In Focus
Climate
This beat covers the effects of climate change on people and the planet, and individual and collective climate actions to mitigate and adapt to its impacts.
The ‘Plastic Man’: Turning trash into treasure
Beijing+30: Women can drive positive change in Africa
Lead poisoning: the persistent threat from mismanaged waste
A new report by UNEP and Oxford University of Oxford paints a not so rosy picture
Researchers found green spending is concentrated in wealthier countries and populations, threatening to reinforce dangerous pre-pandemic inequities.
“From where we live, we could see that the MV Wakashio had run aground on the reefs,” says Bimsen Beeharry.
Despite a dip in greenhouse gas emissions caused by the pandemic, the world is still headed for global warming of more than 3°C this century.
Countries accelerate use of renewable energy and are leading energy transition efforts.
— Mr. Tanguy Gahouma-Bekale, Chair, African Group of Negotiators on Climate Change
Climate change increasingly threatens human health, food and water security and socio-economic development in Africa
Annual restoration of 8.2 million hectares and US$4.3 billion may be needed to achieve the planned 100 million hectares by 2030.
