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Plastics generated 1.8 billion tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions in 2019 – that’s 3.4 per cent of the world’s total emissions, a number that is set to grow considerably as the production of plastics is expected to triple by 2060.
The rise in plastic pollution is not only extremely harmful to the planet’s biodiversity but also contributes to climate change. Some 98 per cent of single-use plastic produced today is made of petrochemicals – components derived from oil and gas. The extraction and transport of those fossil fuels, and the manufacturing and disposal of plastics, all create carbon emissions that are responsible for global warming.
To limit climate change, the world needs to transition away from fossil fuels.
Oil is increasingly replaced by renewable energy in the power sector, and the use of oil in road transport and electricity generation is dropping significantly. But the booming production of plastics and other products made from oil and gas is keeping the demand for oil high, with petrochemicals expected to account for more than a third of the growth in world oil demand to 2030, and nearly half the growth to 2050.
Governments, business, communities, me, you…
We only achieve the #GlobalGoals together.
Partnerships are the engine of progress.
https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelop.../globalpartnerships/
"Mother Earth has given us everything" watch the United Nations Secretary General António Guterres's video message for Earth Day and #ActNow for a Healthy Planet!
“Between 2015 and 2025, we experienced the hottest 11 years on record."
Heat records on land and sea are driven by all-time high greenhouse gas concentrations present a grim state of the climate, warns @WMO's new #StateOfClimate report: https://buff.ly/caP6dbE
The 2023 SDG Summit will take place on 18-19 September 2023 in New York. It will mark the beginning of a new phase of accelerated progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals with high-level political guidance on transformative and accelerated actions leading up to 2030.
Convened by the President of the General Assembly, the Summit will mark the half-way point to the deadline set for achieving the 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals. It will be the centerpiece of the High-level Week of the General Assembly. It will respond to the impact of multiple and interlocking crises facing the world and is expected to reignite a sense of hope, optimism, and enthusiasm for the 2030 Agenda.
The 2030 Agenda on Sustainable Development and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is a global plan of action to drive economic prosperity and social well-being while protecting the environment. Countries established the High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) -- to boost efforts to achieve the goals.
The High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) meets every year in July under the auspices of the Economic and Social Council, bringing high-level representatives of governments and stakeholders together to review progress, examine obstacles, exchange best practices, and recommend new actions to achieve the 2030 Agenda and the SDGs. Countries agreed that every four years, the HLPF will meet under the auspices of the General Assembly at the level of Heads of State and Government. (General Assembly resolutions 67/290 and 70/299)
On 24 and 25 September 2019, the first SDG Summit – the HLPF under the auspices of the General Assembly was convened in New York since the adoption of the 2030 Agenda in 2015. It resulted in the adoption of the Political Declaration, “Gearing up for a decade of action and delivery for sustainable development”. World leaders called for a decade of action to deliver the SDGs by 2030 and announced acceleration actions they are taking to advance the agenda. The General Assembly endorsed the Political Declaration on 15 October 2019.
The SDG Summit in September 2023 will be the second time for the HLPF to be convened under the auspices of the General Assembly at the level of Heads of State and Government. It will be chaired by the President of the General Assembly. The outcome of the Summit will be a negotiated political declaration.
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