A new UN report delivers a strong message to world leaders heading to New York for the General Assembly's annual high-level week: tackling the climate and sustainable development crises together will help accelerate overall progress on the 2030 Agenda.
In the first-of-its kind report launched on Wednesday, a group of independent experts use available data and evidence to outline the steps governments should take to maximize the impact of agreed policies and actions to address the worsening climate crisis and lagging achievement of theThe expert panel was set up earlier this year by the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs and the UN Climate Change secretariat to produce this comprehensive report.
He stressed the need for an integrated approach to strengthen synergies between these two global agendas.released earlier in the year highlights that only 12 per cent of the targets are on track, while over 30 per cent of the SDGs have either stalled or regressed., unequivocally shows that to keep the global temperature within 1.5°C limit, emissions need to be reduced by at least 43 per cent by 2030 compared to 2019 levels.
The Executive Secretary of UNFCCC, Simon Stiell, echoed Mr. Li's sentiment, stating:"Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals and stabilizing our climate to build resilient societies are two sides of the same endeavor."There are obvious synergies when addressing climate change and achieving the SDGs at once, the report says. If run in tandem, the 2030 Agenda and theprocesses can have positive influence on each other, boosting the advancement of both objectives.
For example, bringing universal electricity access to sub-Saharan Africa by 2030 would require an annual investment of $27 billion under existing climate policies, compared to an additional $6 billion without such policies. Stringent air pollution control and greenhouse gas mitigation measures can reduce unhealthy particulate matter levels for 40 per cent of the global population, particularly benefiting India, China, and the Middle East.
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