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Editorial: The methane problem [Gas in Transition] May 20, 2021 8:50:am Summary The UNEP report is likely to push the climate change conversation, which has so far centred on CO2, further in the direction of methane. [Gas in Transition, Volume 1, Issue 2] by: Joseph Murphy The global climate change discussion has chiefly revolved around CO2 emissions and efforts to reduce them. But there is a growing view that methane mitigation too has a vital role to play. This shi...

The area of protected land on Earth has increased to seven times the size of India since 2010, according to a report released May 19 by the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). The addition of 2 million square kilometers (more than 770,000 square miles) brings the […]

WHO, FAO, OIE and UNEP launch the One Health High-Level Expert Panel 20 May 2021 , Geneva/Paris/Rome - International organizations have come together to launch a new One Health High-Level Expert Panel to improve understanding of how diseases with the potential to trigger pandemics, emerge and spread. The panel will advise four international organizations - the World Health Organization (WHO), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO); the World Organisation for Animal ...

GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — The World Health Organization said Thursday it had tasked exper...

New panel launched to address the emergence and spread of zoonotic diseases International organizations have come together to launch a new One Health High-Level Expert Panel to improve understanding of how diseases with the potential to trigger pandemics, emerge and spread. The panel will advise four international organizations - the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO); the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE); the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP); and...

GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — The World Health Organization said Thursday it had tasked exper...

Comments Off on Planet Earth At Risk of Methane Suffocation PARIS, France, May 15, 2021 (ENS) – Methane emissions caused by human activities can be reduced by up to 45 percent this decade, finds the world’s first Global Methane Assessment just issued by the Climate and Clean Air Coalition, a voluntary partnership led by governments, and the United Nations Environment Programme, UNEP. Such reductions would avoid nearly 0.3°Celsius of global warming by 2045 and would be consistent with keepi...

Yes, it is possible to reduce methane emissions in the next 10 years Published: - May 14, 2021 The most recent Global Assessment ensures that it is possible to reduce them by 45%, crucial for climate action. The Assessment focuses on the benefits that the reduction of methane emissions can bring, especially those generated by the fossil fuel industry, and also presents the costs that air pollution implies. Photo: Pixabay LatinAmerican Post | Vanesa López Romero Escucha este artícu...

The past two weeks in Germany have shown how quickly political winds can turn.  On 29 April, Germany’s top constitutional court in Karlsruhe ruled that the country’s climate protection law infringed upon the rights of the nation’s youth. The law, which aimed to cut emissions by 55% by 2030 and reach climate neutrality by 2050, was considered too vague by the judges, who gave legislators until the end of 2022 to fix it. The case – previously only of interest to legal scholars and climat...

Environmental News For The Week Ending 09 May 2019 This is a collection of interesting news articles about the environment and related topics published last week. This is usually a Tuesday evening regular post at GEI (but can be posted at other times). Please share this article - Go to very top of page, right hand side, for social media buttons. Note: Because of the high volume of news regarding the coronavirus outbreak, that news has been published separately: Major coronavirus metrics conti...