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UN Calls for SDG Stimulus For Climate Action in Developing Countries

Environment + Energy Leader

To meet the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the UN urged the world’s most developed nations last week to increase their financial support by $500 billion each year. The post UN Calls for SDG Stimulus For Climate Action in Developing Countries appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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COP29 Must Increase Climate Finance and Stand Up to the Fossil Fuel Industry 

Union of Concerned Scientists

Communities and civil society organizations to remain united, resilient, and committed to advancing climate justice and sustainable development in the Niger Delta.” BP walked back its emissions reduction target and reversed its commitment to cut back oil and gas production by 40% by 2030.

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World Governments Recommit to 2030 Goals to Save Humanity

Scientific American

United Nations secretary-general António Guterres is proposing a $500-billion annual stimulus package to meet the Sustainable Development Goals to preserve the environment and end poverty and hunger

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Fresh Del Monte Announces 2030 Sustainability Goals Linked to SDGs, Extends Beyond Operations

Environmental Leader

In what may portend the next wave in sustainability leadership, Fresh Del Monte Produce Inc., among other companies, is pursuing 2030 sustainability goals more closely aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and impact beyond its own operations.

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HotSpots H2O: New Report Urges Policymakers to ‘Wake Up to the Looming Water Crisis’

Circle of Blue

In order to secure universal access to clean water by 2030—the target date for the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals—the current rate of progress would need to quadruple, the report found.

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SDG Tracker: Measuring progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals

Environmental News Bits

The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are targets for global development that were adopted in 2015. All countries have agreed to work towards achieving them by 2030. This free, … Continue reading SDG Tracker: Measuring progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals

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Net Zero/Not Zero

Real Climate

This is a very important result, and one that underlies the recent pledges to achieve net-zero by 2030/2040/2050 etc. These relationships implies that once cumulative emissions stop (i.e. net-zero is reached), the eventual warming is set. coming as part of the upgrade to Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) for the COP26 meeting.