GREENPLINTH AFRICA has joined with investors worldwide in signing the @InvestorAgenda 2022 #GlobalInvestorStatement to urge governments to radically step-up climate policy ambition at #COP27.
At GREENPLINTH AFRICA, we are pleased to announce that we have signed the 2022 Global Investor Statement to Governments on the Climate Crisis.
We’re at a critical turning point and are taking action to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels.
“We’ve signed the @InvestorAgenda 2022 #GlobalInvestorStatement to urge governments to implement critical climate policies that enable the transition to a climate-resilient, net-zero emissions economy by 2050 or sooner. #COP27
If all the gas currently flared was captured and used, it would generate roughly the same amount of energy as the current power generation capacity of Sub-Saharan Africa. @riccardopuliti highlights the urgent need to reduce #GasFlaring and venting. https://t.co/4rWdLLW0CI
📸: The original manuscript of the UN Charter preamble.
77 years ago, 50 nations came together in San Francisco, California to create a new organization for peace, prosperity & human rights.
Learn more about the Charter ahead of Monday's #UNDay: https://t.co/RjYS2t7aUD
Explore Carbon Brief's interactive timeline on loss and damage, from 1987 to 2022 🗓 https://t.co/0NaWxH6ZrB
@Josh_Gabbatiss has delved into the archives, talked to seasoned negotiators and interviewed activists ✊🏽 about the struggle to elevate loss and damage.
Haiti: For the first time ever, catastrophic hunger has been recorded in the country.
As crises collide, @WFP is committed to continuing to support vulnerable Haitians amid multiple challenges. https://t.co/dcgyXe8urG
Rural women make invaluable contributions to their communities and are key for helping to create a more sustainable, resilient future all.
Saturday is the International Day of #RuralWomen. https://t.co/MZG1TG1yZh via @UN_Women
In our world, a staggering 3 billion people cannot afford a healthy diet.
Ahead of #WorldFoodDay, @UNDP explores and highlights what's needed to transform food systems for healthier people and for a healthier planet.
https://t.co/XaAQsYMZaX
#DYK: The biggest source of organic pollution in the Ganga is domestic sewage. The World Bank is helping build sewage networks and treatment plants in 24 cities to make sure no untreated wastewater flows into the Ganga.
📖 https://t.co/qua3KkdLZP
🏦 #75YrsofWorldBankandIndia
.@CarbonBrief has set up a Global South Climate Database so that journalists from all over the world can contact scientists from Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Pacific. Check it out or register, so that reporters can get in touch with you: https://t.co/Ewsrw14sdc
A third of the world doesn't have access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, which comes at huge social, health, and environmental costs.
So what is #CleanCooking, and why is it important? Here are 5️⃣ things to know: https://t.co/oZKEWkEhA6 #CCF2022
DYK low- and middle-income countries are estimated, in aggregate, to experience a productivity loss of some US$95 billion per year as a result of unsafe food?
On International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste, know more about #SafeFoodImperative: https://t.co/i27TADGrkn
For countries and decision-makers questioning whether the transition is possible today, here is some good news: there is an increasing wealth of evidence that #ClimateAction does not threaten economic growth. https://t.co/kCwA81GVlS
Pakistan is home to the world’s largest number of glaciers.
@UNDP is working to map glaciers to support 🇵🇰 to adapt better to future climate risk. @Bloomberg
https://t.co/zKKHBwF8ws