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FABLE Consortium co-leads "Transforming food systems" chapter of the 2022 Emissions Gap Report

Sustainable Development Network

Only a root-and-branch transformation of our economies and societies can save us from accelerating climate disaster.” gigatonnes of CO2 equivalent, less than one per cent, off projected global emissions in 2030. Unconditional NDCs are estimated to give a 66 per cent chance of limiting global warming to about 2.6°C

UNEP 52
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Scaling up clean energy – the greatest growth proposition of the 21st century

We Mean Business Coalition

The cost of climate change is rising at an alarming pace, with ripple effects being felt across communities and the global economy. Many countries across Asia also lack access to sufficient financing to fully develop low or zero-carbon infrastructure.

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25 badass women shaping climate action in 2021

GreenBiz

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern wasted little time raising the stakes in her nation’s fight against climate change after handily winning re-election in October. Drawing on that mandate, Ardern declared a "climate emergency" and set the wheels in motion for New Zealand’s public sector to become carbon neutral by 2025.