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Predicted 2030 emissions must fall by 28-42 per cent for pathway to 2°C and 1.5°C Relentless mitigation and low-carbon transformations essential to narrow emissions gap COP28 and Global Stocktake chance to build greater ambition for next round of climate pledges Nairobi, 20 November 2023 – As global temperatures and greenhouse gas emissions break records, the latest Emissions…

Is the Paris Agreement Crumbling to Dust? COP28 is around the corner, and rigorous discussions on climate change, ways to curb greenhouse gas emissions, and to adopt policies that can stop the globe from further warming will be at an all-time high, but if we look back and evaluate, we are way behind the target and the pace is painfully slow. Summer 2023 broke temperature…

Predicted 2030 emissions must fall by 28-42 per cent for pathway to 2°C and 1.5°C . As global temperatures and greenhouse gas emissions break records, the latest Emissions Gap Report from the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) finds that current pledges under the Paris Agreement put the world on track for a 2.5-2.9°C temperature rise above pre-industrial levels this century, pointing to the…

Main results Packaging and packaging waste EU environment ministers reached an agreement (‘general approach’) on a proposal for a regulation on packaging and packaging waste. 190kg of packaging waste was generated by each European in 2021. And this figure will grow by nearly 20% in 2030, if things stay the same. We cannot let that happen. Today’s general approach gives a strong…

Negotiators from nearly 200 Parties came together at COP28 with a decision on the world’s first ‘global stocktake’ to ratchet up climate action before the end of the decade – with the overarching aim to keep the global temperature limit of 1.5°C within reach. The United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) in Dubai, United Arabic Emirates (UAE) closed on the 13th December 2023 with an…

A new Africa and Middle East initiative aims to address the challenges of food security in the region. Africa’s abundant land and natural resources means it has the potential to become a breadbasket to feed the Middle East, according to the President of the African Development Bank. Leaders from Africa and the Middle East launched a USD 10 billion public-private-partnership initiative to…