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Climate change

We face a global climate emergency. We work to support the world to transition to a low-carbon, sustainable future.

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Happening now: Bushfires in Australia burn 16.8 million hectares. Find out how real time data can help wildfires.

What's happening

Impacts of a 1.1-degrees increase are here today: increased frequency and magnitude of extreme weather events. (WMO)

The Facts

Emissions Gap Report 2019: 1.5ºC goal at brink of impossible unless the top G20 countries step up to take bold action

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The Challenge

Solutions such as reforestation, ecosystem protection and rewilding represent 30% of the opportunity to address climate change yet receive just 3% of the available funding.

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Emissions Gap Report 2019

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UNEP, IUCN to launch new €20m programme on ecosystem-based adaptation

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Who turned up the temperature? Climate change, heatwaves and wildfires

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Perfect storm: when climate change stokes wildfires, marine heatwaves and biodiversity loss

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Are “megafires” the new normal?

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1/5 of global black carbon emissions come from the transport sector.

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