Climate Change The New Economy
Climate Change, Environment
One hundred and five cities around the world including Mexico City, Cape Town, Los Angeles, Iskandar and Leicester have been named on CDP’s Cities A List for their transparency and action on climate change. Designed to push cities to ramp up their climate action and ambition, CDP’s scoring and A List is based
Read More
As heads of states and governments, business leaders and civil society from across the world gathered in Davos for the 50th World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting at the end of January, sustainability - including climate emergency - topped the agenda like never before. An urgent wake-up call, climate activist Greta Thunberg’s
Read More
The UN Human Rights Committee has issued its first ruling on a request for asylum from the effects of climate change. The request came from a Kiribati citizen who had taken refuge in New Zealand, but in 2015 his asylum application was denied and he was deported to Kiribati. The Human Rights
Read More
The Church of England’s three National Investing Bodies (NIBS) representing over £12 billion in assets under management, have joined the United Nations-convened Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance. Now 18-strong, the new membership has collective assets under management of over US$4.3 trillion. The Alliance has finalized its objectives for 2020. It will focus
Read More
Nigel Topping has been appointed by the UK Government as its High Level Climate Action Champion ahead of UN climate talks, COP26. Mr Topping will help drive action from businesses, investors, organisations, cities, and regions on climate change and coordinate this work with governments and parties to the United Nations Framework
Read More
The European Union is committed to becoming the first climate-neutral bloc in the world by 2050. This requires significant investment from both the EU and the national public sector, as well as the private sector. The European Green Deal's Investment Plan - the Sustainable Europe Investment Plan - presented today
Read More
The Climate Technology Centre and Network (CTCN), with the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and UN Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), have published a report titled, ‘Climate Change Strategies 2020,’ which features diverse case studies and knowledge-sharing initiatives that illustrate the role of technology transfer in climate change mitigation and adaptation. Launched at the
Read More
Innovative adaptation projects offer hope for climate-vulnerable communities around the world – but need urgent political and financial investment before it’s too late By Srilata Kammila, Head of Climate Change Adaptation, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) The article was featured in the new Climate Technology Centre and Network (CTCN) publication Climate Strategies 2020 Climate
Read More
According to the December 3, 2019, U.S. Drought Monitor, moderate to extreme drought covers 9.9% of the United States including Puerto Rico, a decrease from last week’s 12.0%. The worst drought categories (extreme to exceptional drought) decreased slightly from 0.2% last week to 0.1% this week. A couple of very strong upper-level low
Read More
The International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, which is a mainstay of the UN calendar, has assumed a new dimension with the challenges presented by climate change. With the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report on Global Warming of 1.5ºC predicting an increase in natural disasters and the subsequent devastation in
Read More