Tag: Climate action

climatenetwork
Global

Not one country is doing enough to provide clean, accessible, and affordable energy

10 October 2024 – Press Release Climate Action Network’s latest Renewable Energy Tracker Report reveals that not one country is doing enough to provide clean, accessible, and affordable energy. The latest findings show that the world is therefore not on track to reach 100% Renewable Energy by 2050.  Renewable energy remains concentrated in just a few, often rich, countries, inaccessible to people globally – notably the rural … Continue reading Not one country is doing enough to provide clean, accessible, and affordable energy

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Global

Major international drought conference seeks to increase resilience

30 September 2024 As climate change continues to exacerbate drought risks globally, a major international conference will seek to increase resilience to one of the world’s most deadly hazards, which frequently attracts little attention until it is too late. Key messages Experts, policymakers, and practitioners will gather at the headquarters of the World Meteorological Organization at the Drought Resilience +10 Conference – so called because it marks … Continue reading Major international drought conference seeks to increase resilience

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Zindi
Africa, United States

IRCAI, Zindi, and AWS Launch AI for Equity Challenge: Climate Action, Gender, & Health to Develop New Tech Solutions Helping to Address U.N. Sustainable Development Goals

Participants to leverage advanced computing in the cloud, including generative AI, to help to expedite solutions in the fight against climate change SEPTEMBER 24th, 2024 New York N.Y.//  The International Research Centre on Artificial Intelligence (IRCAI), an organization under the auspices of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), data science platform Zindi, and Amazon Web Services (AWS) today announced the  launch of … Continue reading IRCAI, Zindi, and AWS Launch AI for Equity Challenge: Climate Action, Gender, & Health to Develop New Tech Solutions Helping to Address U.N. Sustainable Development Goals

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Kazakhstan and UNDP
Global

Government of Kazakhstan and UNDP launch climate reporting project under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change

September 13, 2024 13 September, 2024, Astana – United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Kazakhstan, in partnership with the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Kazakhstan and with the financial support of the Global Environment Facility, launches the Climate Change Reporting Project. The project includes the production of the First Biennial Transparency Report by the end of 2024 and the combined Ninth National Communication and Second Biennial … Continue reading Government of Kazakhstan and UNDP launch climate reporting project under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change

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Vicious circle of climate change
Global

Vicious circle of climate change, wildfires and air pollution has major impacts

05 September 2024 A vicious cycle of climate change, wildfires and air pollution is having a spiralling negative impact on human health, ecosystems and agriculture, according to a new report from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).  The WMO Air Quality and Climate Bulletin includes a special focus on wildfires. It also looks at global and regional concentrations of particulate matter pollution and its harmful effects on crops … Continue reading Vicious circle of climate change, wildfires and air pollution has major impacts

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