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What Are the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs)?
The Paris Agreement and NDCs 2015 was a historic year in which 196 Parties came together under the Paris Agreement to transform their development trajectories so that they set the world on a course towards sustainable development, aiming at limiting warming…
Renewable Energy Can Support Resilient and Equitable Recovery
Advancing the renewables-based energy transformation is an opportunity to meet international climate goals while boosting economic growth, creating millions of jobs and improving human welfare by 2050, finds the first Global Renewables Outlook released by the International Renewable Energy Agency…
The Biggest Fall in Carbon Emissions Since WW2 Could Be Short-Lived
Experts warn that without structural change, emissions declines caused by coronavirus could be short-lived as economies get back to normal. * Emissions have to peak in 2020 to hit climate goals * Experts differ on likely impact of the coronavirus…
Energy Community Launches E-Forum for Gas Distribution System Experts
Since 2016, the Energy Community Coordination Platform for distribution system operators for gas (ECDSO-G) convenes twice per year. Following requests for more regular communication and to deepen the level of discussion during 2019, the Secretariat launched a web-based interactive discussion…
Arctic Ozone Depletion Tracks at Record Levels
Depletion of the ozone layer, the shield that protects life on Earth from harmful levels of ultraviolet radiation, is at an unprecedented level over large parts of the Arctic this spring. This phenomenon is caused by the continuing presence…
COP26 Postponed Due to COVID-19
The COP26 UN climate change conference set to take place in Glasgow in November has been postponed due to COVID-19. This decision has been taken by the COP Bureau of the UNFCCC (United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change), with…
Waste Management an Essential Public Service in the Fight to Beat COVID-19
With the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic continuing to spread and its impacts upon human health and the economy intensifying day-by-day, governments are urged to treat waste management, including of medical, household and other hazardous waste, as an urgent and essential…