COP16 Biodiversity: there is no time or money for the Earth
Only ten days separate the end of COP16-Biodiversity (1-11-2024) from the beginning of COP29-Climate Change (11-11-2024). Hopefully, the end of COP16 will not be repeated at COP 29, since the Conference on Biodiversity ended badly. That is how it should be said, without euphemisms. COP16 was suspended due to [...]
Everything you need to know about COP29
Here we present the most relevant data on COP29. Event duration: November 11-22, 2024. Name: COP29 Baku 2024 or 29th Conference of the Parties. Location: Baku, Azerbaijan. President : Mukhtar Babayev Population: 10.11 million (World Bank, 2023) Motto: Solidarity for a green world Logo: What to expect from [...]
Summary and conclusions on COP16 Cali-Colombia 2024. Conference on Biodiversity
Summary and conclusions on COP16 Cali-Colombia 2024. Conference on Biodiversity COP16 or the Sixteenth Conference of the Parties of the United Nations on Biological Diversity, took place between October 21 and November 1, 2024, in the city of Cali, Colombia. Its objective: "To promote sustainable development through a vision [...]
Brief history of the COPs – UN Framework Convention on Climate Change GalleryBrief history of the COPs – UN Framework Convention on Climate Change
Climate Change, COP and Climate Conferences, COP21 Paris 2015, COP22 Marrakech 2016, COP23 Fiji Bonn 2017, COP24 Katowice 2018, COP25 Chile 2019, COP27 Sharm El-Sheikh 2022, COP28 ubai UAE 2023, COP29 Baku 2024, Energy, Environment, Global Warming, Green Climate Fund, Paris Agreement, Rio Summit 1992, Stockholm Conference 1972, Sustainability
Brief history of the COPs – UN Framework Convention on Climate Change
©First published November 2015 – Updated October 2024 Your opinion counts . Starting next year we will start Calling our readers, a space so that you can write your comments on SGK-Planet on our usual topics, such as this Brief history of the COPs , and thus be able [...]
Report on COP16. United Nations Conference on Biodiversity 2024
General information about COP16 Duration: Oct 21 – Nov 01, 2024. Location: Cali, Colombia. President: Susana Muhammad González. Motto: Peace with nature. Objective: “Promote sustainable development through a vision that involves ecosystems and people.” Based on: the UN Convention on Biological Diversity, an international treaty presented in 1992 with [...]
World Oceans Day 2024: Awaken New Depths
On June 8, 2024, within the framework of the UN Decade of Ocean Sciences, we celebrate World Oceans Day, with the theme “Awaken new depths”. The oceans are considered the lungs of the Earth. They provide about 50% of the planet's oxygen and are responsible for a large part [...]
World Environment Day 2024
"Our land. Our future. We are #GenerationRestoration" Date: June 5, 2024 Host country: Saudi Arabia. Motto: “Our lands. Our future". Numeral: We are the #RestorationGeneration. UN: “World Environment Day 2024 focuses on restoring lands, stopping desertification and strengthening resilience to drought.” SGK-Planet opinion: In view of the urgency of [...]
The bell ringing of the last Venezuelan glacier
At the beginning of May 2024, the disappearance of the Humboldt Glacier, the last ice mass of its type in our country, made news. It was located in Mérida, in the Sierra Nevada of the same name. The Humboldt was the last Venezuelan glacier... and the first to disappear [...]
Water for Peace. World Water Day 2024
Water for Peace To celebrate World Water Day 2024 , the United Nations has chosen “Water for Peace” as its motto. Water is a fundamental human right, without water life on our planet Earth is impossible. For this reason, unequal access for populations causes tensions, confrontations and conflicts between [...]
Forests and Innovation: New Solutions for a Better World. International Day of Forests 2024 GalleryForests and Innovation: New Solutions for a Better World. International Day of Forests 2024
Amazon Rainforest, Carbon Footprint, Climate Change, COP and Climate Conferences, Environment, Forest, Global Warming, Paris Agreement, Pollution, Rio Summit 1992, Soils, Sustainability
Forests and Innovation: New Solutions for a Better World. International Day of Forests 2024
Forests and innovation: new solutions for a better world Every March 21 we celebrate the International Day of Forests, and a theme is selected each year to develop for that celebration. In 2024 it has been dedicated to “Forests and innovation: new solutions for a better world”. The great [...]
Don’t listen to what they promise but look at what they do
I am going to borrow this classic axiom to talk about the serious climate crisis on Earth that its inhabitants are suffering from. As an example, these days we are witnessing the severe frosts that are experienced in the Northern Hemisphere, with the highest incidence in the United States [...]
Summary and conclusions of COP28 Dubai UAE 2023
COP28 or the 28th Conference of the Parties was held between November 30 and December 12, 2023. The venue was the city of Dubai, United Arab Emirates, at the Expo City Dubai Congress Centre, under the motto “Unite, act, deliver results”. Estimated participation : 80,000 delegates, a figure that [...]
Everything you need to know about COP28
Below we present the most relevant data and comments on COP28 to begin on November 30, 2023. Name of the event: COP28 or 28th Conference of the Parties. Date: From November 30 to December 12, 2023. Location: United Arab Emirates, Dubai City, Expo City Dubai Congress Centre. Motto: “Unite, [...]
What we know about the El Niño phenomenon 2023-2024
Includes recommendations to minimize in advance the effects of the El Niño phenomenon Scientists estimate that the 2023-2024 El Niño, exacerbated by the climate crisis, will likely raise global temperatures to new records in 2024. The most recent of these events was El Niño 2015-2016. After seven years of [...]
Climate Change, the SDGs and the Triple Planetary Crisis GalleryClimate Change, the SDGs and the Triple Planetary Crisis
Anthropocene, Carbon Footprint, