Circle of Blue
MARCH 20, 2023
One is rather obscure: the International Decade for Action on Water for Sustainable Development. The other is the driving force for global poverty-reduction efforts: the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which have a 2030 deadline. As of 2020, about 2 billion people do not have safely managed drinking water.
Manning Law
JUNE 8, 2020
In celebration of Environment Day 2020 on June 5, we publish here in full the speech given by Inger Andersen, Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Executive Director of the UN Environment Programme. CO 2 levels in the atmosphere hit an all-time high in early May. “World Environment Day is a day of celebration.
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Real Climate
AUGUST 12, 2021
Taking into account not only permafrost thaw, but also a host of other biogeochemical and atmospheric feedbacks, the AR6 estimates to appropriately include the effect of all these feedbacks, remaining carbon budgets have to be reduced by 26 ± 97 GtCO 2 per degree Celsius of additional warming. C in the context of sustainable development.
Physics World
OCTOBER 12, 2021
According to a poll carried out in 2020 by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE), only a quarter of people aged between 18 and 24 in the UK are aware that nuclear is a low-carbon source of energy. Tricky problem Nuclear energy is often not viewed as a low-carbon energy source. Courtesy: Shutterstock/andrea dantee).
Academy of Natural Sciences
JULY 30, 2021
These rare storms are expected to become more frequent with climate change as a warmer atmosphere can hold (and during storms release!) For every one degree Celsius that the temperature increases, the atmosphere can hold 7% more water, a thermodynamic law of physics called atmospheric holding capacity. more moisture.
Ocean Conservancy
FEBRUARY 11, 2022
Results from the first multi-institutional ghost gear removal program in the vaquita marina area launched in 2016, showed that more than 1,300 nets were removed from the Northern Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez) as of 2020. In 2020, Mexico recorded 1.7 Never miss an update. Sorry, but we failed to add you to the list.
Environmental Progress
MAY 28, 2020
According to the World Economic Forum’s Global Risks Report 2020 that was released this year, more than half of the world’s total GDP is moderately or highly dependent on nature. When we destroy nature, we also chip away at the foundation we need to guarantee just, sustainable development for all people on the planet.
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