- Delegates committed to protecting 30% of land and 30% of coastal and marine areas by 2030, fulfilling the deal’s highest-profile goal, known as 30-by-30.
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Monday, 19 December 2022
COP15 biodiversity summit
Sunday, 18 December 2022
Sunday, 11 December 2022
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
The UNEP is a leading global environmental authority established on 5th June 1972.
Headquarters: Nairobi, Kenya
Functions:
It sets the global environmental agenda, promotes sustainable development within the United Nations system, and serves as an authoritative advocate for global environment protection.
Major Reports:
- Emission Gap Report,
- Adaptation Gap Report,
- Global Environment Outlook,
- Frontiers, Invest in Healthy Planet.
- Beat Pollution, UN75,
- World Environment Day,
- Wild for Life.
Monday, 5 December 2022
United Nations Security Council (UNSC)
- established by the UN Charter in 1945.
- Council HQ at New York
- UNSC
- the General Assembly (UNGA)
- the Trusteeship Council
- the Economic and Social Council,
- the International Court of Justice
- the Secretariat
United Nations Security Council (UNSC)
- 15 members
- 5 permanent (UK, US, Russia, France, China)
- 10 non-permanent (2 Yr)
- Presidency rotates every month
Saturday, 26 November 2022
Emissions Gap Report 2022
- United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
- Titled ‘Emissions Gap Report 2022: The Closing Window — Climate Crisis Calls For Rapid Transformation of Societies’
The world is falling short of the goals set forth in the Paris Climate Agreement adopted in 2015, and no credible pathway is currently in place to restrict global warming to under 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels.
United Nations Climate Change Framework Convention (UNFCCC)
The Conference of Parties (COP) is the apex decision-making body
UNFCCC was formed in 1994
To stabilize greenhouse gas emissions and to protect the earth from the threat of climate change
COP Presidency rotates among the five recognized UN regions
Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt
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