Commitments include national cooling plans, business reform and funding
● Without action, emissions from cooling sector set to grow 90 per cent by 2050
● Moving to best available…
Scientia Professor Mat Santamouris is a recognised leader in creating sustainable and liveable cities using innovative methods, techniques and technologies.
UNSW Scientia Professor Matthaios…
Urban areas are responsible for an estimated 75% of C02 emissions worldwide, making city-level action critical for global efforts to address the climate emergency. Mayors and other key urban leaders…
As recognition mounts that time is running out, youth leaders warn: ‘we will be watching’
New York, 23 September—Major announcements by government and private sector leaders at the United Nations…
New York, 23 September 2019 – Some of the biggest names in the video games industry, with a combined audience of 970 million players, have today formally committed to harness the power of their…
New York, 22 September 2019 – In a massive boost for climate action and sustainability, leading banks and the United Nations today launched the Principles for Responsible Banking, with 130 banks…
23 September, New York – The Global Climate Action portal has captured the 28 new initiatives that are being presented today to United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, at the Climate…
Teenage climate change activist Greta Thunberg on Monday opened the United Nations Climate Action Summit with an angry condemnation of world leaders for failing to take strong measures to combat…
The Coalition’s 2030 Vision is in response to the United Nations Secretary-General’s call for increased ambition and action to address the climate crisis.
New York, 21 September 2019 – Young people from Portugal, Brazil and the United States are being celebrated as the winners of the 2019 Global Youth Video Competition for telling inspiring stories of…
The G20, accounting for 80 per cent of emissions, is not on track to meet Paris pledges
Technological advances, sub-national action and societal support provide foundation for increased…
Science highlights key facts and figures about growing gap between targets and reality
New York, 22 September 2019- The world’s leading climate science organizations have joined forces to produce a…
Teen climate activist Greta Thunberg—visiting the United States from her native Sweden to attend the United Nations Climate Action Summit beginning Monday in New York—spoke during a hearing of the…
For a long time, there were two big knocks against solar power: It’s expensive, and it can’t keep the lights on after sundown.
A contract approved Tuesday by the Los Angeles Department of Water and…
The international community is falling well short of providing the cash needed to ensure universal access to electricity by 2030, according to a report released on Monday (12 November 2018).
At the…
Welcome to the 12th International Scientific Conference on Energy and Climate Change website. PROMITHEASnet – the Energy and Climate Change network, as the organizer, invites you to this three-days…
We are excited to announce that the UN Global Compact Academy is offering eighteen new sessions from October 2019 – March 2020. Designed to help you build the skills and knowledge you need to…