ESG Today

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

The UN SDGs refer to the 17 categories of goals adopted as part of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, with the aim to protect the planet and improve the quality of life globally. Bloomberg said that it is the first data provider to integrate the UNEP FI Sector Impact framework into its data offerings.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 26, 2021

C this century, according to the UN Environment Programme’s (UNEP) latest Emissions Gap Report 2021: The Heat Is On. The report, now in its 12th year, finds that countries’ updated Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) – and other commitments made for 2030 but not yet submitted in an updated NDC – only take an additional 7.5

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3BL Media

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Data from the UNEP shows that some 60% of food waste happens in peoples’ homes. Food loss and waste wastes 1/4 of fresh water used in agriculture every year. While a significant portion of food is lost along the food supply chain, a lot of food is wasted at the household level. How can we help more people to waste less food?

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

For the next seven years, we must marshal our collective forces and bolster commitments to cut greenhouse gas emissions by half by 2030 to avoid more irreversible effects of this growing crisis. Co-hosted by AIGCC, CDP, Ceres, IGCC, IIGCC, PRI and UNEP FI. DESCRIPTION: COP27 provides a critical moment to build upon historic U.S.

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Co-created by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the IOC and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), in collaboration with the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), the Sports for Nature Framework aims to deliver transformative action for nature across sports, by 2030 and beyond.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 17, 2020

Environment Program World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC) produced for the Global Commission on Adaptation. According to the Commission’s Adapt Now report — which builds on UNEP-WCMC’s research — three crucial steps are needed to make this happen: 1. Raise understanding of the value of nature.

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Renewable energy and nuclear power featured in high-level announcements, with heads of state and governments pledging to triple renewables capacity to at least 11,000 gigawatts by 2030, and to double the global rate of improvement in energy efficiency from 2% to 4% annually in the same time frame.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 26, 2023

Although minerals are critical to a net zero future, ongoing environmental and social abuses cannot be ignored, urges Brumadinho community representative.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 12, 2021

The conclusions reached by UNEP and the University of Oxford match those of an ongoing series of economic reports by Vivid Economics and Finance for Biodiversity, which has been tracking the "greenness" of different countries' recovery packages since the outbreak of the pandemic. Of the $14.6

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Chris Hall

MARCH 16, 2022

The global economy relies on the health of the ocean, says Dennis Fritsch, Project Coordinator, Sustainable Blue Economy Finance at the United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI). UNEP FI is working towards integrating the use of sustainable finance practices in support of ocean health by the global financial community.

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Sustainable Development Network

OCTOBER 28, 2022

SDSN is proud to have contributed to Chapter 6 "Transforming food systems" of UNEP's 2022 Emissions Gap Report thanks to our FABLE Consortium scientific director Aline Mosnier. gigatonnes of CO2 equivalent, less than one per cent, off projected global emissions in 2030. C in place. C in place. C in place. C over the century.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

We have to minimize the risk of extreme wildfires by being better prepared: invest more in fire risk reduction, work with local communities, and strengthen global commitment to fight climate change” said Inger Andersen, UNEP Executive Director. Wildfires disproportionately affect the world’s poorest nations.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

The UN Environment Programme’s (UNEP) 2023 Emissions Gap Report – aptly titled ‘Broken Record’ – clearly states that the world is a long way from limiting global warming to 1.5°C Adaptation bonds are among the potential vehicles for private investment, but policy action is still needed at COP28.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 22, 2024

The UN Environment Programme’s (UNEP) 2023 ‘ State of Finance for Nature ’ report suggested that investments in nature-based solutions (NbS) to date have been underwhelming. Worse even: almost US$7 trillion are invested globally each year in activities that have a negative impact on nature – the equivalent to 7% of the global GDP.

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 1, 2023

The ‘ Nature Target Setting Framework for Asset Managers and Asset Owners ’ seeks to provide guidance to investors in establishing targets and directing financial resources in line with the mission of the GBF, aiming to protect 30% of terrestrial and marine habitats by 2030.

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3BL Media

AUGUST 14, 2023

Meanwhile, in its quest to make all packaging reusable or recyclable by 2030, the United Nations is preparing to launch a plastic treaty in 2024. According to UNEP , 91% of consumers express concern over plastic waste. Consumers are taking up the issue as well. Consumers are taking up the issue as well.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

A paper from UNEP published late last year stated that developing nations’ “estimated annual adaptation costs/needs are in the range of US$160–340 billion by 2030 and US$315–565 billion by 2050”. Furthermore, they predicted that financing needs were “likely far higher if adaptation and demand-side costs are included”.

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Chris Hall

MAY 11, 2023

Speaking at ESG Investor’s inaugural Stewardship Summit, UNEP FI’s Carlin says transition finance flows to developing economies are too low to meet net zero targets.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Around 2% of private sector finance is currently going to climate adaptation investments – the resilience of infrastructure, protection of forests, dealing with deforestation, investing in water management – which of course isn’t enough,” said Mohieldin, who is also UN Special Envoy on Financing the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda.

