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Plastic pollution on course to double by 2030 | UN News
Oct 21, 2021 · Plastic pollution in oceans and other bodies of water continues to grow sharply and could more than double by 2030, according to an assessment released on Thursday by the …
Climate and weather related disasters surge five-fold over 50 years ...
Sep 1, 2021 · According to the agencies' Atlas of Mortality and Economic Losses from Weather, Climate and Water Extremes, from 1970 to 2019, these natural hazards accounted for 50 per …
5 things you should know about the greenhouse gases warming …
Jan 8, 2022 · Carbon dioxide (CO2), methane and nitrous oxide are the major GHGs to worry about. CO2 stays in the atmosphere for up to 1,000 years, methane for around a decade, and …
Human activity the common link between disasters around the world
Sep 8, 2021 · Disasters such as cyclones, floods, and droughts are more connected than we might think, and human activity is the common thread, a UN report released on Wednesday …
UN climate report: It’s ‘now or never’ to limit global warming to …
Apr 4, 2022 · A new flagship UN report on climate change out Monday indicating that harmful carbon emissions from 2010-2019 have never been higher in human history, is proof that the …
Human, economic, environmental toll of climate change on the …
Apr 21, 2023 · WMO highlights that total damage and economic losses were assessed at $30 billion, and that by October 2022, around 8 million people had been internally displaced by the …
The race to zero emissions, and why the world depends on it
2010-2019 is the warmest decade on record. On the current path of carbon dioxide emissions, the global temperature is expected to increase by 3 to 5 degrees Celsius by the end of century. To …
Biodiversity: What is it and how can we protect it? | UN News
Jan 22, 2024 · The Plan, officially called the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, is a UN-driven landmark agreement adopted by 196 countries to guide global action on nature …
Climate change: CO2 and methane in our atmosphere reach
Oct 26, 2022 · The report explains that between 1990 and 2021, the warming effect on our climate (known as radiative forcing) by long-lived greenhouse gases (those that stay in the …