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Climate change costs $100b disaster in 2023, U.S

Climate change costs $100b disaster in 2023, U.S Source: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

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South Africa's Drought Stricken Sugar Production //hi.knoema.com/nzqktfc/south-africa-s-drought-stricken-sugar-production 2023-12-15T06:59:20Z Alex Kulikov hi.knoema.com://hi.knoema.com/user/1847910
South Africa's Drought Stricken Sugar Production

The worst drought to affect South Africa in the last century is further damaging the economic strength of the county's sugar sector. According to the United States Department of Agriculture, South Africa was expected to harvest 1.61 million metric tons of sugar during the 2016/2017 marketing year, a decrease of 5.5 percent from the previous marketing year and the lowest marketed-yield since 1995. Sugar producers are already grappling with competition from cheap imports, forcing some mills to remain closed and reducing employment in the sector.Note: Precipitation amounts less than 0.5 mm have been replaced with "0" values.

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China's Role in Global Climate Change Mitigation //hi.knoema.com/jxdvhxc/china-s-role-in-global-climate-change-mitigation 2023-02-06T15:11:55Z Misha Gusev hi.knoema.com://hi.knoema.com/user/1000560
China's Role in Global Climate Change Mitigation

(February 2023) As the world’s largest emitter, China’s carbon emissions account for 28% of the global total, surpassing those of the US and Europe combined since 2012. The fastest increase in carbon emissions were observed from 2000 to 2013. China therefore has a key role in global climate change mitigation.Data from EDGAR shows that 80% of China’s carbon emissions are from electric power generation and industrial sources, since its rapid industrialization, urbanization and globalization are powered by a coal-dominated energy system.China has adopted a low-carbon strategy for its economic development. With large-scale deployment of renewable power generation, particularly hydro, wind, and solar, the share of fossil fuel has reached an all-time low and coal consumption has plateaued. China plans to become carbon neutral by 2060. According to the research conducted by scientists from the Tsinghua University, China has already met several national environmental targets: as of 2020, carbon intensity was reduced by 18.8% relative to the 2015 level, the share of non-fossil consumption as part of the total primary energy consumption was increased to 15.9%, and forest stock volume was increased to over 17.5 billion m3, exceeding the targets of 18%, 15% and 16.5 billion m3, respectively. 

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The True Carbon Emission Country Ranking //hi.knoema.com/rziokkb/the-true-carbon-emission-country-ranking 2022-01-18T19:46:25Z Misha Gusev hi.knoema.com://hi.knoema.com/user/1000560
The True Carbon Emission Country Ranking

(02 December 2021) As governments and businesses aim to reduce carbon footprint to meet climate targets, measuring carbon emissions at global, country, and corporate levels has become extremely important. A key tool designed to reduce carbon footprint is carbon pricing/taxation, in which a government sets a price (or a carbon tax) that emitters must pay for each ton of greenhouse gas emissions they emit. Existing carbon pricing schemes tax only current carbon flows, but what about carbon emissions of the past? Who should pay for these?  Using Global Carbon Atlas data on fossil fuel CO2 emissions for more than 200 countries over the last sixty years, we have created a "true" ranking of carbon emissions by country that ranks countries by accumulated, rather than annual, emissions. Here are the key findings:Countries that were already significantly industrialized in the second half of the 20th century rank higher in accumulated carbon emission than they do in annual carbon emission rankings.China, which is the largest carbon emitter on an annual basis, with 32% of global CO2 emissions in 2020, accumulated 23% less CO2 emissions from 1960 to 2020 than the U.S.On an accumulated basis, the world's largest CO2 emitter is the U.S., which is responsible for 22% of global CO2 emissions in the sixty-year period from 1960 to 2020. China's share in global accumulated carbon emissions, 17%, is just over half its share in global annual emissions. Looking at emissions this way might provide a more realistic framework for carbon tax rate calculations. For example, let's assume a scenario in which all countries use the same method of calculation to determine their carbon tax rates. If accumulated emissions are used as the basis for this rate calculation, countries with high current emissions but low historic emissions will have a lower tax burden than they would if current annual emissions were used as the basis for the tax rate. This means, for example, that the value of carbon tax paid by businesses (and, indirectly, consumers) in China would be almost 50% lower with an accumulated emissions calculation than it would be if carbon tax were calculated on an annual emissions basis.

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Energy Investment Requirements on the Road to Net Zero //hi.knoema.com/evuhyjf/energy-investment-requirements-on-the-road-to-net-zero 2021-10-20T14:05:48Z Alex Kulikov hi.knoema.com://hi.knoema.com/user/1847910
Energy Investment Requirements on the Road to Net Zero

(27 September 2021) Reaching the decarbonization goals outlined in the Paris Agreement in order to create a sustainable future energy system will require huge investment by all major economies. This dashboard explores the energy transformation forecast through 2050 from the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) and uses data from IRENA and the International Energy Agency (IEA) to provide an overview of the current structure, amount, and sources of renewable energy (RE) investments.  The Current Renewable Energy Investments section of this dashboard analyses total annual financial commitments in renewable energy. The dashboard also contains information on finance flows in certain RE projects, giving insight into the public investments existing trends by donor source, technology, and region.IRENA's Transforming Energy Scenario, which involves rapid changes in energy balance, requires world investments in the energy system equaling more than US$110 trillion by mid-century. This scenario requires that at least 34% of the total needed investments, about $37 trillion, be spent on energy efficiency improvements, and 23%, or $24.9 trillion, on renewable energy development. In contrast, the Planned Energy Scenario from IRENA, with a slightly lower investment amount of US$94 trillion by 2050, envisions the greater part of the investment, $33.1 trillion, or 35%, would be distributed to energy supply, while $28.9 trillion, or 31%, would go to energy efficiency measures and only $12.2 trillion, or 13%, to renewables development.The IEA's data, based on the World Energy Investment Report 2021, shows that currently the largest annual renewable electricity investments are in the Asia Pacific region, with $187 billion invested in 2021, followed by Europe ($75 billion), North America ($63 billion), and Latin America ($23 billion; excludes Mexico).Another IRENA source shows that the largest shares of investments in renewable energy in 2019 were invested by China ($90.1 billion), the United States ($59.0 billion), and Europe ($58.4 billion). Ninety-four percent of the money invested in 2019 was allocated for wind and solar energy development, which received $142.7 and $141 billion, respectively.As for RE finance flows, the main directions of money flow, according to IRENA, are towards hydropower and multiple renewables technologies, as well as toward wind and solar energy projects. The leading countries by finance flows in RE projects are Spain, France, India, Paraguay, and Mexico, with the total sum of finance flows in 2020 varying from $376 to $983 million. See also: Scenarios for Energy Transition up to 2050: IEA and BP Projections

