Climate Action (13)

In September 2015, 193 world leaders agreed to 17 Global Goals for Sustainable Development. If these Goals are completed, it would mean an end to extreme poverty, inequality and climate change by 2030.
Goal 13: Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts.

[New] Other opportunities could come from Dragonfly, a robotic lander that NASA plans to launch to Titan in 2026 which may also provide clarity about changes in the moon's climate.
[New] By 2050, the number of people threatened by hunger solely as a result of climate change will increase considerably, especially in sub-Saharan Africa.
[New] With US$201.8 billion of additional investments required annually to achieve the EU's 2030 targets, including a 40% cut in greenhouse gas emissions, there is plenty of reason to expect sustainable finance to bulge in the coming years.
[New] In just the past year, the biggest global companies committed billions of dollars to projects that will likely lose money if the world slashes fossil fuel use fast enough to meet the Paris climate accord goals.
[New] The countries most exposed to climate change face higher costs of capital: By 2030 poor countries will need to spend $140bn - 300bn each year on adaptive measures, such as coastal defences, if they want to avoid the harm caused by climate change.
[New] The UK has been going further and faster in tackling climate change by becoming the first major economy to legislate for net zero emissions by 2050 and helping us seize the opportunities of a greener future.
[New] A total of 140 million people in the poorest parts of Africa, Asia and Latin America could be displaced by climate change by 2050.
[New] A business-as-usual approach to climate mitigation and carbon emissions will see 7% of global GDP disappear by 2100, with the UK down's economy down 4%.
[New] The rising demand for renewable energy led by new technologies as well as cross-cutting external factors, such as climate change and political risk, will shape the current and future operating environment of companies.
[New] The United States faces more than $400 billion in costs over the next 20 years, much of it sooner, to defend coastal communities from inevitable sea-level rise: More than 130 counties face at least $1 billion in costs, and 14 states will see expenses of $10 billion or greater between now and 2040.
Climate change could cost the United States hundreds of billions of dollars every year by the end of the century.
Worldwide 100 million people are already at risk of being pushed into poverty because of climate change by 2030 - particularly across Sub Saharan Africa - and 720 million by 2050.
While Canada is expected to fall short of its target to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 30% below 2005 levels by 2030, Trudeau and his government have taken fledgling steps towards tackling climate change with legislation mandating a price on carbon in every province.
Urban heat islands will further exacerbate thermal risks from global warming, particularly affecting the health of the roughly 24 percent of India's urban population living in slums.
Solar advocates praised New York's state legislature's adoption of long anticipated legislation that will require at least 70 percent of electric generation come from renewable sources by 2030 and providing needed funding to low-income and environmental justice communities.
With continued greenhouse gas emissions and the resulting impact on global temperatures, records will continue to be broken in the future.
Democratic state lawmakers passed a wave of bills this year they hope will reduce greenhouse gas emissions and combat climate change, even as the Trump administration moves in the opposite direction.
While hurricanes and wildfires have gotten a lot attention for being strengthened by climate change, the seemingly more mundane heat wave will likely become more familiar in the coming years - and more deadly.
Greenhouse gas emissions are the leading cause of climate change and that the mean global temperature will increase by 1.4-5.8 °C by the end of the 21st century.
Climate change is predicted to reduce the gross domestic product (GDP) growth of Ethiopia between 0.5 and 2.5% each year.

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Last updated: 16 September 2019