At the U.N. climate summit in Poland, countries agreed upon the Katowice Climate Package, a set of rules for implementing the Paris Agreement. It is the outcome of a complex COP, due to technicalities and difficult international context. After two weeks and one extra day of tense negotiations, the rulebook to face and contain climate change got the green light.
A new report translates the key scientific findings and policy observations from the IPCC’s Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5°C (SR1.5) for officials and
Government leaders of over 160 countries in Marrakech adopted the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (GCM), the United Nations pact which aims
Meeting the goals of the Paris Agreement could save about a million lives a year worldwide by 2050 through reductions in air pollution alone, according to the World Health Organization. Health gains from climate action would be approximately double the cost of mitigation policies at the global level, and the benefit is even higher in countries such as China and India.
A Reflection by CMCC Foundation – CSP Division – Enrico Scoccimarro Tropical Cyclones and climate Tropical cyclones (TCs) in their most intense expression (hurricanes or typhoons)
Climate change, wildfires and water scarcity drive forest degradation says a new FAO-Plan Bleu report – The State of Mediterranean Forests.
Just days before the start of the COP24 climate summit in Katowice, a mounting pile of major reports points to the same message: despite the efforts in place, action to tackle climate change is still far away from the objectives set in the Paris agreement.
Levels of the atmospheric greenhouse gases (GHGs) carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), and nitrous oxide (N2O) have all reached new highs in 2017, according to
Better planning for sustainable urban growth and the use of natural solutions, careful management of protected areas near cities, and integration of nature into cities
Global levels of greenhouse gases have reached another new record high, according to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).
New rules on renewables, energy efficiency and the governance of the Energy Union have been signed off by the European Parliament – an important step in enabling the European Union and its Member States to embrace the clean energy transition, follow up on the already adopted 2030 climate legislation and meet the Paris Agreement.
The latest World Energy Outlook, the International Energy Agency’s flagship publication, details global energy trends and what possible impact they will have on supply and demand, carbon emissions, air pollution, and energy access.
