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  In Drawdown, edited by Paul Hawken, bike infrastructure is identified as one of the top 80 solutions for reducing global greenhouse gas emissions. The book finds that in 2014, 5.5 percent of urban trips worldwide were by bicycle. If that number grew to 7.5 percent by 2050, displacing some 2.2 trillion passenger miles completed by vehicles, some 2.2 gigatons of greenhouse gas emissions could be avoided, realizing approximately $400 billion savings over the next 30 years. What are the most imp...

news Climate: Are major emitters ambitious enough? dw.com 2 hrs ago Loveday Wright, Anne-Sophie Brändlin The heat is on for the world’s biggest emitters to increase their climate targets. Some have upped their goals, but how far do they go? © picture-alliance/AP/Imaginechina Provided by Deutsche Welle The science is clear. If catastrophic global warming is to be averted, global greenhouse gases have to be reduced. And fast. A 2019 UN Environment Program report warned tha...

UN launches $29 million appeal to support stricken island of Saint Vincent April 21, 2021 An aerial view in the red zone impacted by the La Soufrière volcano eruption in St. Vincent and the Grenadines. — courtesy UN Barbados OECS/ Bajanpro NEW YORK — The UN launched a $29.2 million global funding appeal on Monday to aid citizens of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines affected by the major eruptions spewing from La Soufrière volcano, pledging to...

Slowdown caused by Covid not putting brake on climate change ​ By IANS | ​ 1 Views Global Covid-19 caseload tops 116 mn. Image Source: IANS News Geneva, April 20 : The Covid-19-related economic slowdown failed to put a brake on climate change drivers and accelerating impacts, said a UN report. The year 2020 was one of the three warmest years on record, with the global average temperature being about 1.2 degrees Celsius above the pre-industrial level, said the report on the State of the Gl...

Despite the negative impact of the pandemic, trade volume among countries within the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) remained stable in general and was better than expected. Bucking the trend, China-Europe Railway outperformed other freight expresses and helped the global resource supply and transport alongside the road.   According to a survey on sustainable development based on enterprises, half respondents are neutral about the prospects of global economic recovery, while 60 percent are opti...

Emerging Lessons from Implementing Climate-Related Peace and Security Mandates Format Six of the ten largest United Nations-led peace operations in 2020 were located in countries that are the most exposed to climate change. Both UN peacekeeping operations and special political missions are increasingly mandated by the UN Security Council to consider and respond to climate-related security risks. In response, UN peace operations have tried to more effectively respond to climate-related peace and...

The 2021 Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) kicked off in Boao, a coastal resort in South Chinas Hainan Province on Sunday. In the post-COVID19 era, attendees anticipation for the conference, also the first international forum comprising mostly offline conferences this year, includes not only helping Asian countries shore up confidence in accelerating economic growth, but also taking it as an international exchange forum that has a global impact.   The four-day annual conference, which is themed around...

A surfeit of plastic waste is spotted on the seabed nearly 6,000 meters deep off the Boso Peninsula in Chiba Prefecture. (Provided by the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology) Plastic waste has accumulated at a final destination nearly 6 kilometers deep on the seabed off the Boso Peninsula in Chiba Prefecture, scientists have discovered. An average of 4,561 pieces of disposable and other plastic products were found per 1 square kilometer at three points in th...

SOURCE / ECONOMY Strengthening cross-border infrastructure connectivity top main drivers of growth By Chi Jingyi in Boao Published: Apr 19, 2021 05:48 PM A China-Europe railway express cargo train carrying epidemic control goods arrives at a railway depot in Paris, France in June 2020. Photo: VCG Graphics: GT Despite the negative impact of the pandemic, trade volume among countries within the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) remained stable in general and was better than expected. Bucking the ...

Boao Forum to further integrate Asian economies, boost global governance Shen Weiduo and Chi Jingyi in Boao Published: Apr 18, 2021 10:28 PM The opening press conference of the 2021 Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) is held in Boao, Hainan Province, China on Sunday. This years forum has so far attracted 1,200 journalists from 128 countries and regions around the world. Photo: VCG The 2021 Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) kicked off in Boao, a coastal resort in South Chinas Hainan Province on Sunday. In the p...