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A new United Nations report calculates that the globe is speeding to 2.5 to 2.9 degrees Celsius (4.5 to 5.2 degrees Fahrenheit) of global warming since pre-industrial times, set to blow well past the agreed upon international climate threshold.

The 2023 Emissions Gap Report, released on Monday by the UN Environment Program (UNEP), carried a clear message — unless countries step up climate action and deliver more than promised in their 2030 pledges, the world is heading for a 2.5-2.9°C temperature rise above pre-industrial levels.

The Earth is on track to heat by almost 3C this century with the decarbonisation plans currently in place, it is claimed.

"Private companies are not capable of extracting anywhere near the amount of recyclables that reclaimers are."

The world is halfway towards a legally binding treaty to end plastic pollution, as negotiators in Kenya spend this week debating the best way to slash the waste building up in oceans and ecosystems. Plastic…

NAIROBI: Nations grappling with the plastic “suffocating” nature and leaching into food and the human body began...

He arrived with tight security, police bikes ahead and their convoy following.

Iohannis will visit Kenya, Tanzania, Cape Verde, and Senegal between November 14-23.

Nairobi, 13 November 2023 – The third session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, including in the marine environment (INC-3), opened today in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi. INC-3 members will start negotiations on the basis of the Zero Draft text prepared by the Chair of the INC. 

Nations grappling with the plastic "suffocating" nature and leaching into food and the human body began fresh negotiations on Monday toward a UN treaty to tackle the growing problem.