with PPD on 9 December, to renew their commitments on disaster displacement.
IOM
Joint IOM / UNHCR Press Release
GENEVA (4 February 2020) – IOM, the International Organization for Migration, and the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), are calling on states to strengthen the protection and assistance of people displaced in the context of disasters and climate change, ahead of a virtual conference co-hosted today, 4 February, with PDD, the state-led Platform on Disaster Displacement, currently chaired by the Government of Fiji, with the Government of France as vice-chair.
This commemoration also comes on the heels of two bilateral Memoranda of Understanding signed by IOM and UNHCR with PPD on 9 December, to renew their commitments on disaster displacement.