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Scenarios for Energy Transition up to 2050: IEA and BP Projections //hi.knoema.com/ginagwg/scenarios-for-energy-transition-up-to-2050-iea-and-bp-projections 2021-08-24T11:38:48Z Alex Kulikov hi.knoema.com://hi.knoema.com/user/1847910
Scenarios for Energy Transition up to 2050: IEA and BP Projections

(16 August 2021) In order to limit the rise in global temperatures to the targets established in the Paris agreement, economies need to significantly reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. The most developed countries, as well as the biggest emitters, are announcing targets designed to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050 and even earlier. Achieving these goals, however, will require significantly restructuring of the energy sector to use carbon-free (renewable and nuclear) energy sources and low-carbon fuels (biofuels, hydrogen). This dashboard presents forecasts from the two leading international agencies, the International Energy Agency (IEA) and BP International, for ongoing changes in energy demand and supply in the coming decades under a variety of scenarios. The IEA presented two forecasts (the Stated Policies Scenario and the Sustainable Development Scenario) in its September 2020 World Energy Outlook, as well as a third forecast in its Net Zero by 2050 Roadmap published in May 2021. The first two scenarios show the potential future shifts in demand dependent on the degree of future changes that occur. The Roadmap forecast, on the other hand, shows the changes that would need to be implemented in order to reach carbon neutrality by the mid 21st century. Scenario details and visualizations can be found below. Some highlights:Under the IEA Stated Policies Scenario (STEPS), the most rapid shift in primary energy demand will occur in Europe and the United States, which expect a decrease of 227 and 187 million metric tons of oil equivalent (Mtoe) in energy demand, respectively, by 2030. Global energy demand in coal, under the STEPS forecast, will drop by 271 Mtoe during the period from 2019 to 2030, while demand for oil and natural gas will grow by 249 and 475 Mtoe, respectively.Under the IEA's Sustainable Development Scenario (SDS), on the other hand, global coal demand would shrink by 1,531 Mtoe by 2030, and oil demand by 562 Mtoe, while natural gas demand would be unchanged. Renewable energy demand, in contrast, would grow by 1,514 Mtoe by the end of the decade.The IEA's "Net Zero by 2050 Roadmap" shows that the share of renewables in the energy supply should reach 66% by 2050 to meet the net-zero emission goal, while in electricity generation the share of renewables should be 88% by 2050. Overall energy demand and supply are expected to decrease due to electrification of transport and improvements in energy efficiency, while electric power generation will increase to 2.6 times the current level. BP International presented three different energy production and consumption scenarios in its 2020 Energy Outlook: Business-As-Usual, Rapid Transition, and Net Zero. Details and visualizations for each scenario can be found below. Highlights:The Business-As-Usual scenario expects that the share of fossil fuels in primary energy demand would decrease to 66.6% by 2050 from the current 84.6%. Energy demand would increase by the middle of the century, reflected in a projected growth in gas consumption of 37%, as well as growth of 492% in renewable energy consumption.In the Rapid Transition scenario, fossil fuels would represent 39.6% of primary energy demand by 2050. Energy demand would rise slightly by 2050; fossil fuels energy consumption would decrease, including natural gas consumption, which would decline after reaching its peak in 2035; renewable energy consumption would rise dramatically, from the current 27.1 exajoules to 277 exajoules at mid-century.Under the Net Zero scenario, the energy demand would also rise slightly by 2050, and fossil fuels would represent 21.7% of primary energy demand. The share of renewables in energy demand could reach 68% by 2050. In India, the share of non-fossil fuels (including nuclear energy) could rise to 76% of total consumption by 2050; the share could rise to 67% in China and to an average of 73% among OECD member states. 

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2020: The Second Hottest Year on Earth //hi.knoema.com/rokptlg/2020-the-second-hottest-year-on-earth 2021-08-23T09:24:55Z Misha Gusev hi.knoema.com://hi.knoema.com/user/1000560
2020: The Second Hottest Year on Earth

(9 February 2021) 2020 was the second hottest year on Earth since the 1880s, according to the 2020 Global Climate Report from The National Centers for Environmental Information. For the northern hemisphere, the 2020 land and ocean surface temperature was the highest ever recorded in the 141-year reporting history at +1.28°C (+2.30°F) above average. This was 0.06°C (0.11°F) higher than the previous record set in 2016. The southern hemisphere was hot last year as well, reporting the fifth highest land and ocean surface temperature on record.  

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IPCC: Climate Change Is Irreversible Over Thousands of Years //hi.knoema.com/hzpkgke/ipcc-climate-change-is-irreversible-over-thousands-of-years 2021-08-20T05:34:50Z Misha Gusev hi.knoema.com://hi.knoema.com/user/1000560
IPCC: Climate Change Is Irreversible Over Thousands of Years

(10 August 2021) "Climate change is irreversible." This was perhaps the most significant conclusion of the most recent report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The report, a product of the combined efforts of 234 scientists from 66 countries, projects that in the coming decades climate changes will increase in all regions of the globe, with increasing heat waves, longer warm seasons, and shorter cold seasons. Other key findings from the IPCC report:Sea level will continue to rise, and the likelihood of crossing the global temperature increase level of 1.5°C (relative to the preindustrial period, approximated by the period 1850-1900) in the next few decades is very high.The observed warming is driven by emissions from human activities. Based on improved observational datasets to assess historical warming, as well progress in scientific understanding of the response of the climate system to human-caused greenhouse gas emissions, the IPCC estimates that human activities are responsible for 95% of observed global warming.

