Climate

• [New] While uncertain and prone to fluctuate according to unpredictable social and policy trends, climate change and other environmental pressures will trigger more mass migration over the coming decades, with an estimated 25 million to 1 billion environmental migrants expected by 2050.
• [New] The Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5 °C by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change shows that global GHG emission pathways that limit warming to 1.5 °C with no or limited overshoot 'involve deep reductions of methane and black carbon, 35% or more of both by 2050 relative to 2010'.
• [New] Tackling climate change and environmental issues will be at the top of the list of priorities over the next several years.
• [New] The EU could choose to prioritise climate change and co-opt China into a strategy of carbon neutrality by 2050.
• [New] A growing body of scientific research has shown that half of the planet must be kept in a natural state to address the dual crises of climate change and biodiversity loss, with an interim goal of a minimum of 30% protection by 2030.
• [New] Total electricity generation across the African continent will double by 2030, with fossil fuels continuing to dominate the energy mix - posing potential risk to global climate change commitments.
• [New] We have an enormous opportunity at 2021's biodiversity conference in China to forge an agreement to protect at least 30% of the world's land and ocean by 2030.
• [New] Rising sea levels are threatening the Pacific Paradise - Tuvalu MUNiSC 2021 Economic and Social Council MUNiSC occurring, people are suffering from a lack of water.
• [New] The average global temperature is expected to increase from 2.6 degrees Celsius to 4.8 degrees Celsius by 2100 if greenhouse gas emissions continue to increase.
• [New] Carbon neutrality Peru's textile sector aims to become a carbon neutral industry in the medium term with a 20% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, in line with Peru's commitment.
• [New] Water around the Great Barrier Reef will reach average temperatures of 31 degrees Celsius during summers by the end of the century.
• [New] Countries around the world are taking steps to tackle climate change and become net-zero emitters of carbon dioxide (CO2) by 2050.
• [New] Biden could lean on the Mexican government to honor its environmental commitments if, as expected, he seeks to position the United States as a leader in the fight against climate change.
• [New] With rising sea levels from global warming, the total water surface area of planet Earth is expected to increase dramatically in the coming years.
• [New] With nearly two-thirds of the world's population expected to face water shortages by 2025, water scarcity presents a growing risk for businesses and communities around the world.
• [New] India runs the largest clean energy programme in the world and aims to achieve 175 GW of renewable energy capacity by 2022 in line with its commitments to mitigating the effects of climate change.
• [New] The AI Council's report highlights the role that algorithms have to play in healthcare, but also defense and climate change: it is estimated that the various applications of AI alone could save up to 4% of greenhouse gas emissions by 2030.
• [New] If no action is taken, human activity, combined with drought and rising sea levels, could cause subsidence to affect 19% of the world's population by 2040.
• [New] As more than half of the world's population lives in cities today and expects to reach 80% by 2050, cities need to recognize that they are the key contributor to climate change.
• Indonesia's government last year launched a plan to cut ocean plastic waste by 70% by 2025, and to end plastic pollution altogether by 2040.

Last updated: 18 January 2021