Tag: UN Environment Programme
World way off target to tackle climate crisis
(CNS): Greenhouse gas emissions must now decrease rapidly because the international community is falling so far short of the Paris goals that the opportunity to change things gradually has been lost, according to another disturbing report from the UN Environment Programme (UNEP). With no credible pathway to the idea of containing global warming to 1.5°C […]
Damage to planet ‘dire’ says UN report
(CNS): A dangerous combination of climate change, pollution, mass extinctions and a growing human population are described in the latest disturbing report from the United Nations, as world leaders met in Kenya for the 4th Environmental Assembly this week. The report states that “damage to the planet is so dire that people’s health will be […]
