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THE STANDARD
ENVIRONMENT
Walid Badawi, UNDP Resident Representative.
We mark World Environment Day under extremely difficult circumstances. The globe is reeling from the impacts of COVID-19, arguably one of the worst ever global pandemics, as well as the devastating impacts of climate change that continues to push the world as we know it to that dreaded point of no-return.
Even as we applaud the efforts by various stakeholders to respond to these twin challenges of our generation, we note that more efforts are required to surmount these dynamic problems and put the world on a path to recovery.
On this 30th anniversary year of our seminal 2020 Global Human Development Report entitled, “ The Next Frontier: Human Development and the Anthropocene, UNDP calls for ‘nothing short of a great transformation – in how we live, work and cooperate’ to change the path we are on.
Critical climate change talks raise the pressure for COP26
1 Jun 2021
The stage has been set for one of the most anticipated climate conferences to address global warming – and targets for the biggest emitters . (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)
The UNFCCC started on Monday 31 May and is set to run until 17 June.
The conference, which is taking place virtually, is expected to set a precedent for the COP26 in Glasgow, Scotland, in November. Limiting the barriers to COP26 in-person attendance will also be discussed, given the unequal roll-out of Covid-19 vaccines across the globe.
The UNFCCC said that the sessions would allow parties to make progress on the high volume of work accumulated because there were no sessions in 2020.
UEFA’s football social responsibility programme is piloting a climate action campaign – Cleaner Air, Better Game – that will run throughout the 2021 European Under-21 Championships in Hungary and Slovenia. What is the campaign about and how can Europe’s football community support it?