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 E-Mail IMAGE: A new UN-backed report says emissions from the operation of buildings hit their highest-ever level in 2019, moving the sector further away from fulfilling its huge potential to slow climate... view more  Credit: UNEP Emissions from the operation of buildings hit their highest-ever level in 2019, moving the sector further away from fulfilling its huge potential to slow climate change and contribute significantly to the goals of the Paris Agreement, according to a new rep...

Buildings-related emissions hit record high: Report ​ By IANS | Published on ​ Wed, Dec 16 2020 20:21 IST | ​ 8 Views   New Delhi, Dec 16 : Emissions from the operation of buildings hit their highest-ever level in 2019, moving the sector further away from fulfilling its huge potential to slow climate change and contribute significantly to the goals of the Paris Agreement, a new report said on Wednesday. However, pandemic recovery packages provide an opportunity to push deep building...

Building sector emissions hit record high, but low-carbon pandemic recovery can help transform sector – UN report 2 in 2019. The sector accounts for 38% of all energy-related CO 2 emissions when adding building construction industry emissions Direct building CO 2 emissions need to halve by 2030 to get on track for net zero carbon building stock by 2050 Governments must prioritize low-carbon buildings in pandemic stimulus packages and updated climate pledges Nairobi, 16 December 2020 – Emiss...

Associated Press Walking through a flooded street in Planeta, Honduras, in November, a man looks back at storm damage caused by Hurricane Eta. Previous Next Tuesday, December 15, 2020 1:00 am Natural disasters soared in 2020 Climate takes blame for rise in storms, fires Associated Press Nature struck relentlessly in 2020 with record-breaking and deadly weather- and climate-related disasters. With the most named storms in the Atlantic, the largest-ever area of California ...

THE STANDARD NAIROBI Nzambi Matee, Unep’s Young Champion of the Earth for Africa, holding a paving stone made from recycled plastic at her Industrial Area factory. When Nzambi Matee told her friends she was planning to take up waste management as a career, they thought she was crazy. She was 27 years old, had a degree in Physics from Jomo Kenyatta University, and her peers thought she could do better than recycling waste. However, if that was the direction she had taken, her friends felt she...

Share UN Environment Programme (UNEP)’s annual Emissions Gap Report 2020 finds that despite a dip in 2020 carbon dioxide emissions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the world is still heading for a temperature rise in excess of 3°C this century. However, if governments invest in climate action as part of pandemic recovery and solidify emerging net-zero commitments with strengthened pledges at the next climate meeting – taking place in Glasgow in November 2021 – they can bring emissions to...

UNEP names seven dynamic environmentalists as its 2020 Young Champions of the Earth Credit: Pexels / Belle Co / 15 Dec 2020 The Young Champions of the Earth prize is awarded every year to seven entrepreneurs under the age of 30 with bold ideas for sustainable environmental change. The seven winners, hailing from different regions around the world, receive seed funding, mentoring and communications support to amplify their efforts. Nairobi, 15 December 2020 – The UN Environment Programme (UNEP...

Green pandemic recovery essential to close climate action gap — UN report On By Kingsley Adegboye with Agency report A green pandemic recovery could cut up to 25 per cent off predicted 2030 greenhouse gas emissions and bring the world closer to meeting the 2°C goal of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, a new UN Environment Programme UNEP, report says. UNEP’s annual Emissions Gap Report 2020 has disclosed that, despite a dip in 2020 carbon dioxide emissions caused by the COVID-19 pande...

UNEP unveils Young Champions of the Earth An engineer who turns plastic rubbish into paving stones. An activist who is fighting to save endangered salmon. And an inventor who developed a machine capable of pulling water out of the air. These are just some of the winners of the 2020 Young Champions of the Earth prize, announced on 15 December by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). Drawn from seven regions around the world, these under-30 activists were heralded for their commitment ...

Date Time UNEP names seven dynamic environmentalists as its 2020 Young Champions of Earth The Young Champions of the Earth prize is awarded every year to seven entrepreneurs under the age of 30 with bold ideas for sustainable environmental change. The seven winners, hailing from different regions around the world, receive seed funding, mentoring and communications support to amplify their efforts. Nairobi, 15 December 2020 – The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) today named seven young scientis...