https://www.scmp.com/rss/276244/feed Achim Steiner is United Nations Development Programme administrator. Over nearly three decades, Mr Steiner has been a global leader on sustainable development, climate resilience and international cooperation. He has worked tirelessly to champion sustainability, economic growth and equality for the vulnerable, and has been a vocal advocate for the Sustainable Development Goals. Prior to joining the UNDP, he was director of the Oxford Martin School and Professorial Fellow of Balliol College,... en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Just a week before the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, three of the United Nations’ leading agencies on climate and development released alarming reports. The World Meteorological Organization has highlighted how greenhouse gases in the atmosphere reached a record high in 2020. It found that concentrations of carbon dioxide and other heat-trapping gases in the atmosphere rose at a faster rate in 2020 than over the previous decade. The UN Environment Programme reports that new and updated... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3154116/cop26-how-plugging-data-gaps-will-transform-our-response-climate?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3154116/cop26-how-plugging-data-gaps-will-transform-our-response-climate?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 31 Oct 2021 01:15:19 +0000 What will it cost to save the world's forests and boost the life prospects of its seven billion people? India is currently hosting a meeting in Hyderabad of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity to consider how to raise the resources necessary to achieve the ambitious targets adopted two years ago. One of the targets calls for cutting by half the rate of loss of the planet's natural habitats, including forests, by 2020. In Hyderabad, governments will be presented with the likely costs of... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1057140/failure-save-forests-will-cost-us-more-price-action?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1057140/failure-save-forests-will-cost-us-more-price-action?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 09 Oct 2012 16:00:00 +0000