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Environmental issues and sustainable development


A new report by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) underscores the need to cut global emissions by 45 per cent by 2030 in order to reach carbon neutrality by 2050.  By contrast, recent data reveal that emissions are currently on track to increase by 16 per cent over 2010 levels by that date.

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said today that 18 months into the coronavirus pandemic, schools for nearly 77 million students in six countries remain completely closed.  According to UNICEF, Bangladesh, the Philippines and Panama are among the countries that kept schools closed the longest.