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Tag Archives: United Nations Environment Programme

Emissions Gap Report 2020

Green pandemic recovery essential to close climate action gap

Climate ChangeBy Matthew GaramoneJanuary 6, 2021

A green pandemic recovery could cut up to 25 per cent off predicted 2030 greenhouse gas emissions and bring the world closer to meeting the 2°C goal of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, a new UN Environment Programme (UNEP) report finds. UNEP’s annual Emissions Gap Report 2020 finds that, despite a dip in 2020…

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Protection of seagrasses key to resilience to climate change

Climate ChangeBy Matthew GaramoneDecember 9, 2020

Seagrass meadows can be a powerful nature-based climate solution and help sustain communities hard-hit by stressors such as the COVID-19 pandemic, but these important ecosystems continue to decline. The importance of seagrasses is highlighted in a new report, Out of the Blue: The Value of Seagrasses to the Environment and to People, released by the…

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World must decrease fossil fuel production to limit catastrophic warming

Climate ChangeBy Matthew GaramoneDecember 3, 2020

A special issue of the Production Gap Report – from leading research organizations and the UN – finds that the COVID-19 recovery marks a potential turning point, where countries must change course to avoid locking in levels of coal, oil, and gas production far higher than consistent with a 1.5°C limit. Countries plan to increase…

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Coronavirus outbreak highlights threats to ecosystems and wildlife

EnvironmentBy Matthew GaramoneMarch 27, 2020

Diseases passed from animals to humans are on the rise, as the world continues to see unprecedented destruction of wild habitats by human activity. Scientists suggest that degraded habitats may encourage more rapid evolutionary processes and diversification of diseases, as pathogens spread easily to livestock and humans. The World Health Organization reports that an animal…



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