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Carbon Majors' GHG Footprint Revealed //hi.knoema.com/espfiuf/carbon-majors-ghg-footprint-revealed 2021-07-13T08:36:36Z Misha Gusev hi.knoema.com://hi.knoema.com/user/1000560
Carbon Majors' GHG Footprint Revealed

(10 June 2021) While 30% of the world's largest corporations have already made a commitment to reducing carbon emissions, there are other companies whose economic activity is inextricably linked to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and for whom reducing their carbon footprint is barely feasible — the so-called "carbon majors." In its 2020 Carbon Majors report, the Climate Accountability Institute estimates that between 1965 and 2018, 493 billion tons of greenhouse gases (in CO2 equivalent), or 35% of global GHG emissions from fossil fuels and cement production, were emitted from the combustion of coal, oil, and gas produced by twenty major fossil fuel companies.4.3% of global CO2 emissions from fossil fuels combustion and cement production between 1965 and 2018 can be attributed to Saudi Aramco, one of the largest public companies in the world.The list of top twenty carbon majors also includes four US companies, which taken together are responsible for more than 8% of global CO2 emissions from 1965 through 2018. Note: List of fossil fuel majors doesn't necessary corresponds to the list of carbon majors. List of fossil fuel majors is usually comprised of largest fossil fuels producers ranked by market value, annual revenue or amount of produced fossil fuels. List of carbon majors includes companies ranked by the amount of greenhouse gasses emitted in the process of production and from the combustion of produced fossil fuels.

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COVID-19: Scientists Say Coronavirus is Connected to Climate Change //hi.knoema.com/wnhchsd/covid-19-scientists-say-coronavirus-is-connected-to-climate-change 2021-04-08T14:47:46Z Misha Gusev hi.knoema.com://hi.knoema.com/user/1000560
COVID-19: Scientists Say Coronavirus is Connected to Climate Change

(8 February 2021) Scientists at Cambridge university published research last month linking climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic, but it may not be what you think. Early in the pandemic, speculation and initial research suggested a potential relationship between seasonal weather conditions and the spread of COVID-19. What the researchers at Cambridge have found is a link between shifts in global bat diversity, climate change, and the evolution or transmission of the two SARS coronaviruses, SARS-CoV-1 (the virus that caused severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) pandemic) and SARS-CoV-2 (the virus responsible for the COVID-19 disease).  The research from Cambridge shows that climate changes have shifted global bat diversity and distribution. Increases in the average temperature and concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere led to changes in the types of vegetation cover, which created favorable environments for many species of bats in Southern China and neighboring regions in Myanmar and Laos. Bats stand out in the animal kingdom as the leading carriers of zoonotic viruses, including an estimated 3,000 different coronaviruses (CoVs). Why does this matter? The researchers also found that bat richness has strongly increased in the likely geographic origins of both SARS-CoV-1 and 2. If you assume the warming of the Earth for the next century is inevitable, the next COVID outbreak becomes just a matter of time.The National Centers for Environmental Information estimates that the decadal global land and ocean surface average temperature anomaly for 2011–2020 was the warmest decade on record for the globe, with a surface global temperature of +0.82°C (+1.48°F) above the 20th century average. This surpassed the previous decadal record (2001–2010) value of +0.62°C (+1.12°F).

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20th Session of the GCOS/WCRP Atmospheric Observation Panel for Climate //hi.knoema.com/unqglyc/20th-session-of-the-gcos-wcrp-atmospheric-observation-panel-for-climate 2020-12-17T22:03:44Z Alex Kulikov hi.knoema.com://hi.knoema.com/user/1847910
20th Session of the GCOS/WCRP Atmospheric Observation Panel for Climate

The 20th session of the Atmospheric Observation Panel for Climate (AOPC) of the Global Climate Observing System (GCOS) and the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) will take place from 18-20 March 2015, in Zurich, Switzerland. The session documents will be made available on the AOPC website. Event holder: International Institute for Sustainable Development 

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Data and Facts on Climate Change //hi.knoema.com/eupqplb/data-and-facts-on-climate-change 2020-12-16T14:04:33Z Misha Gusev hi.knoema.com://hi.knoema.com/user/1000560
Data and Facts on Climate Change

Climate change. A popular subject among scientists, finance and insurance entities, infrastructure companies, politicians, and now Knoema. We may not be climate scientists, but we do prize data, including data so often referenced as stakeholders seek to shape the policy frameworks and investment flowing into efforts to mitigate the effects of climate change.    We were taken recently with an article published in March by the US Federal Reserve Bank that described the relevance of climate change on a range of macroeconomic issues--potential output growth, capital formation, productivity, the long-run real interest rate, and so on--and how economists today factor in climate change in their assessments of future economic and financial risks when setting monetary and financial supervisory policy. To that end, we do not have a view on Paris, but we do want to equip you with the data underlying the discourse on climate change so you can inform your operations, market position, or general interest in the topic. No doubt you’ll soon discover or be reminded, perhaps, exactly why the debate on climate change rages on as it does, with various stakeholders arguing from different bodies of evidence

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US Hurricane Statistics //hi.knoema.com/wdqlyq/us-hurricane-statistics 2020-03-02T18:55:32Z Alex Kulikov hi.knoema.com://hi.knoema.com/user/1847910
US Hurricane Statistics

On 17 August hurricane Harvey formed first as a tropical storm and finally as a strong hurricane that barreled through Texas and neighboring states with sustained winds and rain volumes comparable to the likes of other historic storms such as Katrina, Ike, and Sandy. Harvey already has become the most extreme rain event in US history.An Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) said that Harvey Hurricane is "probably the worst disaster the state [of Texas] has seen". Initial loss estimates from the New York Times place the total damages in the range of $70 to $108 billion. If confirmed, these losses would certainly rank Harvey among the top 10 costliest storms in US history along with the likes of Katrina $108 billion (2005) and Ike $29.52 billion (2008). Every year, roughly 12 named storms make landfall in the US, with two to three of these storms reach category 3 to 5 levels. The US Atlantic coast is the most vulnerable globally to hurricanes, with September being the most dangerous month during the Atlantic hurricane season.Florida is the most hurricane-prone state, although until Hurricane Irma, Florida had not experienced multi-billion dollar hurricane losses since Hurricane Andrew (1992). Since that storm, Florida has revised building codes and made other hurricane-centric infrastructure improvements. At the same time, the build up of coastal residential and commercial property has increased the value of property and lives at risk in the state.

