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Global emissions hit new high, COVID-19’s impact on the environment, and
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crossroads
Year in review
Your guide to the top environmental stories
December 2020
This month, we look at a chilling United
Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) study on greenhouse gas emissions and
cast our gaze back on the top environmental stories of 2020. Teaser: the
news wasn’t all bad.
Climate Change
Pandemic does little to stem greenhouse gas
emissions: new report
Despite a dip in carbon dioxide emissions caused by
COVID-19, the planet remains on pace for catastrophic warming, warns a new
study from UNEP. But the 2020 Emissions Gap Report also finds reason for
hope. If the world embraces a “green” recovery from the pandemic, it can
avoid the worst consequences of climate change, it says.
Read more
Environmental Crusaders
These 13 “Champions” are fighting for the future of
the planet
UNEP has named a cadre of activists, scientists and
entrepreneurs as its 2020 Champions of the Earth and Young Champions of the
Earth. The awards are the institution’s highest environmental honours.
Laureates include a pioneer in the battle against environmental racism and
an inventor who is turning plastic waste into paving stones.
Read more
Looking BackThese are the stories that made
headlines in 2020
COVID-19
Pandemic brings a year of desperation and,
eventually, hope
The emergence of COVID-19 sparked an
unprecedented global health emergency and threatened everything from food
supplies to mountain gorillas. As countries raced to contain the novel
coronavirus, a landmark UNEP report on zoonotic diseases examined its
origins and warned that without dramatic changes, pandemics will become
increasingly common. Late in the year, the rollout of vaccines brought
hope – and possible investments in global cold chain facilities.
Read more
Air Pollution
Battle rages against another silent killer,
air pollution
While COVID-19 dominated headlines, the
campaign against air pollution, which kills about 7 million people annually,
continued as UNEP launched the first annual International Day of Clean Air
for blue skies. Meanwhile, several African states imposed stricter
regulations on the trade in heavily polluting used vehicles, which a major
UNEP report found were being foisted on the developing world, and activists
in Latin America worked to close some of the region’s most toxic dumps.
Read more
Ecosystem Restoration
The drive to mend the planet takes centre
stage
From the mountains of El Salvador to the
forests of Madagascar, scientists and locals partnered in 2020 to revive
ecosystems lost to development and, in some cases, disaster. The work comes
on the eve of the United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, a global
push to reverse the rapid decline of natural spaces, and the United Nations
Decade of Ocean Science and Sustainable Development.
Read more
Ecosystems
Despite COVID-19, the world keeps its gaze
on the environment
The pandemic may have scotched in-person
gatherings, but netizens turned out in force to celebrate the planet in
2020, feting a landmark World Environment Day. Meanwhile, the video game
industry threw its weight behind the push to protect nature and biodiversity
took centre stage at the United Nations General Assembly.
Read more
UNEP in the news
Climate Change
Humanity is waging a “suicidal” war with
nature, warns the UN’s Secretary-General.
Read more
Biodiversity
The biodiversity crisis is a development
crisis, writes UNEP Executive Director
Read more
COVID-19
Human activity raises risk of more pandemics
like Covid-19, warns UN report
Read more
Air Pollution
The export of older, dirtier cars has become
a major pollution problem.
Read more
Early 2021
18 - 19 January
Forum of Ministers of the Environment of
Latin America and the Caribbean
Barbados
Learn more
22 - 26 February
First part of the 5th Session of the United
Nations Environment Assembly
Nairobi, Kenya
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