Building Paris every week: Urgent need to cut emissions in construction sector

The building sector, responsible for an astonishing 37 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions, has been grappling with a severe lack of climate-focused development funding, according to a report published by the UN’s environment agency on Tuesday.

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Building Paris every week: Urgent need to cut emissions in construction sector

Reducing methane emissions vital for climate action, but not ‘get out of jail free card’

31 Oct 2021

A new reporting hub to reduce methane emissions – a powerful greenhouse gas responsible for at least a quarter of global warming – was launched on Sunday by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), as the UN Climate Conference (COP26) kicked off in Glasgow.

Pakistan’s ‘climate carnage beyond imagination’, UN chief tells General Assembly

07 Oct 2022

The people of Pakistan are the victims of “a grim calculus of climate injustice”, Secretary-General António Guterres told the UN General Assembly on Friday, reminding that while the country was responsible for less than one per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions, it is paying a “supersized price for man-made climate change”.

‘Tipping point’ for climate action: Time’s running out to avoid catastrophic heating

16 Sep 2021

The temporary reduction in carbon emissions caused by global COVID-19 lockdowns did not slow the relentless advance of climate change. Greenhouse gas concentrations are at record levels, and the planet is on path towards dangerous overheating, a multi-agency climate report published on Thursday warns.