| September 2021 |
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| Your guide to the top
environmental stories of the month
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| This month we look at the global
effort to save the ozone layer, global food
systems, and a new pact to curtail methane
emissions. |
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| The enduring legacy of the “ultimate
repair job” |
| In 1987, the world came together to
save a rapidly disintegrating ozone layer. The
global effort holds important lessons for the
battle against the climate crisis – and for
humanity’s future. |
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| Landmark summit calls for overhaul of
global food systems |
| Facing the mounting environmental
cost of industrial and agricultural
practices, world leaders unite for the
first UN Food Systems Summit to chart a path
towards more sustainable food production and
consumption. |
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| Inger Andersen’s speech at the Food
Systems Summit |
| UNEP’s Executive Director explains
how well-functioning food systems can improve
health, end hunger, protect the environment,
bring nature back to life, and provide
livelihoods for all. The summit came just ahead
of the International Day of Awareness of
Food Loss and
Waste. |
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| New report calls for tougher actions on
air pollution |
| States must prioritize tackling air
pollution if they’re to deliver the green
recovery from the pandemic the planet so
desperately needs, says a new study from
UNEP. It was released on the International Day of Clean Air for
blue skies. |
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| States pledge to limit methane, a
powerful greenhouse
gas |
| The United States and European Union
signed a pact that would cut global methane
emissions by 30 per cent, a key step in staving
off the worst of global
warming. |
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| Climate change,
biodiversity |
| COVID-19, the climate emergency
threatens last refuge of mountain gorilla
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| The pandemic and loss of income from
tourism could imperil gorilla conversation in
East Africa. |
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| Repurposing
Agricultural Support to Transform Food
Systems |
| This FAO-UNDP-UNEP joint report finds
that the majority of financial support for
agriculture either distorts prices or is harmful
to nature and human health.
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| Guidelines
for integrating ecosystem-based adaptation in
national adaptation
plans |
| Guidelines for national and local
officials on how to integrate ecosystem-based
adaptation
into national strategies to
counter the effects of climate
change. |
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| How can a net zero food system
benefit people and the
planet? |
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| Tackling the food waste funding
gap |
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| The role of businesses in moving from
circular to linear
economies |
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| UN Biodiversity
Conference |
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