The world must cut fossil fuel production by 6 per cent per year to avoid the worst of global warming. Instead, countries are projecting an average annual increase of 2 per cent. Those are among the sobering findings of the latest Production Gap Report. The report urges making COVID-19 recovery a turning point, where countries should steer investments into changing course to avoid “locking in” dependence on polluting coal, oil and gas.
The Africa Minigrids Program (AMP), UNDP’s most ambitious sustainable energy access initiative to date, is supporting women in Nigeria to improve their lives and become leaders in the sustainable energy transition.
Across fields, pastures, forests, rivers and seas, countries are showing that the choices that put food on the table can also build resilience, reduce emissions, halt biodiversity loss and bring degraded land back to life.
With its tree-filled garden, soaring ceilings and earthen-brick walls, the Hikma Community Centre on the edge of the Sahara Desert is viewed by many as an example of what architecture will need to become as the world warms.