Don't miss the first part of the Stockholm+50 webinar series tomorrow (Tuesday, 22 Feb) at 2pm CET that will discuss ways to renew and restore a positive relationship with nature and how we can ensure the rights of the poor, marginalized and most vulnerable communities dependent on healthy ecosystems are protected, among others.

You can follow the livestream on the link below and share your questions to the speakers in advance:

A Sustainable Development Framework for Uniting Our World: United Nations 17 Goals for People and Planet...

UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are a universal call to action to end poverty, protect the planet, and improve the lives and prospects of everyone, everywhere (UN, 2021). Seventeen SDGs were adopted by all UN Member States in 2015, as part of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development; embarking on a 15-year plan to achieve these Goals.

SDGs were developed to “Transform Our World,” and are a call for action by all countries – poor, rich and middle-income – to promote prosperity while protecting the planet. They recognize that ending poverty must go hand-in-hand with strategies that build economic growth and address a range of social needs including education, health, social protection, and job opportunities, while tackling climate change and environmental protection.

More important than ever, the SDGs provide a critical framework for COVID-19 recovery and are meant to provide a blueprint to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all (UN, 2021).
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https://sdgs.un.org/goals

Smart Water Meters in Dubai

We know that the ocean is key to fight climate change, yet there is still a long way to go before ocean action goes mainstream and receives appropriate attention and funding.

In this interesting though piece, author Bum Cheul Park explore the importance of ocean-data gathering, and how it can support the implementation of the environmental dimension of the SDGs.

Read the blog to find out more!

Global Climate 2021...

The global surface temperature for 2021 was the sixth highest since record keeping began in 1880, according to NOAA scientists. A separate analysis of global temperature data reveals that 2021 tied with 2018 as the sixth-warmest year on record (NOAA, 2022).

Most recently, the globe heated through a November that ranked as the fourth warmest in 142 years and the Northern Hemisphere saw its warmest land temperatures on record for meteorological autumn, according to scientists at NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI). December’s global surface temperature tied with 2016 as the fifth highest in the 142-year record (NOAA, 2022).

The year 2021 began with an episode of cold phase, also known as La Niña, across the central and eastern tropical Pacific Ocean, which had developed in August 2020. Although the monthly global temperatures were above average throughout the year, February 2021 was the coldest month of 2021. Global temperature departure for February 2021 was +0.64°C — the coolest February since 2014. However, after the month of February, temperatures were at 0.80°C or higher for the remaining months of 2021 (NOAA, 2022).

2021 culminated as the sixth warmest year on record for the globe with a temperature that was 0.84°C above the 20th century average. The years 2013–2021 all rank among the ten warmest years on record. 2021 was also the 45th consecutive year (since 1977) with global temperatures, at least nominally, above the 20th century average. Overall, the global annual temperature has increased at an average rate of 0.08°C per decade since 1880 and over twice that rate (0.18°C) since 1981 (NOAA, 2022).
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https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/news/global-climate-202112
https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/global/202113
https://www.noaa.gov/news/2021-was-worlds-6th-warmest-year-on-record
https://www.noaa.gov/news/november-2021-was-earths-4th-warmest-on-record