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Climate & Environment
Cli mate & Envi ronment

non-fossil fuels in primary energy consumption to
around 25 percent, increase the forest stock volume
by 6 billion cubic meters from the 2005 level, and
bring its total installed capacity of wind and solar
power to over 1.2 billion kilowatts.(Source: Xinhua)

New UNEP programme to support climate
resilience in Pacific Islands through early
warning systems
A transformative new programme initiated by the UN
Environment Programme (UNEP) aims to establish
climate and ocean information services and multi-
hazard early warning systems in Pacific Small
Chinese President Xi Jinping delivers Island Developing States, which are among the most
a speech at the Climate Ambition vulnerable in the world when it comes to climate 11
Summit change, natural disasters and increasingly frequent
Chinese President Xi Jinping announced the or intense extreme climate events such as tropical
country's further commitments for 2030 to cyclones, flooding and drought.
contribute more to tackling the global climate At its 27th Board meeting on 10 November
challenge, when addressing the Climate 2020, the Green Climate Fund (GCF) approved the
Ambition Summit via video link. submission of a US$49.9 million programme – of
Xi has spoken on the issue of tackling which USD 47.4 million represents the GCF grant –
climate change and called for global actions on Enhancing Climate Information and Knowledge
on many occasions. The following are some Services for resilience in 5 island countries of the
highlights of the quotes: Pacific Ocean. This is UNEP’s first multi-country
-- Earth is our only and shared home. programmatic initiative in the GCF, and will cover
-- In meeting the climate challenge, no the Cook Islands, Niue, Palau, the Republic of the
one can be aloof and unilateralism will get us Marshall Islands and Tuvalu, countries with some of
nowhere. the world’s smallest and most dispersed populations
--China has made important contributions surrounded by vast ocean areas.
to adopting the Paris Agreement and has made At least 80 per cent of the islands’ populations
active efforts toward implementing it. will directly benefit from the programme through
--China will scale up its nationally the promotion of diversified, climate-resilient
determined contributions and strive to peak livelihood practices informed by improved climate
carbon dioxide emissions by 2030 and achieve observation data and risk knowledge. In addition,
carbon neutrality by 2060. China will honor the programme aims to achieve a 15-30 per cent
its commitment and see the implementation reduction in economic damage and losses incurred
through. due to climate-related hazards, and to enhance
--China will lower its carbon dioxide the productivity of climate risk-informed sectors.
emissions per unit of GDP by over 65 percent Strengthened ocean services will support sustainable
from the 2005 level, increase the share of marine ecosystems management. (Source: UNEP)

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