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Ecosystem Services Partnership Africa Conference //hi.knoema.com/fvymcnd/ecosystem-services-partnership-africa-conference 2019-12-20T21:13:36Z Alex Kulikov hi.knoema.com://hi.knoema.com/user/1847910
Ecosystem Services Partnership Africa Conference

The first Conference of the Regional Africa chapter of the Ecosystem Services Partnership (ESP) will convene under the theme, 'Ecosystem Services for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Africa'. Discussions will focus on Africa's contribution towards evidence on best practices for the management and restoration of ecosystem services for decision making, particularly towards the realization of sustainable development goals.    Event Holder: International Institute for Sustainable Development Source of data: World Development Indicators (WDI), July 2016, Greenhouse Gas Emissions (source: EEA),  Africa Development Indicators, 2013, Climate Change Knowledge Portal: Historical Data

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The Second Decade of the 21st Century is Coming to a Close - What's Ahead? //hi.knoema.com/dhwtqrg/the-second-decade-of-the-21st-century-is-coming-to-a-close-what-s-ahead 2019-12-19T12:02:11Z Misha Gusev hi.knoema.com://hi.knoema.com/user/1000560
The Second Decade of the 21st Century is Coming to a Close - What's Ahead?

In 2019, we gathered the data, created the visualizations, and shared with you global factors driving economic activity, socioeconomic conditions, and global events. As we move into the third decade of the 21st century, we are taking a moment to connect our insights from 2019 to our outlook on global trends that we believe will shape the world economy during the next 10 years. Here we share our top 5 trends to watch.

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CO2 emissions by type of fuel consumption and country //hi.knoema.com/jcdfvab/co2-emissions-by-type-of-fuel-consumption-and-country 2019-11-14T10:41:36Z Alex Kulikov hi.knoema.com://hi.knoema.com/user/1847910
CO2 emissions by type of fuel consumption and country

Carbon dioxide emissions are those stemming from the burning of fossil fuels and the manufacture of cement. They include carbon dioxide produced during consumption of solid, liquid, and gas fuels and gas flaring. Carbon dioxide (CO2) is naturally occurring gas fixed by photosynthesis into organic matter. A byproduct of fossil fuel combustion and biomass burning, it is also emitted from land use changes and other industrial processes. It is the principal anthropogenic greenhouse gas that affects the Earth's radiative balance. Emissions of CO2 are from burning oil, coal and gas for energy use, burning wood and waste materials, and from industrial processes such as cement production. The environmental effects of carbon dioxide are of significant interest. Carbon dioxide (CO2) makes up the largest share of the greenhouse gases contributing to global warming and climate change.

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Arctic Frontiers 2019: Smart Arctic //hi.knoema.com/idvhudg/arctic-frontiers-2019-smart-arctic 2019-01-17T12:42:30Z Mikhail Zhukovskii hi.knoema.com://hi.knoema.com/user/1293430
Arctic Frontiers 2019: Smart Arctic

The 13th conference Arctic Frontiers, organized by the theme “Smart Arctic”. The conference has a pan arctic perspective and builds new partnerships across nations, generations and ethnic groups.  Arctic Frontiers provides a forum for dialogue and communication between science, government and industry in the Arctic. In 2019, the Arctic Frontiers plenary program will have five main sessions with the following tentative working titles: State of the Arctic, Blue Growth, Smart Solutions, Bridging the gap and Arctic business prospects. Following the plenary, an abstract driven science program will be organized addressing Plastics in the Ocean, the Future of Governance and Handling Vulnerability in Arctic Ecosystems, State of the Arctic and A Smart Arctic Future. The Arctic Frontiers secretariat is based at FRAM - High North Research Centre for Climate and the Environment, in Tromsø, Norway. In between the annual conferences, the Arctic Frontiers secretariat works together with the partners with all the five pillars that Arctic Frontiers is founded upon; Policy, Business, Science, Arena and Young. Through seminars, open debates, workshops, projects and network meetings both in Norway and abroad, Arctic Frontiers sets the agenda and advocates a responsible knowledge-based growth and development in the Arctic.  Date: 20-25 January 2019

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Ninth Session of the IRENA Assembly //hi.knoema.com/vwenbl/ninth-session-of-the-irena-assembly 2019-01-09T06:50:52Z Alina Buzanakova hi.knoema.com://hi.knoema.com/user/1293450
Ninth Session of the IRENA Assembly

The ninth session of the Assembly of IRENA will take place from 11 - 13 January 2019 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The Assembly is the Agency’s supreme decision-making body and brings together Heads of State, Ministers, government officials, and representatives from the private sector, civil society and other international organisations to reaffirm the global renewable energy agenda and make concrete steps to accelerate the global energy transition. Two ministerial roundtables will take place during the Assembly, featuring Ministers and high-level participants. They will discuss the role of renewables in achieving universal energy access and the transformative impact innovation is having in the renewable energy sector. A special evening event on “Gender in the Energy Transformation” will mark the launch of a new IRENA publication on the topic and feature an interactive discussion on the gender dimension of the energy transformation. A number of the Assembly's Plenary discussions will feature presentations and provide opportunities for contributions from IRENA Member delegations, stakeholder groups and the private sector. Plenaries will focus on aspects of the Agency’s work and actions by countries in the development and deployment of renewables. The Assembly will also consider the conclusions of 16th Council and will provide guidance on specific administrative and institutional matters. Thematic meetings, organised by IRENA, and in collaboration with stakeholders, will be held over the course of the Assembly. The main objectives of these will be to raise awareness of the importance of renewable energy and its impact on sustainable development, connect policy makers, experts and 3 innovators from many countries to learn from each other, share good practices and inform decision makers by identifying shared needs and finding common ground on shared priorities.The Assembly takes place at the outset of Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week and is followed by the World Future Energy Summit, from 14 to 17 January 2018, which will also feature a number of events hosted by IRENA.   

