25-January-2021
English
This blog explains why and how adaptation is increasingly a priority in international policy discussions on climate. It presents the main achievements and key challenges that adaptation policy makers currently seek to address and the opportunities this year presents to help them accelerate action, including through the Climate Adaptation Summit and COP26.
22-January-2021
English
This blog explores the role nature-based solutions can play in tackling climate extremes and climate variability. It presents the main challenges and gives a glimpse of what countries are currently doing to help scale-up their use.
2-December-2020
English
An increasing number of international oil and gas companies have set out seemingly ambitious goals to transition to “net-zero” carbon emissions by 2050. What is behind these new announcements? What do the commitments mean for achieving the Paris Agreement goals, and can they help to convince governments to be bolder and to really deliver on their plans for a “green recovery” after COVID-19?
29-octobre-2020
Français
On dit que demain se construit aujourd'hui. Lorsque le président de la République française a confirmé la participation de la France à l’initiative de l’OCDE pour une budgétisation environnementale en 2017, il n’aurait guère pu deviner que, moins de trois ans plus tard, la budgétisation environnementale deviendrait un outil central pour amorcer une « reprise verte » de la France après une pandémie mondiale.
24-July-2020
English
In the aftermath of the pandemic, policy makers face unique challenges in managing urban transport, but also an opportunity to steer urban mobility towards a more sustainable, resilient future.
7-July-2020
English
During the height of the COVID-19 outbreak in Wuhan, the city was dealing with more than 240 tons of medical waste a day, a six-fold increase over the amount being treated before the outbreak. Improperly discarded single-use facemasks and gloves have already been found at beaches of remote islands and floating at sea, adding to the already chronic problem of marine plastic litter...
1-July-2020
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Since the passage of the Paris Agreement and the adoption of the SDGs, clean energy has fast become a priority item on the global agenda. The push for a green recovery following the COVID-19 pandemic has reinforced this trend.
5-June-2020
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Today is World Environment Day. As countries across the globe are still reeling from the human, social and economic cost of COVID-19, dedicating today to nature might seem ill-timed. Let me tell you – it’s not.
29-May-2020
English
As governments rush to commit vast sums of money to respond to the unprecedented COVID-19 crisis, there are growing calls to “green” these recovery packages. In a way, it’s like déjà vu all over again, to borrow a phrase from baseball legend Yogi Berra, reminiscent of similar calls in the wake of the global financial crisis of 2007-08.
12-mai-2020
Français
Je suis sûr que beaucoup d’entre vous ont récemment vécu la même expérience que moi. Je suis allé à la pharmacie au tout début de la pandémie et, avant d’ouvrir la bouche, le pharmacien a dit "nous n'avons plus de masques et de gel hydro-alcoolique". J'avais une prescription de médicaments contre les allergies, que j'ai heureusement pu remplir...