UNEP is at the front in support of the Paris Agreement goal of keeping the global temperature rise well below 2°C, and aiming - to be safe - for 1. For example, animals produce methane, which is 30 times more powerful than carbon dioxide as a greenhouse gas. Over 930million people – around 12% of the world’s population – spend at least 10% of their household budget to pay for health care. Every day, great strides are being made in energy efficiency, allowing us to achieve the same (or even better) results with less energy expended.

Mantel was writing novels for decades before her literary stardom – all of which display her dark wit and stylistic skill. Capacity Building and Country Support: Through WHO offices, support is given to ministries of health, focusing on collaboration across sectors, updated guidance, hands-on training, and support for project preparation and execution as well as for securing climate and health funding. The emissions that cause climate change come from every part of the world and affect everyone, but some countries produce much more than others. Burning fossil fuels generates greenhouse gas emissions that act like a blanket wrapped around the Earth, trapping the sun’s heat and raising temperatures.We also have global frameworks and agreements to guide progress, such as the Sustainable Development Goals, the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Paris Agreement. At the end of the novel she is still there, now in a bleak compound between desert and freeway, imprisoned. There is no getting away from him: “You’re worse off than if you were married,” remarks Colette, who cannot see or hear the spirit world. Check out this UNEP guide to see what else you can do as part of the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, a global drive to halt the degradation of land and oceans, protect biodiversity, and rebuild ecosystems.

But farmers and ranchers—especially Indigenous farmers, who have been tending the land according to sustainable principles—are reminding us that there’s more than one way to feed the world.

Since the mid-1800s, humans have contributed to the release of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases into the air.