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Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability
By now, many readers will know the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) has released their latest report titled "IPCC Sixth Assessment Report - Impacts, Adaption and Vulnerability". The Working Group II contribution to the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report assesses the impacts of climate change, looking at ecosystems, biodiversity, and human communities at global and regional levels. It also reviews vulnerabilities and the capacities and limits of the natural world and human societies to adapt to climate change.
Interested readers can download all the information here.
UN Plastics Treaty in Nairobi, Kenya
If you've missed it, many people, NGOs, companies and international organisations have been calling for a Global Treaty on Plastics. This week in Nairobi, Kenya, the 5th?United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-5) is being held to discuss this proposal. The initiator of the treaty, the EIA (Environmental Investigation Agency), called for a Convention on Plastic Pollution back in 2020.
Here's the latest...
According to the EIA website, "...in the early hours of this morning (28 February), the delegates reached a tentative deal. It went down to the wire, and when the final text was agreed, there was an eruption of celebration from all present in the room and online; we're unable to share that text at this stage is it's subject to further discussion and may be altered.
It is a strong resolution and will give powers to the negotiating committee to address the full lifecycle of plastics and the pollution it causes in all environments. The EIA team was absolutely thrilled – this day will go down in history as the moment the world put aside differences to tackle the scourge of plastic pollution on a global scale.
As we move into UNEA-5, the EIA team is extremely optimistic the agreement will be adopted this week – all eyes are truly on Nairobi."