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dioxide emissions will fall by 7% due to the inactivity caused by the
COVID-19 pandemic, this means only a reduction of 0.01 degrees in global warming by 2050. Thus it affirms the report on the 2020 Production Gap delivered
by the United Nations Environment Program , in which it also drew attention to the need to reduce the use of fossil fuels globally.
With this report, the organization seeks to measure the discrepancy between countries fossil fuel production plans and the levels necessary to limit global warming to 1.5 ° C and 2 ° C .
Reducing fossil fuels is more necessary than ever
In the
Paris Agreement in 2015, 195 countries pledged to prevent global temperature from rising more than
PH local governments juggle COVID-19 response and garbage problem
Dec 11, 2020 10:00 AM PHT
The coronavirus pandemic has penetrated Filipinos everyday life, affecting not just the country s healthcare system but even waste management especially at the local level.
Already overburdened with COVID-19 response and containment, local governments also have to contend with managing potentially hazardous waste from quarantine facilities and households, on top of increased amounts of household waste and plastic usage during the pandemic.
Recording 14.66 million tons of trash a year, the Philippines is the 4th largest generator of solid waste among country-members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, according to a report by the United Nations Environment Program. The Philippines Environment Management Bureau projected that the country s yearly waste may even rise to 18.05 million tons in 2020.
Even if every country meets its commitments, the world will still be on track to warm by more than 3 degrees Celsius this century, a new UNEP report shows.
Five years after the Paris climate agreement, bold visions for slowing global warming have emerged from all over the world. Less clear is how countries will meet them.