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UN Climate Chief Backs $1.3 Tn Climate Finance Roadmap

Stiell backs USD 1.3 trillion climate finance roadmap, urges shift from ambition to delivery by 2035 UN Climate Change Executive Secretary Simon Stiell on Friday urged governments and financial leaders to move from “ambition to delivery” on climate finance, backing a roadmap that targets annual climate funding flows of 1.3 trillion dollars by 2035. Speaking […]

UN Begins Drive To Halve Food Waste By 2030

A new UN Environment Programme initiative unveiled at COP30 aims to cut global food waste by half and reduce methane emissions by up to 7 per cent through coordinated action by governments, cities and civil society The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and its partners have introduced an initiative to cut global food waste by half […]

2025 To Be Among Three Hottest Years On Record: UN

The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) report warns that global temperatures in 2025 will be among the highest ever recorded, signalling deepening climate risks and challenging global efforts to limit warming to 1.5°C under the Paris Agreement This year is projected to rank among the three hottest on record, with global temperatures reaching levels that the […]

Conflicts Turning Green Landscapes Into Grey Zones: UN Warns Of Deepening Ecological Loss

Wars are decimating forests, farms and water systems, with environmental scars that threaten peace and food security, says UN The United Nations has cautioned that the environmental cost of modern warfare is rising sharply, with conflicts transforming fertile lands into degraded wastelands. At a UN Security Council session on Thursday, world leaders and experts called […]

Bridging Gender Digital Divide Could Add $1.5 Tn To Global GDP By 2030: UN

UN’s Gender Snapshot 2025 warns that progress on equality is stalling, with 376 million women still living in extreme poverty and digital exclusion widening the gap Reducing the gender digital divide could lift 30 million women out of poverty, strengthen climate resilience and add USD 1.5 trillion to the global economy by 2030, according to […]

India’s Climate Tightrope: Green Growth For Viksit Bharat

“India’s mission-mode approach to climate action is embodied in the National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC), which outlines strategies for sustainable development across nine national missions, including solar energy, water, energy efficiency, and sustainable agriculture,” writes Dr. Kirit P Solanki, ex-Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha and Dr. Kaviraj Singh, Founder and Managing Director, Earthood. […]

India’s Ecological Restoration Efforts May Cut Impacts Of Climate Change

There is a necessity of integrating ecological restoration into broader sustainability frameworks which can be seen as India has pledged to reach land-degradation neutrality by 2030 In India, about 30 per cent of land area — equal to that of Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, and Rajasthan put together — has been degraded due to soil erosion, […]

World Resource Extraction Could Surge 60% By 2060, UN Warns

Global resource extraction is projected to surge by a staggering 60 per cent by the year 2060, posing a significant threat to climate goals and economic stability, according to a report released by the United Nations on Friday. The report, titled the 2024 Global Resource Outlook and compiled by the UN Environment Programme’s International Resource […]

Greenhouse gases hit record high in 2022: UN

The three major greenhouse gases – carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide ,all reached unprecedented levels in 2022 United Nations on 15 November warned, Greenhouse gas concentration in the atmosphere has hit new record highs in 2022 with no sign of scale down. The UN’s World Meteorological Organisation said levels of the three main greenhouse […]

By 2030, World Needs To Cut Emission By 43%: UN Report

As per a new UN synthesis report, the world needs to reduce emissions by 43 per cent by 2030 to limit global temperature rise, but current mitigation efforts are projected to only achieve a 2 per cent reduction. The report also states that while emissions will not increase after 2030, they are not decreasing rapidly enough to meet the necessary […]

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