https://www.scmp.com/rss/511085/feed Inger Andersen is undersecretary general of the United Nations and executive director of the UN Environment Programme, headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya. Between 2015 and 2019, Ms Andersen was director general of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). She obtained a bachelor's degree from the London Metropolitan University North and a masters in development economics from the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. 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