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Date Time Share Mark Carney, UN Race to Zero campaign and COP26 Presidency launch Net Zero Financial Alliance with world’s biggest banks The Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ), chaired by Mark Carney, UN Special Envoy on Climate Action and Finance, unites over 160 firms (together responsible for assets in excess of US$70 trillion) from the leading net zero initiatives across the financial system to accelerate the transition to net zero emissions by 2050 at the latest. All GFANZ...

Scientific American U.N. recognition would strengthen legal arguments for preserving nature Advertisement As the impact of our species on the natural world intensifies, so does the knowledge of our dependency on it: from crop-pollinating critters and wild fish populations that nourish millions, to ecosystems that inhale carbon emissions and filter air and water. These connections have bolstered a legal argument around the importance of a healthy environment—that is, intact ecosystems and anim...

© iStock Locked down for a full year now, there was at least one bright spot: The clear drop in air pollution in 2020. But now there’s even a blot on that. This week the United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced that methane, the second biggest driver of global warming and a major contributor to air pollution, spiked upward last year with the highest growth rate in NOAA’s 37-year record. What’s going on? Methane is different. Unlike carbon dioxide or ...

The sheer quantity of edible, nourishing food that gets thrown away every year is stunning.

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Four nations make global call for action to curb marine plastics pollution By Share Four countries are upping their engagement in the fight against marine litter and plastic pollution by teaming with the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) to organize a ministerial conference on preserving the oceans through the sustainable production and consumption of plastics. Germany, Vietnam, Ecuador, and Ghana are organizing the ministerial conference, to be held in September 2021, in line wi...

Plastic pollution is an environmental injustice to vulnerable communities – new report Nairobi, 30 March 2021 — Plastic pollution disproportionately affects marginalized communities and communities living in close proximity to plastic production and waste sites, constituting an environmental injustice, according to a new report by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and environmental justice non-governmental organisation, Azul. The report, Neglected: Environmental Justice Impac...

Friday, 12:09, 02/04/2021 VOV.VN - Vietnam is redoubling efforts to develop into a regional pioneer in terms of reducing ocean plastic waste, according to a recent online meeting held among environmental officials of Vietnam, Germany, Ecuador, and Ghana. During the event, participants discussed the holding of a Ministerial Conference which is set for September as members try to reach a global strategy aimed at ending marine litter and plastic pollution, with the ultimate goal of ensurin...

Almost 1 Billion Tons of Food Is Wasted Each Year, U.N. Report Finds The United Nations has found that more than 900 million tons of food were wasted in 2019. The problem is pervasive, with food waste occurring at every step of the food chain worldwide. Mar. 17, 2021 A report pub­lished by the United Nations esti­mates that 17 per­cent of the food pro­duced glob­ally – around 930 mil­lion tons – is thrown away each year. The quan­tity of food wasted is enough to load 23 mil­lion 40-...

news Paradigm Shift Narrative About Climate Action The New Nation Samira Sadeque : A keen awareness about the intersection of our ecosystem and the "accelerating destabilisation of the climate" is helping shift the narrative for climate action and can help us transition from being polluters to becoming protectors of the climate, said Marco Lambertini, Director General at the World Wide Fund for Nature. "Science has never been clearer. We are currently witnessing a catastrophic d...