emissions

If no actions are taken, global emissions will continue to grow this decade. By 2030 they will increase by about 16.3 per cent compared to 2010 levels.
WMO/Seyed Amin Habibi

Paris climate deal could go up in smoke without action: Guterres

17 September 2021
Climate and Environment

Unless wealthy nations commit to tackling emissions now, the world is on a “catastrophic pathway” to 2.7-degrees of heating by the end of the century, UN Secretary General António Guterres warned on Friday.

National governments are the main drivers of change to reduce harmful emissions.
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Cut methane emissions to avert global temperature rise, UN-backed study urges

6 May 2021
Climate and Environment

Methane emissions caused by human activity can be reduced by up to 45 per cent this decade, thus helping to keep global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius in line with the Paris Agreement on climate change, according to a UN-backed report published on Thursday. 

Emissions at a manufacturing complex in Toronto, Canada. (file)
UN Photo/Kibae Park

UN emissions report: World on course for more than 3 degree spike, even if climate commitments are met

26 November 2019
Climate and Environment

Even if countries meet commitments made under the 2015 Paris Agreement, the world is heading for a 3.2 degrees Celsius global temperature rise over pre-industrial levels, leading to even wider-ranging and more destructive climate impacts, warns a report from the UN Environment Programme, released on Tuesday. 

World must urgently increase action and ambition to cut another 25 per cent off 2030 emissions.
UNEP

Additional action needed on climate change to avoid “disaster”: UNEP

3 November 2016
General News

Additional action to slowdown global warming is needed at all levels of society, to avoid climate “disaster”.

That’s according to Shereen Zorba, Global Head of Science-Policy networks at the UN Environment Programme, UNEP.

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Aircraft on runway.
World Bank/Arne Hoel (file)

Countries back UN agency's landmark framework to curb aviation emissions

6 October 2016
Member States of the United Nations civil aviation agency agreed today on a new emissions standard to control global greenhouse gas emissions from international airline flights.
Gro Harlem Brundtland.
UN Photo/Rick Bajornas

“Everyone is responsible” moving climate agenda forward

19 January 2016
General News

“Everyone is responsible” for moving the climate change agenda forward following last month’s historic agreement in Paris.

That’s the view of Dr Gro Harlem Brundtland, widely accepted to be the author of the whole “sustainable development” concept.

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Globally, the waste management sector contributes 3 to 5 per cent of man-made greenhouse gas emissions

Waste management sector is well-placed to battle climate change, finds UN report

3 December 2010
Cutting emissions from the world’s waste management companies could have a big impact in the fight against climate change, according to a United Nations report released today.

Growing ocean acidification threatens marine life, says UN-backed report

2 December 2010
A new United Nations-backed report warns that unless governments cut carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, ocean acidification will continue and have wide-ranging impacts on the health of the seas and the fish living in them.
Turning to the sun for energy helps to reduce greenhouse gas emissions

Greenhouse gases reach record levels, could rise further, warns UN agency

24 November 2010
The main greenhouse gases have reached their highest concentration levels since pre-industrial times, a United Nations climate research body said today.