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Pandemic hampers progress to achieve universal energy access by 2030

Currently, 733 million people worldwide still do not have access to electricity, and 2.4 billion people still cook using fuels detrimental to their health and the environment.  At the current rate of progress, 670 million people will remain without electricity by 2030 – 10 million more th…

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‘Don’t work for climate wreckers’ UN chief tells graduates, in push to a renewable energy future

UN Secretary-General  António Guterres was delivering the commencement address at Seton Hall University in New Jersey, one of the oldest and most prestigious Catholic universities in the United States, close to New York City. He told graduates th…

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Climate change threatening access to water and sanitation

“Climate change is already posing serious challenges to water and sanitation systems in countries around the world,” said Thomas Croll-Knight, spokesperson for the UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE). Rising risks
According to UNECE an…

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Video games for climate action: winning solutions for the planet

Sometime before the COVID-19 pandemic, Cassie Flynn was heading to work on a rush-hour packed New York City subway train. As the Strategic Advisor on Climate Change for the UN Development Programme ( UNDP ), she often used the monotony of the commute to think of innovative ways to get ordinary …

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‘Lifeline’ of renewable energy can steer world out of climate crisis: UN chief

·       Greenhouse gas concentrations
Levels reached a new global high in 2020 and continued to increase in 2021, with the concentration of carbon dioxide reaching 413.2 parts per million globally, a 149% increase on pre-industrial levels.
“We have broken records in main greenhouse gases, carbo…

5 things you should know about the greenhouse gases warming the planet

News stories about the climate crisis often contain mentions of greenhouse gases, and the greenhouse…

Ozone layer recovery is on track, due to success of Montreal Protocol

The Earth’s ozone layer is on track to recover within four decades, a UN-backed panel…

Eight trends that will impact children in 2023

A series of interconnected crises are expected to have a huge impact on children in…

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UN conference concludes with ‘historic’ deal to protect a third of the world’s biodiversity

The UN Biodiversity Conference, COP15, concluded early on Monday in Montreal, Canada, with a landmark agreement to…

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Protecting biodiversity is protecting the Paris Agreement

For many years the climate crisis and the biodiversity crisis have been treated as separate…