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Chris Hall

JUNE 16, 2023

The recent IEA report and UNEP gap report on net zero pathways have noted how difficult it will be to achieve the 1.5°C On methane, the UN has stated that methane emissions have to be reduced by 45% globally by 2030 to align with 1.5°C. Other key milestones for 2030 could include reducing the intensity of animal protein production.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Nature-based infrastructure solutions can influence 79% of all targets across the Sustainable Development Goals, highlighting the critical role nature can play in advancing sustainable development, climate action and biodiversity conservation, according to a new report by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), UNOPS, and the University of Oxford.

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3BL Media

JULY 19, 2023

The UN University estimates that by 2030, there will be a 40% gap between water demand and availability. In the meantime, 80% of the world’s wastewater is returned to the environment untreated (UNEP, 2016). Water availability and water quality are declining globally.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 8, 2024

Last week over 5,600 delegates from 190 countries gathered at the headquarters of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) in Nairobi for the sixth session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-6). In just six years, signatories are expected to have put in place actions to deliver the GBF’s 23 global targets for urgent action.

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Sustainable Development Network

APRIL 20, 2021

Normal 0 21 false false false ES X-NONE X-NONE SDSN Youth and SDSN Youth Mediterranean launched the “Mediterranean Youth Solutions Report 2021”, an incredible opportunity for young students and researchers for contributing to the UN Agenda 2030 and promoting their professional paths.

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Chris Hall

JULY 1, 2022

This is the assessment of Eric Usher, Head of the UN Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) which brings together the United Nations and the financial sector to develop responsible investment agendas. Focus on nature.

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DECEMBER 1, 2022

The report also estimates that NbS investment flows should rise to US$484 billion per annum by 2030. . Because of their multiple benefits, investments in NbS would represent “good value for money” at a time of global macroeconomic uncertainty, said Ivo Mulder, Head of the Climate Finance Unit at the UN Environment Programme (UNEP). .

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 13, 2023

UNEP FI estimates the current adaptation finance gap is around US$194-366 billion per year, and positively, Climate Policy Initiative (CPI) found last month that adaptation finance had reached an all-time high of US$63 billion, growing 28% from 2019/20.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 28, 2022

C by 2100, but only “urgent system-wide transformation” can deliver needed GHG emission cuts by 2030. In an accompanying commentary , UNEP Executive Director Inger Andersen said: “I urge every investor, public and private, to put their capital towards a net zero world. C course to 2.5°C

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Nationally determined contributions (NDCs) for G7 and G20 economies should clearly indicate the pathways towards a collective greenhouse gas emissions reduction of 43% by 2030, and 60% by 2035 (relative to 2019 levels) in order to keep global temperature rise below 1.5C.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 29, 2022

Mining 2030 Initiative to be led by Church of England Pensions Board, building on tailings engagement experience. The Church of England Pensions Board has launched Mining 2030, a year-long investor-led initiative aimed at addressing systemic issues in the sector to enable it to support the low-carbon transition. Catalysts for action.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Each company has its own goals, to be achieved between now and 2030. Rabobank is planning to support millions of smallholder farmers to move to agro-forestry, with the trees thus planted sequestering 150 megatons of CO2 by 2030, “equivalent to the annual emissions of 40 coal-fired power stations”. Nuveen, with 1.2

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 27, 2022

The latest UNEP Emissions Gap Report found that as a global society we still do not have a credible pathway to achieve our common goal of limiting global temperature increase to 1.5°C. C increase– to do this requires a reduction in GHG emissions of 50% by 2030 on a path to net zero by 2050. A key takeaway from COP27?

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We Mean Business Coalition

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

There’s no room for failure According to UNEP, nature-based solutions are needed to provide up to a third of the mitigation required by 2030 to keep the Paris Agreement target of 1.5°C gigatons of climate mitigation annually by 2030. C in reach. Nature-based solutions can deliver up to 12.5

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Chris Hall

JULY 28, 2023

The news is disappointing to say the least, given the group’s vital role in the net zero transition and the battle against climate change, with disagreements centring around the intended tripling of renewable energy capacities by 2030, resulting in officials issuing an outcome statement rather than a joint communique.

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We Mean Business Coalition

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Nature does everything.” – the words of UNEP Executive Director Inger Anderson at Davos 2024 during a session exploring if the financial risks of climate change are under-priced. trillion in annual business value and create 395 million jobs by 2030. This article first appeared in Forbes. Such actions make good, economic sense.

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Chris Hall

AUGUST 22, 2023

The standard was developed after the failure of a tailings facility at Brumadinho, Brazil in 2019, causing 272 deaths, through an independent process convened by ICMM, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI).

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 4, 2023

But this is “pocket money” compared to the US$44 trillion of global GDP dependent on well-functioning ecosystems, according to the UN Environment Programme’s (UNEP) Climate Finance Unit (CFU). There is reason for cautious optimism in 2023, as the conditions emerge to propel NbS up the agendas of stakeholders globally.

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