Remove Climate Change Remove Document Remove UNEP
article thumbnail

Mitigating Climate Change Due to Methane From Natural Gas

3BL Media

Methane is a primary component in natural gas and a contributor to climate change. Why is reducing methane emissions so important to climate change mitigation? This powerful warming effect causes experts to believe that cutting methane emissions is critical to mitigating climate change.

article thumbnail

Rising sea temperatures and coral loss: “Most detailed scientific picture to date”

Envirotec Magazine

The “Status of Coral Reefs of the World: 2020” report , released on 5 October, documents the loss of approximately 14 per cent of the world’s coral since 2009. UNEP has created a dynamic data visualization that distils the report findings for non-scientists in all UN languages, plus Portuguese, Bahasa Indonesia and Swahili.

UNEP 59
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

‘Transnational Exchange’ Influencing Climate Litigation Outcomes

Chris Hall

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.

article thumbnail

Take-off for the Net Zero Transition  

Chris Hall

UN Climate Change’s NDC synthesis report found they would collectively only deliver a 5.3% C of climate change by 2100. Jakob Thomae, Project Director at the Inevitable Policy Response (IPR), cautions against reading too much into a specific form of words in a single document. The official verdict was clear.

article thumbnail

ESG Explainer: Call of the Wild

Chris Hall

As well as drivers such as land and seascape changes, climate change, pollution and invasive alien species, the report also points to substantial expansion in the global trade in wild species in recent decades. Almost 140 governments attended the Bonn conference. What has IPBES already told us?

article thumbnail

Lost at Sea

Chris Hall

The relative lack of footage and photos documenting harmful fishing practices means the problem doesnt resonate with the vast majority of people, argues Tanya Cox , Biodiversity and Nature Manager at global sustainability advisory firm Chronos Sustainability. Theres no way this could happen on land.

article thumbnail

The quest for cleaner air

Envirotec Magazine

The impact of poor air quality The release of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere is well known to contribute to climate change, with carbon dioxide and methane being the subject of many global and national mitigation strategies that aim to break the vicious cycle of global warming. The future we want – outcome document.

UNEP 85