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Coal, oil and gas production to blow climate targets despite pandemic dip, report warns
UN-backed Production Gap report projects a 2% annual rise in global fossil fuel output this decade, when 6% cuts are needed in line with a 1.5C warming limit
Production curbs needed for strong global pact on plastic pollution, campaigners say
Rather than just reusing and recycling ever-growing mountains of plastic waste, it’s essential to tackle the problem at the source
Netherlands invests €1m in global climate adaptation centre
Dutch join forces with Japan, UN among leading donors for project aimed at helping countries understand how they can cope with climate impacts
UN: Kenya, Bangladesh, Jordan ‘green finance leaders’
New hubs for green finance are fast-expanding and they’re not always in traditional money centres
Erik Solheim: Meet the man tasked with protecting Planet Earth
Incoming UNEP chief will use experience mediating Sri Lanka peace process to build broad coalition committed to greener economy
UN: China, India driving new clean energy investments
NEWS: Further policy interventions required, say authors of UN report, if world is to move away from oil, gas, coal and embrace low emission future
UNEP: National climate plans deliver half carbon cuts needed for 2C
NEWS: Government pledges will cut 11 gigatonnes of greenhouse gases by 2030, report finds, leaving an emissions gap of 12Gt
Developing countries close to taking lead in clean energy race
NEWS: Renewables close to supplying 10% of global electricity supply says UN report, as China’s solar surge continues
UN: African Robin Hood tax could fund climate adaptation efforts
NEWS: Tax on finance, trade and tourism could net estimated $13 billion a year to help countries face expected extreme weather impacts
Save mangroves for people, planet and the economy, says UN
NEWS: Destroying mangrove forests will cost $2 billion a year up to 2050 and contribute to climate change, says UNEP
UN gains new powers to tackle air pollution
NEWS: Governments push UN Environment Assembly to take stronger stance on toxic air quality
Renewables grow, even as investment drops – UNEP report
NEWS: Renewable energy grew to produce 8.5% of total electricity in 2013, including 44% of new installations
EU climate chief demands action to address “emissions gap”
Morning summary: EU climate chief calls for action on cutting emissions; China’s corn harvest set to decline after flooding and drought; and Norway’s Sovereign Wealth Fund could divest from coal
UNEP: efforts to slow global warming are failing
Deep cuts to global greenhouse gas levels required by 2020 says UN, but says avoiding 2C of warming is still possible
UN: global food waste emissions greater than US transport sector
Around 1.3bn tonnes of food is wasted on an annual basis say UNEP and the FAO, with serious environmental consequences
UN: business must take lead in climate adaptation
UNEP chief Achim Steiner says companies must factor in accelerating environmental change into their long-term planning
UN: developing nations leading renewables investment
UNEP report reveals overall funding for wind and solar dropped in 2012, but growth still evident in emerging markets
UN launches new climate technology network
Industrial scale transfers of low-carbon technologies to developing world a step closer after UNEP wins bid to host Climate Technology Centre and Network
Climate and Clean Air Coalition can cut warming by 0.5°C
UNEP led coalition of government celebrates first anniversary with reminder that its work must be done in tandem with ambitious reductions in CO2
UN launches Africa plan to swap kerosene for solar
Nigeria could save US$1.4 billion a year and avoid using 17.3 million barrels of crude oil if it used modern off-grid lighting solutions
UN launches campaign to cut 1.3 billion tonnes of global food waste
UNEP & FAO Think.Eat.Save: Reduce Your Foodprint campaign highlights huge potential for energy and emission savings if less food is lost or wasted
UNEP: 10 million Pacific Islanders under threat from Climate Change
New study finds that sea-level rise, tropical cyclones, floods and drought could threaten livelihoods in the Pacific region.
UNEP warns of catastrophic permafrost melt by 2100
COP18: New report warns that nearly 40% of total global emissions could come from permafrost melt