FAQ: Legal Considerations When Using the CO2 Performance Ladder in Public Procurement
This report answers frequently asked questions about the legal aspects of using the CO2 Performance Ladder as a green public procurement tool.
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Localizing the SDGs: Agrifood systems transformation as a key accelerator
To reach food security and nutrition for all, food and agriculture policies need better tuning with environmental and social objectives at all levels.
NAP Global Network at NAP Expo 2023
The world’s flagship conference dedicated to National Adaptation Plan (NAP) processes will take place in the Latin America and Caribbean region for the first time.
How the Energy Transition Will Reshape Oil Markets
The direction, timing and progress of the energy transition will be key in shaping the future of oil, the most important commodity market in the world. The Ukraine crisis has given new prominence to energy security concerns and boosted calls for an “orderly” transition. However, climate experts also warn that a slow transition is not an option if we are to avoid a climate catastrophe — with the release last week of the latest UN climate science “synthesis” report, underscoring the urgency of meeting the Paris Agreement objective to limit global warming to well below 2°C. Effective policies to achieve this have yet to be introduced in any major country, or for the world as a whole, but what would meeting the Paris goals actually mean for future oil demand and supply, oil flows, benchmarks, prices and Opec?
IPCC Report Confirms India’s Advocacy for Equity & Climate Justice, says Govt
The deliberations that led to the IPCC's latest synthesis report highlighted profound disagreements between wealthy nations and developing countries like India about the resources needed to tackle the climate disaster and the developed world's involvement in provoking the emergency.
Columna de Anne Hammill: El liderazgo de Chile en los debates globales sobre la adaptación al cambio climático (in Spanish)
Para hacer frente a sequías cada vez más intensas, los agricultores chilenos han adoptado un enfoque innovador: la captación de niebla. En colaboración con ingenieros, las comunidades han utilizado redes especialmente diseñadas para capturar la niebla a su paso por las montañas, y esta tecnología de bajo costo ha resultado eficaz para suministrar agua a los cultivos y el ganado. Pero este método creativo es sólo una parte de una historia más compleja sobre la gestión del uso del agua. Este tipo de acción comunitaria necesita el apoyo de los esfuerzos nacionales como leyes y reglamentos para conservar el agua.
IPCC focuses attention on fossil fuel phase-down
The phase-down of fossil fuels is firmly in the spotlight, as ministers restart climate talks and the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released its sixth synthesis report, warning of the effect that continued fossil fuel burning will have on global carbon budgets.
India pushes for equity at crucial climate meeting
The negotiations leading to the latest synthesis report of the IPCC revealed deep differences between wealthy nations and developing countries like India on funding needed to combat the climate crisis and the role of the developed world in precipitating the emergency.
Lithium Discovery Seen as Mixed Blessing in India's Kashmir
The discovery of major lithium deposits is being seen as a mixed blessing in India's troubled Kashmir region, where hopes for a major economic boost are tempered by fears of human displacement and damage to the territory's fragile ecology.
Divest Tyne & Wear campaigning
Campaigners from Divest Tyne & Wear gathered at the Civic Centre this morning as part of their regionwide Day of Action. They were present to thank the council for making a cross-party call to Tyne & Wear Pension Fund to review its investment policies - especially investments in fossil fuel companies planning to increase extraction of fossil fuels.