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'We are teetering on a planetary tightrope': Cut emissions in half right now to prevent climate catastrophe, UN warns

A new U.N. report has found the world will warm by twice the 1.5-degree-Celsius target adopted in the Paris Agreement by 2100 if countries fail to slash greenhouse gas emissions right now.

LiveScience

‘Crunch time for real’: UN says time for climate delays has run out

Means to stop catastrophic global heating exist, says UN chief, but political courage is needed to end world’s fossil fuel addiction

The Guardian - UK

More consumption, more demand for resources, more waste: why urban mining’s time has come

Pollution and waste, climate change and biodiversity loss are creating a triple planetary crisis. In response, UN Environment Programme executive director Inger Andersen has called for waste to be redefined as a valuable resource instead of a problem. That’s what urban mining does.

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'Convergence' Growing On Global Plastics Treaty: UN Environment Chief

The UN environment chief said Sunday she was beginning to see convergence on the world's first binding treaty on plastic pollution despite differences on production caps and a tax-like plastic fee.

International Business Times

Seven times size of Manhattan: the African tree-planting project making a difference

Thousands of farmers have been persuaded by TREES scheme to replace barren monocultures with biodiverse forest gardens

The Guardian - UK

'Where Is The Money?' COP28 Deal Throws Spotlight On Funding

After COP28's landmark call for the world to move away from fossil fuels, experts say the pressure is on to fast-track -- and fund -- the global energy transition.

International Business Times

‘Insanity’: petrostates planning huge expansion of fossil fuels, says UN report

Plans by nations including Saudi Arabia, the US and UAE would blow climate targets and ‘throw humanity’s future into question’

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Action to protect against climate crisis ‘woefully inadequate’, UN warns

International funding to shield people from heatwaves, floods and droughts only 5-10% of what is needed, report finds

The Guardian - UK

Destruction of world’s pristine rainforests soared in 2022 despite Cop26 pledge

An area of primary rainforest the size of Switzerland was felled last year suggesting world leaders’ commitment to halt and reverse deforestation by 2030 is failing

The Guardian - UK

EU’s biodiversity law under threat from centre-right MEPs

The EPP, the European parliament’s largest group, says it supports climate goals but objects to ‘bad proposal’

The Guardian - UK

Sounds of the city: should urban dwellers expect noise?

Italy’s Supreme Court has ruled that nightlife noise can harm health and infringe on citizens’ right to peace and quiet in a landmark verdict that has widespread implications.

The Week

What's at stake in Paris talks on cutting the world's plastic pollution?

Representatives from nearly 200 countries are meeting in Paris this week for the latest talks on a global treaty on plastic pollution. While not expected to produce a final agreement, the session could lay crucial groundwork for reducing the use of plastics worldwide.

Radio France Internationale

Hope for the plastic pollution crisis

A new UN report says that the plastic pollution crisis, while dire, is solvable

Salon

Plastic pollution could be slashed by 80% by 2040, UN says

Changes needed are major but also practical and affordable, report says, and would bring trillions of dollars in benefits

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Deflecting sun’s rays to cool overheating Earth needs study, scientists say

More than 60 US scientists, including James Hansen, renowned former Nasa climate researcher, sign open letter

Axios

Scientists want near moratorium on geoengineering to cool climate — for now

A UN report and a warning from scientists comes amid tests from new geoengineering companies.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Egypt Mobilizes Efforts to Support African Water, Food Security

Egypt is mobilizing efforts to support water and food security in Africa, calling on the international community to finance "climate adaptation" in the continent. The Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation, Hani Swailem, met in Kenya with the Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Inger Andersen, to…

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‘Embrace history’: UN environment chief calls for immediate action on Cop15 deal

Inger Andersen said we must not ‘pause for a second’ as we ‘change the relationship between people and nature’

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At COP15 summit, U.N. announces nature restoration priorities through 2030

The United Nations on Tuesday announced its top priorities for restoring ecosystems from South America's Atlantic Forest to the Ganges River in India.

The Guardian - UK

Humanity has become ‘weapon of mass extinction’, UN head tells Cop15 launch

António Guterres calls for end to destruction of nature as Canada pushes proposal to protect 30% of Earth

The Guardian - UK

‘We are at war with nature’: UN environment chief warns of biodiversity apocalypse

Inger Andersen spells out the challenges facing the planet as Cop15 delegates gather in Montreal

The Independent UK

Despair, lack of progress at climate talks, yet hope blooms

Things can look pretty bleak at international climate talks in Egypt

France 24

Climate justice at COP27: ‘Richer countries cannot turn their backs on this’

The UN's annual climate change conference grows more urgent every year. With just over 1.1°C of warming above pre-industrial levels, the world is already seeing devastating consequences. As COP27 opens in Egypt, we discuss the stakes at this year's summit with Inger Andersen, executive director of the United Nations Environment…

The Independent UK

Climate negotiations: 30 years of melting hope and US power

Once the world had hope that when nations got together they could stop climate change

Daily Mirror

World 'wasted year' on tackling climate change as 'no credible path' to target

A new report on the climate change "emissions gap" has slammed countless carbon cutting efforts and said there is "no credible path" to the international target of 1.5C temperature rise

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