Your August Briefing: Every action counts for people and planet
With record temperatures and the unprecedented impacts of the climate crisis affecting billions, here are some actions being taken worldwide.?
In depth?
Boosting ambitions ahead of next round of climate plans?
Starting this month, regional meetings will get underway to assist governments in preparing their next round of climate action plans, called Nationally Determined Contributions or NDCs, for submission in 2025.
How forests can counter the climate crisis?
The loss of forests is devastating for wildlife and the billions of people who rely on forests for food, water and other essentials. But deforestation has another, often-overlooked peril: it is stoking climate change. ?
This year's Olympics have the potential to revolutionize the way the food surplus is handled ?
If food waste generated by the anticipated 13 million meals served during the Olympics is handled appropriately, renowned Italian chef, co-founder of Food for Soul, and UNEP Goodwill Ambassador Massimo Bottura could inform and improve practices at future Olympic Games in Milan, Los Angeles, and Brisbane. This is good news for those going hungry, economies, and work to address the climate emergency.?
Managing resources wisely and reducing waste?
A UNEP-led initiative recently launched Latin America and the Caribbean's first regional eco-labeling programme. In related news, see how innovators are making agriculture more planet-friendly.?
By the numbers??
Worth a watch?
Watch this video to find out how NDCs work and their role in limiting global warming.?
Take action?
Publications?
A global foresight report on planetary health and human wellbeing identifies eight critical global shifts accelerating the triple planetary crisis.?
The UN Secretary-General’s call to action on extreme heat emphasizes an urgent and concerted effort to enhance international cooperation to address extreme heat.?
Reading list?
Mark your calendars?
12 August: International Youth Day?
20-23 August: The Eleventh Conference of Parties to the Nairobi Convention (COP 11) on the Coastal and Marine Environment of the Western Indian Ocean ?
24-28 August: Intersessional work of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution (Bangkok)?
Seen online?
UNEP Executive Director Inger Andersen recently visited Brazil, a country using innovative nature-based solutions for people and the planet.?
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R&D, Process Engineer and Inventor | Materials + Semiconductors | Physics Chemistry Optics Fluid Mechanics| Weather and Climate Engineering | Earthquake and Extreme Weather Predictions, Holographic Climate Global Model
3 个月I found something like "source code for climate". Predicting earthquakes and extreme weather is possible - I'm looking for partners and collaborators. 50+ earthquakes predicted and documented in one month: https://lnkd.in/dGx_49wn Extreme weather predictions = missed earthquake predictions (side effect). https://lnkd.in/d3pHtw68 New climate model based on holography and self-reorganizing cymatic patterns. Evidence that nature and climate patterns are holography-patterns based: https://lnkd.in/dmE-fMXX This model acts very fast with holography speed. I would like to improve the model and work with scientists to compare it with their models. UNO, WMO, UNDRR, insurance companies, Red Cross, rescue, seismic centers, and climate disaster rescue and prevention services would be potential clients and project partners. I'm looking for contacts to further develop this innovative technology. Basically, programming of climate can be possible (but not everyone should know how to do it - because we might get climate terrorists). We can most probably also monitor every single industry unit's influence on climate in live view. A careful validation with meteorologists under NDA is highly desired.
Sehr sch?n alles jetzt duhn damit wir alle miteinander füreinander handeln k?nnen für die Zukunft Weltweit Danke
Biologist - Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ) Master in Ecology and Evolution - Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro
3 个月I have been reading that things in Paris are running badly concerning food. Lack of food, veg food not adequate for the athlets' nutrition...this is not the way we are solving the problem of food waste and not being susteinable.
Experienced in: high-voltage engineering, instrumentation of chemical and industrial plants, food and livestock systems, urban planning and transport, by sixty years of dedicated work
3 个月SPRECO DI CIBO E FAME: una cucina organizzata, per mille persone, produce meno avanzi di mille cucine per una persona. Se tutti hanno accesso a quella cucina, nessuno fa la fame. Il menù di quella cucina utilizza il cibo più ecologicamente disponibile. DEFORESTAZIONE: gli eserciti di tutto il mondo, invece di farsi stupidissime guerre, dovrebbero essere impiegati a custodia di boschi e foreste. BENESSERE: un re, che con guerre e prepotenze è arrivato ad avere in grande castello, un grande giardino, grandi pranzi, abiti lussuosi, carrozze e vascelli, è un individuo che pesa sulla società e sulla natura. Cosa succede quando tutti vogliono essere come lui? Dobbiamo darci più dignità e più razionale modestia.