Sustainability Update

MAY 28, 2024

It represents not only a lost opportunity to feed food-insecure people but also a substantial contribution to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions – an estimated 8 -10% of total global emissions , according to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) , as well as 58% of all landfill methane emissions , according to the EPA.

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Chris Hall

MAY 11, 2022

In 2005, a group of investment managers organised under the UN Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) commissioned law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer to publish a report , ‘A Legal Framework for the Integration of ESG Issues into Institutional Investment’. How does fiduciary duty relate to sustainable investment?

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 13, 2023

The 2015 Addis Ababa Action Agenda instructs on the way forward – “Projects involving blended finance, including public-private partnerships, should share risks and reward fairly, include clear accountability mechanisms and meet social and environmental standards.”

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Climate Change UNEP Banking Development 57

Sustainability Matters

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

As the world experiences record global temperatures and greenhouse gas emissions, the latest Emissions Gap Report from the UN Environment Programme ( UNEP ) found that current pledges under the Paris Agreement put the world on track for a 2.5–2.9°C

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Renewable Energy World

JUNE 25, 2021

Energy and Climate Branch (UNEP) and Head of the GlobalABC Secretariat, UN Environment Programme. “With the building and construction sector responsible for almost 40% of our energy and process-related greenhouse gas emissions, taking joint action to realize a zero-carbon future has never been more important,” said Martina Otto, Chief a.i.,

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Zero Carbon Decarbonize Climate Change UNEP 99

3BL Media

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Serving as a negotiator to the series of Climate Change COP events since COP21 (2015) where the Paris Agreement was adopted, Dr Abdel-Aziz provided the Alliance with exclusive insight into this year’s landmark developments and future prospects.

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Paris Agreement Climate Change Development Waste 130

Chris Hall

AUGUST 12, 2022

According to the UNEP Global Climate Litigation Report , more than 1,500 cases had been filed in 38 countries by July 2020. The number of cases is widely recognised as having doubled since 2015.

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Climate Change Stranded Assets Paris Agreement UNEP 52

Chris Hall

AUGUST 2, 2023

This approach is outlined in a 2015 report from the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) on sustainability reporting. “If If you look at the foundations of thresholds and allocations-based approach, the threshold side of things reflects that ecological and social systems operate in an optimal, balance space.

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Value Creation Development Climate Change UNEP 98

Sustainable Development Network

SEPTEMBER 22, 2015

Sachs | September 22, 2015 Land rights, both for individuals and for communities, are critical for achieving sustainable development. By Kaitlin Y. Cordes and Jeffrey D.

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UNEP Development Sustainable Investment 52

Richard Matthews

APRIL 20, 2022

As indicated in a U nited Nations Environmental Program (UNEP) report on the green economy (page 16) diverse strategies for economic growth and environmental stewardship can complement one another. This economy contains many diverse approaches to enhance efficiency, eliminate pollution and recycle waste. .

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Development Waste Value Creation UNEP 59

3BL Media

JULY 25, 2023

Analysis from the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) concludes that a 45% reduction in global methane emissions by 2030 is essential to limiting global warming to 1.5 The partnership has developed an aspirational goal of reducing methane emissions by 45% by 2025, relative to a 2015 baseline. Created in November 2020, OGMP 2.0

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Climate Change EPA UNEP Development 130

Chris Hall

AUGUST 30, 2023

Further, a recent report by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law at Columbia University, showed that climate litigation is becoming an integral part of securing climate action and justice.

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Climate Change Paris Agreement UNEP Banking 52

Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

C objective within reach’ in its position ahead of the negotiations – a notion shared with other negotiation blocs, and aligned with the 2015 Paris Agreement goals. Ahead of COP28, UNEP released its flagship adaptation report, finding that the current “adaptation finance gap” sits at about US$194 – 366 billion per year.

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Paris Agreement Climate Change UNEP Development 57

Chris Hall

DECEMBER 15, 2023

In January this year, the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) cast doubt on some of the more extravagant claims made for the ‘green-ness’ of natural gas. In October 2021, UNEP reported : “Global plastic production has risen exponentially in the last decades. InfluenceMap was founded in 2015 ahead of the Paris Agreement.

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