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Two Years Under the Paris Agreement: How's It Working? //hi.knoema.com/vvfjys/two-years-under-the-paris-agreement-how-s-it-working 2018-12-17T18:14:02Z Alex Kulikov hi.knoema.com://hi.knoema.com/user/1847910
Two Years Under the Paris Agreement: How's It Working?

  This month’s UN Climate Change conference (COP24) in Poland is already in full swing. The delegates to COP24 aim to develop and adopt implementation guidelines and rules to transform the Paris Agreement of 2015 from an international accord that’s three years old into a reduction in the temperature globally by 1.5°C.According to NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies, greenhouse gases, including carbon dioxide and methane, are the main cause of global warming. Reducing GHG emissions is therefore singularly important to halting global warming. With two full years of data now available since the Paris Agreement was signed, how are countries doing in achieving its central aim? Today we examine CO2 emissions from fossil fuel combustion. Why? CO2 constitutes 76 percent of total GHG emissions. As fuel combustion constitutes 90 percent of CO2 emissions, emissions from fuel combustion are not only a major driver of GHG emissions, accounting for 68 percent of total emissions globally, but a useful early indicator of the power of the Paris Agreement.On net, emissions have continued to rise. Global CO2 emissions from fossil fuels increased by 2 percent from 2015 to 2017, according to the BP Statistical Review of World Energy.Gains made by the likes of the United States, the United Kingdom, Brazil, and Japan to cut these emissions were more than offset by rising emissions from India, China, Turkey, Iran, Canada, and the Russian Federation, which combined accounted for half of the increase in emissions.

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What's Really Warming the Earth? //hi.knoema.com/puqhlpg/what-s-really-warming-the-earth 2018-12-12T20:32:43Z Alex Kulikov hi.knoema.com://hi.knoema.com/user/1847910
What's Really Warming the Earth?

While not universally accepted, there is growing global recognition that climate change poses serious risks to our health and environment, including risks to infrastructure, the food supply chain, and death due to extreme weather, among many others. The Earth has warmed  nearly 1.4 degrees Fahrenheit since 1880, which has seriously damaged our planet's environment. Today's Viz of the Day, based on the fidings from NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies, examines how various factors, both natural and human-related, relate to global warming. Natural Factors Earth's orbit. Our planet wobbles on its axis, and its tilt and orbit change over time, pushing the climate into and out of ice ages. Yet the influence of orbital changes on the Earth's temperature over the prior 125 year-period has been insignificant. Sun. The sun's temperature varies over decades, nevertheless these changes have had a little effect on Earth's climate change. Volcanoes. Volcanic eruptions release sulfate chemicals that can actually cool the Earth's atmosphere for a couple of years. Human-Related Factors Land Use. Humans have cut, plowed, and paved roughly half of the Earth's land surface. Dark forests are yielding to lighter patches, which reflect more sunlight and have a weak cooling effect. Ozone. Natural ozone high in the atmosphere blocks harmful sunlight and cools our climate slightly. Closer to Earth, ozone is created by pollution and traps heat, making the climate a little bit hotter. Aerosols. Some pollutants cool the atmosphere, like sulfate aerosols from coal burning. These aerosols offset some of the warming. But on the other hand, these same aerosols cause acid rain, which is dangerous to human health and the natural environment. Greenhouse gases. Greenhouse gases are the main cause of global warming. Almost 100%t of the observed temperature increase over the last 50 years has been due to the increase in the atmosphere of greenhouse gas concentrations like water vapour, carbon dioxide (CO2), methane, etc.

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55th Global Environment Facility (GEF) Council Meeting //hi.knoema.com/copbdxb/55th-global-environment-facility-gef-council-meeting 2018-12-10T11:19:08Z Alina Buzanakova hi.knoema.com://hi.knoema.com/user/1293450
55th Global Environment Facility (GEF) Council Meeting

The Global Environment Facility (GEF) Council meets twice a year to approve new projects with global environmental benefits in the GEF's focal areas of biodiversity, climate change mitigation, chemicals and waste, international waters, land degradation, and sustainable forest management; and in the GEF's integrated approach programs on sustainable cities, taking deforestation out of commodity chains, and sustainability and resilience for food security in Sub-Saharan Africa. The Council also provides guidance to the GEF Secretariat and Agencies. GEF funds are available to developing countries and countries with economies in transition to meet the objectives of the international environmental conventions and agreements.  GEF support is provided to government agencies, civil society organizations, private sector companies, research institutions, among the broad diversity of potential partners, to implement projects and programs in recipient countries. Date of Event: 17-20 December 2018

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Seven Big Summits: Conference of Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change //hi.knoema.com/qgegit/seven-big-summits-conference-of-parties-to-the-un-framework-convention-on-climate-change 2018-10-29T12:33:00Z Alex Kulikov hi.knoema.com://hi.knoema.com/user/1847910
Seven Big Summits: Conference of Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change

