Environment and Sustainability
High stakes and high flavour: Indigenous chef brings Amazonian soul to COP30
Indigenous chef and activist Tainá Marajoara will serve dishes rooted in ancestral Amazonian traditions, showcasing the biodiversity and spirituality of Brazil’s Indigenous Peoples.
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Climate science and early warnings key to saving lives
“Early-warning systems work,” he told the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) in Geneva. “They give farmers the power to protect their crops and livestock.
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Most major methane leak alerts ignored despite climate threat
Methane is a powerful greenhouse gas with 80 times the warming potential of carbon dioxide over a 20-year period.
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‘Finance must flow now’, says UN climate chief as COP30 nears
The head of the UNFCCC on Tuesday called for finance to “flow right now”, as delegates prepare to head for the Brazilian city of Belém next month for what is being seen as a crunch summit for turning promises into action.
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Decade of slowing deforestation offers hope for forests
Nearly 500 million hectares (ha) – equivalent to around 750 million football pitches – have been lost since 1990.
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Groundbreaking report reveals powerful link between poverty and the climate crisis
That’s according to a report released on Friday by the UN Development Programme (UNDP) and Oxford University ahead of the COP30 climate summit in Brazil next month.
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Record rise in carbon dioxide levels during 2024: UN weather agency
The surge was driven by continued human emissions, more wildfire activity and weakened absorption by land and ocean “sinks” – a development that threatens to create a vicious climate cycle.
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Why are over 670 million people going hungry?
Conflict, climate change and inequality are all playing a role, but there are other reasons for what is known rather dryly as “food insecurity.”
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The ‘clean revolution is unstoppable’ but will it arrive too late?
In recent years, one of the bright spots amid gloomy predictions about the climate has come from the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) – an Abu Dhabi-based intergovernmental body – which has consistently pointed out the plummeting costs and soaring efficiency of clean energy sources, such as solar and wind power.
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Indirect disaster effects cost the world nearly $2 trillion per year, says UN Secretary-General on International Day
Most of the exorbitant costs of disaster are preventable with proper funding and planning —one of the main messages for this year’s International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction, themed Fund Resilience, Not Disasters, observed on Monday.
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