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UNEP chief lauds China's effort to combat climate change
2014-09-20 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Shanghai Daily: The head of the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) on Friday lauded China's role in fighting climate change, calling it a positive actor in a global community to avert such threat. In an exclusive interview with Xinhua before leaving for New York to attend the 2014 UN Climate Summit, UNEP Executive Director Achim Steiner said China has made long-time support for the campaign against global warming. "China is one of the countries that has for many years recognized that the science that...
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UNEP and DNV GL Announce New Strategic Partnership
2014-08-18 13:18:00| Offshore Technology
The UN Environment Programme's (UNEP) Climate Technology Centre and DNV GL have announced a new strategic partnership that aims to accelerate global development, transfer and deployment of climate change mitigation and adaptation technologies to deve
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$30b Annual Investment in Forest Conservation can Support Green Growth UNEP
2014-03-24 09:55:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Daily Times: An investment of 30 billion dollars per year can accelerate the global transition to green and sustainable growth and ensure the long-term well-being of tens of millions in developing countries, the UNEP said. The UNEP quoted a new report as saying that the amount represented less than seven per cent of the 480 billion paid in annual global fossil fuel subsidies in the REDD+ forest conservation initiative. The report was entitled ``Building Natural Capital: How REDD+ Can Support a Green Economy'',...
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Climate, Ozone Threatened by Increasing Emissions of Laughing Gas, UNEP Warns
2013-11-21 21:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World: Emissions of nitrous oxide (N2O), also known as laughing gas, could double by 2050, threatening gains made in healing the ozone layer, the United Nations Environment Program warns in a new report. Agriculture is by far the number one contributor to N2O emissions, accounting for some two-thirds, with other major sources including fossil fuel combustion, biomass burning and wastewater. "Although not as prevalent in the atmosphere as CO2 in terms of mass, N2O ... is far from a laughing matter...
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Africa faces sharp rise in climate adaption costs UNEP
2013-11-19 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Africa faces climate adaptation costs in the range of $7 billion to $15 billion per year by 2020, and that figure could rise to around $350 billion annually by 2070 if global warming exceeds 2 degrees Celsius, a U.N. report said on Tuesday. Even if the 2 degrees goal - agreed by nearly 200 governments in 2010 - were to be met, the cost of adapting to more extreme weather and longer-term climate shifts would still be around $35 billion per year by the 2040s and $200 billion per year by the 2070s,...