HOW INFRASTRUCTURE DEFINES OUR CLIMATE
A new report, published ahead of the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) has called for a radical change in how governments plan, deliver and manage infrastructure – emphasising…
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500 ACTIONS TO REDUCE DISEASES FROM ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS
WHO, UNDP, UNEP and UNICEF have partnered to create a new compendium of 500 actions aimed at reducing death and diseases driven by environmental risk factors, the first such resource…
‘TRULY GREEN AND SUSTAINABLE TRANSFORMATION’ CALLED FOR
The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) has called on countries to ensure that plans to recover from the pandemic support progress towards the…
GHANA TO BOOST PRIVATE INVESTMENT TO ACHIEVE SDGs
A new country led approach developed with the World Economic Forum to improve long-term competitiveness and bring the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to life has been released The Country Financing…
NIGERIA BOOSTS AFRICA’S QUEST FOR AN INCLUSIVE GLOBAL ENERGY TRANSITION
In the race to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050, the Nigerian Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, has called on developing countries to chart their own paths by embracing a just transition,…
WORLD SET TO MISS ENVIRONMENTAL SDGS
Despite progress in key environmental areas such as clean water, sanitation, clean energy, forest management and waste, countries are still living unsustainably and are on course to miss the environmental…
SUSTAINABLE ENERGY KEY TO BUILDING BACK BETTER FROM COVID-19 IN ASIA-PACIFIC
The Asia-Pacific region’s move towards a sustainable, low-carbon energy future is now more critical than ever as it builds back better together from the COVID-19 pandemic, high-level delegates stressed the…