COP24 is the informal name for the 24th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The Conference of the Parties (COP) is the supreme body of the UNFCCC Convention. It consists of the representatives of the Parties to the Convention. It holds its sessions every year. The COP takes decisions which are necessary to ensure the effective implementation of the provisions of the Convention and regularly reviews the implementation of these provisions. In accordance with a decision of the 22nd Session of the Conference of the Parties to the Climate Convention (COP22) in Marrakesh in November 2016, the successive climate summit will be held in Poland. Poland was selected to host this event within the framework of the Eastern European Group (EEG). The most important task during COP24 will be to develop and adopt a package of decisions ensuring full implementation of the Paris Agreement, according to the decisions taken in Paris (COP21), Marrakesh (CMA1.1) and Bonn (COP23). Paris Agreement main goals is to strengthen the global response to the threat of climate change by keeping a global temperature rise this century well below 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels and to pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase even further to 1.5 degrees Celsius. Additionally, the agreement aims to increase the ability of countries to deal with the impacts of climate change, and at making finance flows consistent with a low GHG emissions and climate-resilient pathway. During the summit there will also take place Supporting Dialogue (Talanoa Dialogue) – an overview of the achievements of individual countries in the field of climate protection. The Polish presidency plans to focus its message on three key themes: 1) Technology - development of climate-friendly modern solutions, such as electromobility; 2) Man - solidary and just transition of industrial regions; 3) Nature - achieving climate neutrality by absorbing CO2 by forests and land, or by water management.   Date of Event: 2-14 December 2018 Venue: Katowice, Poland  

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Bangkok Climate Change Conference 2018 //hi.knoema.com/syipelc/bangkok-climate-change-conference-2018 2018-08-09T05:36:25Z Alex Kulikov hi.knoema.com://hi.knoema.com/user/1847910
Bangkok Climate Change Conference 2018

The resumed forty-eighth sessions of the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA 48-2) and Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI 48-2) as well as the sixth part of the first session of the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Paris Agreement (APA 1-6) will take place from 4 to 9 September 2018, at the United Nations Conference Centre (UNCC), Bangkok, Thailand     Event holder: OECD

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South Asian Conference on Climate Change: Risks and Actions //hi.knoema.com/duasssf/south-asian-conference-on-climate-change-risks-and-actions 2018-02-08T11:29:50Z Alex Kulikov hi.knoema.com://hi.knoema.com/user/1847910
South Asian Conference on Climate Change: Risks and Actions

This conference, organized by the Water Resource Engineering Department of Mehran University of Engineering and Technology, Jamshoro, Pakistan, together with the Research and Development Foundation (RDF) of Pakistan, will seek to: provide a forum for sharing lessons and strengthening the participation of civil society and the public sector in climate change-related activities; strengthen collaboration among stakeholders on the issue of climate change and its impacts; and create linkages among organizations at various levels working on climate change. Event holder: Mehran University of Engineering & Technology (MUET)

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COP22 Low-Emissions Solutions Conference //hi.knoema.com/ftcaykd/cop22-low-emissions-solutions-conference 2018-02-02T15:04:18Z Alex Kulikov hi.knoema.com://hi.knoema.com/user/1847910
COP22 Low-Emissions Solutions Conference

      The COP22 'Low-Emissions Solutions Conference: Global Brainstorming on Practical Pathways to Low Emissions' will follow up on commitments made in the Paris Agreement on climate change, in which countries are responsible for submitting a Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) for the period to 2030, as well as a Low-Emission Development Strategy (LEDS) to 2050. Convening under the theme 'Global Brainstorming on Practical Pathways to Low Emissions,' the Conference will provide an opportunity to share knowledge, exchange information, identify bottlenecks, discuss best practices and prioritize future research. The conference will: support operationalization of the Paris Agreement; strengthen the technical capacities of countries to prepare their NDCs and LEDs; develop technology pathways for decarbonized energy systems; and create a dialogue among engineers and technology specialists on innovative solutions for a low-emissions future. The agenda includes the following issues: design of NDCS and LEDS; cities and energy efficiency in buildings; transport; power generation and distribution; and public policies and regulations to support the decarbonization of energy systems. The Conference will be held on the sidelines of the 22nd session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 22) to the UNFCCC. It is the first time in the history of the COP that a large-scale technical solutions conference is being organized for countries, and the goal is that it become an annual event at future COPs. The Conference is being organized by the Government of Morocco, the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN), the World Business Council on Sustainable Development (WBCSD) and the ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability.   Event Holder: International Institute for Sustainable Development Source of data: World Development Indicators (WDI), July 2016, World Bank Climate Change, 2015, Environmental Performance Index, 2016, Greenhouse Gas Emissions (source: EEA)

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Third Meeting of the UN Environment Assembly //hi.knoema.com/wapmhxb/third-meeting-of-the-un-environment-assembly 2017-08-25T11:26:16Z Alina Buzanakova hi.knoema.com://hi.knoema.com/user/1293450
Third Meeting of the UN Environment Assembly

The UNEA of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) represents the highest level of governance of international environmental affairs in the UN system. The Rio+20 conference agreed in June 2012 to strengthen and upgrade UNEP through measures including universal membership of its Governing Council and ensuring the active participation of all relevant stakeholders. In March 2013, the 67th session of the UN General Assembly changed the designation of the Governing Council of UNEP to become UNEA, reflecting the intention to elevate its status. Date of Event: 4-6 December 2017 Venue: UN Office in Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya Event Holder: International Institute for Sustainable Development (Sustainable Development Policy and Practice)

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Climate Change and Greenhouse Gas Emissions //hi.knoema.com/ycymhpg/climate-change-and-greenhouse-gas-emissions 2017-07-13T16:24:04Z Misha Gusev hi.knoema.com://hi.knoema.com/user/1000560
Climate Change and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

No matter your perspective on global warming, data confirms immense growth of CO2 emissions during the period from 1753-2004, from 3 million to 4.2 billion metric tons of carbon.China and the United States combined are responsible for almost 40 percent of today's global CO2 emissions.On a per capita basis, US CO2 emissions stabilized at 5 metric tons per person in the early 1980s. In contrast, China's per capita CO2 emissions are relatively low at 1.4 metric tons. Such per capita discrepancies are standard between developed and developing countries and are central to the call globally to ensure climate-friendly economic growth and development.

