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UNEP to take part in Major Action Plans at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP29),in Azerbaijan's capital,BAKU-2024

UNEP at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP29)
Timelines 11 to 22 November 2024

Following another year of extreme weather events and record-breaking heatwaves, UNEP's 2024 Emissions Gap and Adaptation Gap Reports showed slow progress on emissions reduction and adaptation planning and finance. Nations must deliver dramatically stronger ambition and action in the next round of Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and dramatically increase climate adaptation efforts, starting with a commitment to act on finance at 

Date: 11 November 2024    Comments: 2

Huge uplift needed on climate adaptation, starting with finance commitment at COP29

finance commitment at COP 29:

• International public adaptation finance flows to developing countries increased from US$22 billion in 2021 to US$28 billion in 2022.
• Even achieving the Glasgow Climate Pact goal of doubling adaptation finance to at least US$38 billion by 2025 would only cut the adaptation finance gap of US$187-359 billion by about 5 per cent.
• In addition to enormous financing and implementation to address growing climate ...

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  Date: 11 November 2024    Comments: 1

The launch of UNEP's Emissions Gap Report 2024: UNEP Executive Director Inger Andersen's statement

Nations must close huge emissions gap in new climate pledges 

and deliver immediate action, or 1.5°C lost 

• It is still technically possible to meet the 1.5°C goal, but only with a G20-led massive global mobilization to cut all greenhouse gas emissions, starting today

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  Date: 24 October 2024    Comments: 0

Clean Air Day 2024: Time to Act for a Breath of Fresh Air!

Clean Air Day highlights urgent need to invest in air pollution solutions
for global prosperity

Today marks the fifth annual International Day of Clean Air for blue skies, and the message is clear: Invest in Clean Air Now for a healthier, more prosperous future! 

Why Act?

• 8 million deaths annually due to air pollution, including over 700,000 children under five.
• 99% of humanity breathes polluted air, with air pollution now the second ...

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  Date: 07 September 2024    Comments: 0