CO2 and methane in our atmosphere reach record levels — Global Issues

CO2 and methane in our atmosphere reach record levels — Global Issues

The agency’s yearly Greenhouse Gas Bulletin warns of the biggest year-on-year jump in methane concentrations in 2021 since systematic measurements began nearly 40 years ago. While the reason for the unprecedented increase is still unclear, it seems to be a result of both biological and human-induced processes according to the…

CO2 and methane in our atmosphere reach record levels — Global Issues

UN Report — Global Issues

The current combined National Determined Contributions (NDCs)—meaning the countries’ national efforts to tackle emissions and mitigate climate change—are leading our planet to at least 2.5 degrees warming, a level deemed catastrophic by scientists at the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Increasing instead of decreasing In 2019, the IPCC indicated…

CO2 and methane in our atmosphere reach record levels — Global Issues

19 life-threatening fungi listed in bid to tackle antifungal resistance — Global Issues

If not, then look no further than the UN World Health Organization (WHO), which has just catalogued the 19 fungi that represent the greatest public health risk today. The aim of listing these fungal “priority pathogens” is to promote research and strengthen our response to fungal infections and antifungal resistance. People most at risk are…

Malaysia’s forced return of Myanmar’s most vulnerable must stop: UNHCR — Global Issues

Malaysia’s forced return of Myanmar’s most vulnerable must stop: UNHCR — Global Issues

There have been “multiple reports” of deportations since April which run contrary to international humanitarian law, UNHCR spokesperson, Shabia Mantoo, told journalists in Geneva. “According to information received by UNHCR, an asylum-seeker from Myanmar was deported on 21 October from detention despite UNHCR interventions…Such deportations of refugees and asylum-seekers amount…

CO2 and methane in our atmosphere reach record levels — Global Issues

Step up investment to deliver safe drinking water to all — Global Issues

Providing water and sanitation for everyone on the planet is one of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), agreed by all 193 UN Member States in 2015.  The report revealed that although more than two billion people gained access to safe drinking water over the past two decades, a quarter of…

CO2 and methane in our atmosphere reach record levels — Global Issues

‘Political deadlock persists with no clear end in sight’- UN envoy — Global Issues

Special Representative Abdoulaye Bathily arrived in the country this month and has been prioritizing consultations with political, institutional, security and civil society representatives, in a bid to address these challenges.  “The situation in Libya calls for a consensus State re-legitimation process. Legitimate institutions capable of providing for the basic needs…

CO2 and methane in our atmosphere reach record levels — Global Issues

‘Game changer’ ideas on water and sustainability, centre-stage ahead of major water conference — Global Issues

The results emerging from roundtables on governance, capacity development, data and information, innovation and financing, will be shared with national representatives on Tuesday, at a preparatory meeting for the UN 2023 Water Conference, taking place in March. Noting that the world stands at a watershed moment, the President of the…