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Bonn Climate Change Conference 2017 //hi.knoema.com/psgmrib/bonn-climate-change-conference-2017 2017-04-18T12:21:03Z Alina Buzanakova hi.knoema.com://hi.knoema.com/user/1293450
Bonn Climate Change Conference 2017

The forty-sixth sessions of the Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI 46) and  Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA 46) as well as the third part of the first session of the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Paris Agreement (APA 1-3) will take place from 8 to 18 May 2017, in Bonn, Germany. Event Holder: United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Sources of data: UN EP GEO Data Portal, World Bank Climate Change, World Develoment Indicators

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Ministerial Conference on Ocean Economy and Climate Change in Africa //hi.knoema.com/reobsog/ministerial-conference-on-ocean-economy-and-climate-change-in-africa 2016-09-01T10:51:25Z Alex Kulikov hi.knoema.com://hi.knoema.com/user/1847910
Ministerial Conference on Ocean Economy and Climate Change in Africa

Diversifying economies beyond land-based activities and along coasts all in a climate-intelligent way is critical to achieving the SDGs and delivering smart, sustainable and inclusive growth globally.  A success on the ocean economy and climate change agendas at COP-22 in Marrakesh would be to: (i) act on and implement the commitments made in Paris, (ii) help Africa adapt to a changing climate and (iii) mobilize resources to help it transition towards an inclusive, resilient and low-carbon trajectory, by maximizing the potential of one of its greatest assets - its oceans. The aspiration in Marrakesh is to deliver transformational investment packages to enhance Africa's capacity to build climate-resilient ocean economies, based on ecosystem carrying capacity. Some priority ocean-related action areas for Africa as part of a broader global ocean action agenda include fisheries and aquaculture, integrity of the coastline, ports and shipping, renewable energy, tourism, and horizontal themes such as capacity building and finance. A series of analytical work and papers on key topics, areas and sectors (such as climate change, ocean economy, disasters and natural calamities, fisheries and aquaculture, renewable energy, ports and shipping, tourism, marine spatial planning, low-carbon growth and long-term sustainability, natural capital accounting, building centers of excellence, costs of pollution and degradation, etc.) will be commissioned, prepared and highlighted at the Conference. A series of public-private sector investment roundtables will be organized.   Event Holder: World Bank Source of data: Africa Development Indicators, 2013, World Bank Climate Change Data 2011, Climate Change Knowledge Portal: Historical Data    

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Progress Towards Europe 2020 Headline Targets //hi.knoema.com/yyvfprb/progress-towards-europe-2020-headline-targets 2016-08-24T12:35:05Z Alex Kulikov hi.knoema.com://hi.knoema.com/user/1847910
Progress Towards Europe 2020 Headline Targets

The Europe 2020 strategy, adopted by the European Council on 17 June 2010, is the EU's agenda for growth and jobs for the current decade. It emphasises smart, sustainable and inclusive growth as a way to overcome the structural weaknesses in Europe's economy, improve its competitiveness and productivity and underpin a sustainable social market economy.

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FishAdapt: Global Conference on Climate Change Adaptation for Fisheries and Aquaculture //hi.knoema.com/ovmwam/fishadapt-global-conference-on-climate-change-adaptation-for-fisheries-and-aquaculture 2016-08-10T18:47:19Z Alina Buzanakova hi.knoema.com://hi.knoema.com/user/1293450
FishAdapt: Global Conference on Climate Change Adaptation for Fisheries and Aquaculture

Held immediately following the 11th Asian Fisheries and Aquaculture Forum and the 6th Global Symposium on Gender in Aquaculture and Fisheries, which will convene in Bangkok from 3-7 August, this conference aims to provide a forum to share practical experiences in understanding the vulnerabilities associated with climate change and the development of risk management and adaptation strategies in the aquaculture and fisheries sector. It is organized by the Network of Aquaculture Centres in Asia-Pacific, in association with the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), the Governments of Japan, Norway, Thailand and the US and several collaborating organizations. Event Holder: IISD - Forest Source of data: WDI | World Bank Climate Change | Environmental Performance Index | Data Tables of Global and Hemispheric Temperature Anomalies

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Scoping Meeting for IPCC Special Report on Impacts of Global Warming //hi.knoema.com/pwsjeod/scoping-meeting-for-ipcc-special-report-on-impacts-of-global-warming 2016-08-10T18:47:19Z Alina Buzanakova hi.knoema.com://hi.knoema.com/user/1293450
Scoping Meeting for IPCC Special Report on Impacts of Global Warming

The scoping meeting for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) special report on the impacts of global warming of 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels and related global greenhouse gas (GHG) emission pathways is expected to result in a draft scoping paper that: describes the report's objectives; included an annotated outline of the report; and layout out the process and timeline for its preparation. IPCC 44 in October will review the paper and decide on further IPCC work on the report. The report will integrate information and perspectives from all the three IPCC Working Groups. The 21st session of the Conference of Parties (COP-21) to the UNFCCC, in its decision on the adoption of the Paris Agreement, invited the IPCC to provide such a report in 2018. IPCC 43 in April 2016 accepted the invitation to provide such a report in the context of strengthening the global response to climate change, sustainable development and efforts to eradicate poverty. In addition, the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA) of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) invited the IPCC, when elaborating the report, to include consideration of the impacts on biodiversity and ecosystem functions and services, and of the contribution of the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity, and of ecosystem restoration, to efforts to keep temperature rise below 1.5°C. Event Holder: International Institute for Sustainable Development Source of data: WDI | World Bank Climate Change | Environmental Performance Index | Data Tables of Global and Hemispheric Temperature Anomalies

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Law, Justice and Development Week 2016: Law, Climate Change and Development //hi.knoema.com/ysljkdb/law-justice-and-development-week-2016-law-climate-change-and-development 2016-08-10T18:47:18Z Alina Buzanakova hi.knoema.com://hi.knoema.com/user/1293450
Law, Justice and Development Week 2016: Law, Climate Change and Development

