The negative impacts of the unsustainable global systems of production and consumption on climate, biodiversity and pollution have continued unabated. The linear take-make-throw away production and consumption systems that drive...
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The report - Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability - cites that "any further delay in concerted anticipatory global action on adaptation and mitigation will miss a brief and rapidly closing window of...
Nairobi, 3 September 2021 - WHO, UNDP, UNEP and UNICEF have partnered to create a new compendium of 500 actions aimed at reducing death and diseases driven by environmental risk factors, the first such resource to unite this...
Most emissions have fallen in Western, Central, Eastern and South Eastern Europe since 2010 Hotspots remain in the Balkans and Central Asia, and air quality levels remain dangerous throughout region, but low-cost solutions are at...
This toolkit aims to inspire, mobilize and connect people action all over the world. Whether you are an individual acting on your own, or an organization aiming to catalyze action on the SDGs through your networks - you will find...
"Climate change is the defining challenge of our time. This important document by the United Nations and global partner organizations, prepared under the auspices of the Science Advisory Group of the Climate Action Summit, features...
Sustainable and Disaster-resilient Development in Vulnerable Countries Context : The degradation of ecosystems – such as forests, wetlands, coastal and marine systems, and drylands – is a major driver of disaster risk and a key...
The objective of the United Nations Convetion to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) is to combat desertification and land degrdation, and to mitigate the effects of drought n affected countries around thw world, particularly Africa...
A ground-breaking, open source tool which allows banks to test their loan portfolios for vulnerability to major droughts was launched on 5 April 2017 in London. Financial institutions are often ill equipped to understand the...