Publishings

The oft-repeated and rarely challenged view that energy solutions to address climate change are expensive and uneconomical has long thwarted public support for even the most sensible measures – despite the evidence that the damage caused by climate change is far more costly.  Those who oppose climate action point to th ...

In 2015, the United Nations adopted the 2030 agenda for Sustainable Development, which set out 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), 169 targets and 231 unique indicators as a significant initiative towards global socioeconomic sustainability.  Governments commonly use construction as the principal means for the pol ...

To fulfill its mission, the United Nations Environment Programme - Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) provides products and services, practical guidance and tools directly aimed at facilitating the implementation of sustainable finance policies and practices in the global financial sector. The UNEP FI Impact Analysis Tools h ...

Within seven days, Donald Trump's re-election on November 5 and Shell's victory in court on November 11 the fate of planet Earth was decided. Trump plans to withdraw from the Paris Agreement as soon as he takes office as the 47th President of the United States on Monday, January 20, 2025, as he did at the start of his ...

The latest Global Carbon Budget 2024 report, published in the journal Earth System Science Data, shows that global CO2 emissions from fossil fuels will reach a record level in 2024.  Caused by fossil fuels from combustion engines of all kinds and agriculture, the global carbon budget increased by 0.8 percent compared t ...