UN Global Compact calls on private sector to accelerate action
The United Nations Global Compact has called on the private sector to accelerate actions linked to newly-submitted Nationally Determined Contributions…
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New climate pledges ‘only slightly’ lower projected temperature increases: UNEP
New climate pledges under the Paris Agreement have only slightly lowered projected global temperature increases, the United Nations Environment Programme…
UN Forum launches transition guide for insurance underwriting portfolios
The United Nations-convened Forum for Insurance Transition to Net Zero (FIT), chaired by UNEP, has launched a new guide, Underwriting the…
Adaptation Fund welcomes first new pledge of 2025
The Adaptation Fund has announced it has received its first new pledge of 2025, with Sweden committing SEK 130 million…
Emissions from the building sector stopped rising last year
Emissions from the global building sector stopped rising last year for the first time since 2020, a new report by…
Climate plans offer countries opportunity to ‘supercharge’ growth, says UNEP
Through their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), countries have an opportunity to ‘supercharge’ economic growth, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)…
Talks over plastic treaty end without agreement in South Korea
The INC-5 negotiations in Busan, South Korea, aimed at creating the first legally binding treaty to tackle plastic pollution, have…
5 things to watch out for at COP29
The 29th United Nations Climate Change Conference, more commonly known as COP29, will take place in Baku, Azerbaijan, from 11…
Households waste more than one billion meals a day, says UNEP
Households around the world wasted more than one billion meals per day in 2022, the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) has said.
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