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The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is the UN body for assessing the science related to climate change. It was set up in 1988 by the World Meteorological Organization and United Nations Environment Programme to provide policymakers with regular assessments of the scientific basis of climate change, its impacts and future risks, and options for adaptation and mitigation. …

The G20 Ministers in charge of Energy and Climate met in Naples on July 23rd, 2021, and adopted – for the first time – a joint final communiqué, which gives momentum to the common mission of the G20 Countries to preserve the global climate and ensure a clean and inclusive energy transition. The G20 Members agreed that the crisis unleashed by the pandemic reinforced the importance of…

A World Bank-funded project supporting Ningxia in northwest China in combatting desertification. Through the restoration of vegetation and ecological protection measures, the project addressed desertification challenges in more than 32,000 hectares of degraded, protected road and rail infrastructure, lessened silt in the Yellow River, and contribute to the reduction of sandstorms affecting people…

EU composition - all reference to the European Union assume its 2020 composition (27 Member States), also for previous years. This makes it easier to compare EU data over time. Time coverage - in general depends on data availability. More in detail: - The time coverage for the first three geographical levels of the top menu (namely EU, Member States, and Regional), has been…

A U.N. report says there is a 40% chance global temperatures will temporarily reach 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels in the next five years. If this occurred, the world wouldn't be crossing the Paris Climate Accord warming limit - but we would be significantly closer to reaching this threshold. According to the study, every year from 2021 through 2025 is likely…

The world faces a growing food systems crisis. The number of people who go to sleep hungry around the world grew by over 100 million in 2020. Obesity rates are up too, having tripled since 1975. Food supply chains continue to be disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic and climate change — and commodity-driven deforestation remains a problem in many tropical forest-rich countries. At the…