UNEP

'What's cooking?': UN calls for more support for meat and dairy alternatives

Policy

'What's cooking?': UN calls for more support for meat and dairy alternatives

Emerging alternative protein products could cut global food system's environmental footprint, particularly in high and middle-income countries, UN report finds

clock 08 December 2023 • 3 min read
Could 2023 be the year global emissions peak?

Climate change

Could 2023 be the year global emissions peak?

Global greenhouse gas emissions could peak this year, but what needs to happen to ensure an era of rapid decarbonisation swiftly follows?

clock 22 November 2023 • 6 min read
'It's hard to see how this aligns': How the G20 provided $1.3tr of support to fossil fuels last year

Policy

'It's hard to see how this aligns': How the G20 provided $1.3tr of support to fossil fuels last year

Analysis from BNEF reveals huge scale of continued government support for fossil fuels, as calls grow for COP28 to deliver crackdown on fossil fuel production

clock 21 November 2023 • 8 min read
'Insufficient ambition and not enough action': UN warns world is on track for 3C of warming

Climate change

'Insufficient ambition and not enough action': UN warns world is on track for 3C of warming

UN's latest Emissions Gap Report warns that even if governments' decarbonisation goals are met the world is still facing around 2.5C of warming this century

clock 20 November 2023 • 5 min read
'A wake-up call to the world': Top CEOs back six point plan to turbocharge global climate action

Policy

'A wake-up call to the world': Top CEOs back six point plan to turbocharge global climate action

As temperature records are toppled the outlook has rarely looked bleaker, but businesses know deep decarbonisation can be delivered if only policymakers provide them with the tools

clock 08 November 2023 • 8 min read
'Throwing humanity's future into question': Governments continue fossil fuel production push in defiance of climate goals

Energy

'Throwing humanity's future into question': Governments continue fossil fuel production push in defiance of climate goals

UN-backed report warns world's biggest oil and gas producing nations are on course to overshoot global Paris Agreement climate thresholds as they continue to pursue plans to expand production

clock 08 November 2023 • 8 min read
From EPR to a just transition: Takeways from the draft Treaty on Plastic Pollution

Legislation

From EPR to a just transition: Takeways from the draft Treaty on Plastic Pollution

Ahead of the next round of UN plastic treaty talks, WWF explores the key issues that need to be resolved

clock 03 November 2023 • 4 min read
'Underfinanced, underprepared': Inadequate climate adaptation efforts leave world exposed, UNEP warns

Climate change

'Underfinanced, underprepared': Inadequate climate adaptation efforts leave world exposed, UNEP warns

Latest UNEP Adaptation Gap Report warns world needs to invest hundreds of billions of dollars more each year in climate adaptation efforts

clock 02 November 2023 • 4 min read
Report: Most companies on track to miss global 2025 plastic waste targets

Recycling

Report: Most companies on track to miss global 2025 plastic waste targets

Ellen MacArthur Foundation predicts 20 trillion wrappers, pouches and sachets could end up in the ocean by 2040 unless businesses and policymakers show more bottle on addressing the plastic crisis

clock 31 October 2023 • 5 min read
'People are increasingly turning to courts': Number of climate court cases worldwide doubles in five years, UN report finds

Risk

'People are increasingly turning to courts': Number of climate court cases worldwide doubles in five years, UN report finds

Body of legal precedent on climate court cases continues to grow, forming an 'increasingly well-defined' field of law, according to UN

clock 27 July 2023 • 3 min read