Tag: Climate action

UN to Convene Global Experts
United States

UN to Convene Global Experts in Tokyo on 4-6 Marchto Assess Climate Action Targets under Sustainable Development Goals

Press release (1 March 2024) — The United Nations is convening over sixty climate and development expertsfrom around the world in Tokyo from 4-6 March to assess progress on climate action targetsunder the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and strategize recommendations to accelerate action. The expert meeting is mandated as part of preparations for the review this year of SDG 13 onclimate action, as part of … Continue reading UN to Convene Global Experts in Tokyo on 4-6 Marchto Assess Climate Action Targets under Sustainable Development Goals

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Green Climate Fund
Africa, Asia, Global

Green Climate Fund and Somalia: Accelerated USD 100 million investment partnership

Press release – 12 Mar 2024 Mogadishu, Somalia – The Green Climate Fund’s (GCF) Executive Director, Mafalda Duarte headed the first-ever GCF delegation to Somalia, announcing an accelerated programme of climate action investment – anticipated at USD 100 million over the next year. Duarte released her 50by30 vision at the UN Climate Action Summit in September 2023, announcing intentions to build a fund capable of impactfully … Continue reading Green Climate Fund and Somalia: Accelerated USD 100 million investment partnership

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South Pole
Europe, Global

South Pole appoints sustainability leader Dr Daniel Klier as new CEO

February 28, 2024 03:00 AM Eastern Standard Time ZURICH–(BUSINESS WIRE)–South Pole, the leading carbon project expert and climate consultancy, is pleased to announce the appointment of sustainability industry leader, Dr Daniel Klier, as the group’s new Chief Executive Officer. Daniel joins from sustainability data and technology platform ESG Book, where as CEO he oversaw the company’s growth and established the business as global industry leader. … Continue reading South Pole appoints sustainability leader Dr Daniel Klier as new CEO

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Environmental
Africa, Europe, Global

A world united in environmental action

26 FEB 2024 SPEECH CLIMATE ACTION SPEECH DELIVERED BY: Inger AndersenFOR: UNEA-6 opening press statementLOCATION: Nairobi, Kenya My thanks to the members of the media for covering the sixth UN Environment Assembly, known as UNEA-6. The world has gathered here in Nairobi, the environmental capital of the world, to slow the triple planetary crisis: the crisis of climate change, the crisis of nature and biodiversity loss, and the crisis of pollution and waste. We’ve … Continue reading A world united in environmental action

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AWS
Global, United States

AWS to Launch an Infrastructure Region in Mexico

February 26, 2024 AWS Mexico (Central) Region will enable customers to run workloads and securely store their content in Mexico while serving end users with even lower latency New Region reflects AWS’s long-term commitment to meeting high demand for cloud services in Latin America AWS plans to invest more than $5 billion (approx. MXN $85 billion) in Mexico SEATTLE–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Amazon Web Services (AWS), an … Continue reading AWS to Launch an Infrastructure Region in Mexico

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