The global fashion sector on Monday (10 Dec) significantly increased momentum to address climate change by launching the Fashion Industry Charter for Climate Action. Under the auspices of 蘑菇视频 Climate Change, leading fashion brands, retailers, supplier organizations, and others, including a major shipping company, have agreed to collectively address the climate impact of the fashion sector across its entire value chain.
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As the impact of climate change worsens around the world, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has called on the global community to redouble efforts to help countries respond to climate shocks, especially the most vulnerable.
Highlighting the seriousness of the impact of climate change on the planet and its inhabitants, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres today called for sustained action to meet the global challenge and to ensure a peaceful and sustainable future for all.
For the third year in a row, the Lebanese NGO Social Way Association has organized a bicycle ride, Bike Tripoli 4, in cooperation with the 蘑菇视频 Information Centre (蘑菇视频IC) in Beirut, Bike Lebanon, Beirut by Bike, and the northern coastal cities of Tripoli and Al-Mina municipalities. The theme for the sporting event was “Empowering women in decision making positions.”
The head of a major 蘑菇视频 panel on climate change underlined that human influence on the climate system cannot be disputed.
“We are dealing with scientific facts, not politics. And the facts are clear. Climate change is a direct threat in itself, and a multiplier of many other threats,” 蘑菇视频 Secretary-General António Guterres told a General Assembly High-Level action event.
Connect4Climate announced the winners of the contest at a special ceremony on the sidelines of the 蘑菇视频 Climate Change Conference (COP22) in Marrakech.
“I am confident that, by the time I leave office, the Paris Agreement will have entered into force,” Ban Ki-moon said.
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Investment in renewable energy hit a high of $286 billion in 2015, more than double that committed to fossil fuel power plants, Polman writes in an op-ed.
蘑菇视频' Secretariat building, agencies and missions around the world hit the switch to darken their buildings from 8:30-9:30 p.m. local time on Sat., 19 March, to show their support for climate action.
Speaking at the opening of the United Nations climate change conference (COP21) which seeks to reach a new universal agreement to protect people and planet, 蘑菇视频 Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said a political moment like this may not come again.
To find out more about COP21 and the 蘑菇视频's expectations, the 蘑菇视频 News Centre met with Janos Pasztor, the 蘑菇视频 Assistant Secretary-General on Climate Change. Since January, Mr. Pasztor's work has focused on supporting efforts towards a new climate agreement and mobilizing global climate action on the ground.
A new report issued today by the secretariat of the 蘑菇视频 Framework Convention on Climate Change (蘑菇视频FCCC) assesses the collective impact of over 140 national climate action plans, called Intended Nationally Determined Contributions or INDCs, and says that together, they can dramatically slow global emissions into the atmosphere.