On Earth Day this year, more than 175 countries signed the Paris Agreement, setting an all-time record for the number of countries signing international agreement on a single day. The Paris Agreement sets out a global action plan to avoid dangerous climate change by limiting global warming to below 2°C. Now, the world’s attention is shifting from negotiation to implementation. Implementing the Paris Agreement will require new laws, new regulations, and unprecedented levels of international legal cooperation. In November, the UN Framework Conference on Climate Change will meet again, this time in Marrakech, to flesh out the decisions taken in Paris. And in December, LJD Week 2016 will bring the world’s development lawyers together to begin realizing the commitments of the Paris Agreement. This conference will be a key milestone in developing the legal and regulatory framework to accelerate our global transition to low carbon economies. LJD Week 2016 will mark an historic opportunity to focus on the processes that will be needed to capture the Paris commitments in laws which set national targets and make them binding and enforceable; laws that permit countries to achieve greater energy efficiency; and laws that require far reaching changes in national energy systems, and in agricultural and manufacturing practices. Event Holder: World Bank Source of data: World Bank Climate Change

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Climate Change //hi.knoema.com/tadcxbb/climate-change 2016-08-10T18:47:17Z Alex Kulikov hi.knoema.com://hi.knoema.com/user/1847910
Climate Change

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Law, Justice and Development Week 2016: Law, Climate Change and Development //hi.knoema.com/kabhcmd/law-justice-and-development-week-2016-law-climate-change-and-development 2016-07-26T06:19:59Z Alex Kulikov hi.knoema.com://hi.knoema.com/user/1847910
Law, Justice and Development Week 2016: Law, Climate Change and Development

On Earth Day this year, more than 175 countries signed the Paris Agreement, setting an all-time record for the number of countries signing international agreement on a single day. The Paris Agreement sets out a global action plan to avoid dangerous climate change by limiting global warming to below 2°C. Now, the world’s attention is shifting from negotiation to implementation. Implementing the Paris Agreement will require new laws, new regulations, and unprecedented levels of international legal cooperation. In November, the UN Framework Conference on Climate Change will meet again, this time in Marrakech, to flesh out the decisions taken in Paris. And in December, LJD Week 2016 will bring the world’s development lawyers together to begin realizing the commitments of the Paris Agreement. This conference will be a key milestone in developing the legal and regulatory framework to accelerate our global transition to low carbon economies. LJD Week 2016 will mark an historic opportunity to focus on the processes that will be needed to capture the Paris commitments in laws which set national targets and make them binding and enforceable; laws that permit countries to achieve greater energy efficiency; and laws that require far reaching changes in national energy systems, and in agricultural and manufacturing practices. Event Holder: the World Bank Source of data: World Bank Climate Change Data 2011

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Progress Towards Europe 2020 Headline Targets: Greenhouse Gas Emissions //hi.knoema.com/hzkfxuf/progress-towards-europe-2020-headline-targets-greenhouse-gas-emissions 2016-04-22T05:35:33Z Alex Kulikov hi.knoema.com://hi.knoema.com/user/1847910
Progress Towards Europe 2020 Headline Targets: Greenhouse Gas Emissions

By 2013, emissions of greenhouse gases in the EU have fallen by 19.8%, compared with the levels in 1990. This marks a strong progress towards achieving the 2020 headline target of a 20% reduction. Since the early 1990s, the highest drop over the period of one year was recorded between 2008 and 2009, when emissions fell by 6.5%. This large decline in greenhouse gas emissions has mainly been attributed to weakened economic activities during the crisis in sectors such as industry, transport and energy. The mild winter of 2010/11 further contributed to the reduction of energy demand and emissions. In 2013 the level was only 0.2% away from the target. Main page: Progress towards Europe 2020 headline targets

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Top 10 increasing and depleting agricultural land by usage //hi.knoema.com/yyicyde/top-10-increasing-and-depleting-agricultural-land-by-usage 2016-04-05T13:58:39Z Data Geek hi.knoema.com://hi.knoema.com/user/1000610
Top 10 increasing and depleting agricultural land by usage

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South Africa's drought: precipitation statistics by weather station //hi.knoema.com/mfqqxvc/south-africa-s-drought-precipitation-statistics-by-weather-station 2016-03-11T19:39:38Z Alex Kulikov hi.knoema.com://hi.knoema.com/user/1847910
South Africa's drought: precipitation statistics by weather station

Note: amounts less than 0.5 mm replaced with "0"

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UNGA High-level Thematic Debate //hi.knoema.com/jzebgvb/unga-high-level-thematic-debate 2016-01-12T12:20:24Z Alina Buzanakova hi.knoema.com://hi.knoema.com/user/1293450
UNGA High-level Thematic Debate

Event: UNGA High-level Thematic Debate: Implementing Commitments on Sustainable Development, Climate Change and Financing Date of Event: 11-12 April 2016   Event Holder: International Institute for Sustainable Development (Sustainable Development Policy and Practice) Description: The President of the UN General Assembly (UNGA), Mogens Lykketoft, will convene a high-level thematic debate on sustainable development, climate change and financing. Per his letter of 4 November 2015, the event is expected to focus on the implementation of commitments relating to sustainable development, climate change, and financing, and the event will aim to mobilize and catalyze individual, collective multilateral and multi-stakeholder action to support early progress on realizing the SDGs and climate action. This event is one of three high-level events the President will convene during UNGA 70. Lykketoft said on 19 October 2015 that the meeting will involve a range of stakeholders.

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UNGA High-level Thematic Debate //hi.knoema.com/wdkrfrg/unga-high-level-thematic-debate 2015-11-12T05:02:50Z Alina Buzanakova hi.knoema.com://hi.knoema.com/user/1293450
UNGA High-level Thematic Debate

Event: UNGA High-level Thematic Debate: Implementing Commitments on Sustainable Development, Climate Change and Financing Date of Event: 16-26 May 2016   Event Holder: International Institute for Sustainable Development (Sustainable Development Policy and Practice) Description: The 42nd sessions of the subsidiary bodies to the UNFCCC are expected to take place in May 2016.

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Climate //hi.knoema.com/byqbadg/climate 2015-11-06T19:45:43Z Mikhail Zhukovskii hi.knoema.com://hi.knoema.com/user/1293430
Climate

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