The day one executive orders will make the climate crisis worse
US President Donald Trump on Monday issued an executive order withdrawing the country from the Paris Agreement on Climate Change. The Paris Agreement, which was signed by over 200 countries in December 2015, is aimed at limiting global warming to “well below” 2C and “well below” 3C. However, the agreement states that the process would take a full year.
The 29th Congress of the United Nations on Climate Finance will begin without leaders and Trump looms large
The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) will hold its next round of climate talks, which will be held in Paris from December 2 to 11. Under the 2015 Paris Agreement, 196 countries had agreed to limit global warming to “safe levels” before the end of the century. However, the US recently announced it would pull out of the pact.
Can the sustainable development goals be made smarter?
UN Secretary-General Antnio Guterres has asked the world body to extend the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to 2050 as part of its annual summit, the UN Summit of the Future. The SDGs were adopted by the world body in 2005 and aim to halve global warming by 2050. Guterres called for an “ambitious” agenda to achieve the goals.