Good morning, this is Bruno, bringing the latest climate news for Geneva Solutions.
This week we talk to Geneva Cities Hub about why the urban dimension is so important for action. Meanwhile, TED’s climate Countdown offered us insightful moments and the pandemic has introduced major new uncertainties for the energy sector. |
Costa Rica has been able to gradually reverse deforestation through a scheme rewarding farmers who carry out sustainable forestry. Photo: EPA/Jeffrey Arguedas
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IEA releases its flagship World Energy report 2020.
A Covid-19-led decline takes annual energy-related CO2 emissions back to where they were a decade ago. However dramatic additional actions will need to be taken over the next 10 years to reach the agency’s net-zero emissions case by 2050.
IEA (EN)
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Photo: Keystone / Marcel Bieri
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16 October | World Food Day
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations is hosting a day of virtual events and discussions that also mark its 75th anniversary.
FAO (EN)
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