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The world is likely to breach the 1.5°C global warming threshold in the coming years, and crossing the limit could trigger irreversible losses that adaptation measures alone cannot reverse, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)…
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Global greenhouse gas emissions have continued to rise despite international climate commitments, highlighting the urgent need for action across major industries. According to the latest Emissions Gap Report, global GHG emissions…
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Climate threats are no longer distant possibilities — they’re here, growing, and endangering lives across the globe. The UN Environment Programme's (UNEP) Frontiers Report 2025 sounds the alarm on how environmental degradation is…
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Global collective climate action is not progressing fast enough to reduce carbon emissions or build the capacity of communities to adapt to impacts of changing weather patterns, says a new report released today. In the Asia-Pacific region,…
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In the week since the UN Climate Change Conference (COP28) came to an end, a cyclone slammed into Australia, torrential rains pelted the United States of America and a punishing drought continued to decimate crops in Zimbabwe. These…
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The United Nations Environment Program has announced that Saudi Arabia will host World Environment Day in 2024. The announcement was made during a meeting Tuesday in Nairobi between UNEP Executive Director Inger Andersen and Saudi…
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The Government of India, as G20 President, and the Government of the United Arab Emirates, which holds the UN Climate Change Conference (COP28) Presidency, put cooling firmly on the international energy agenda at the High-Level Dialogue on…
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United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Executive Director Erik Solheim has said that India is particularly vulnerable to climate change because of its heavy population. "You see the effects of climate change everywhere in the world.…
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The Eighth Session of the Meeting of the Parties to the African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbird Agreement (AEWA MOP8) opened in Budapest, Hungary, today. AEWA MOP8 will be an important policy making forum ahead of a series of…
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Wildfires are predicted to worsen in the coming years and decades, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has warned in its annual Frontiers report released February 17, 2022. Wildfires are a natural phenomenon, but are becoming…
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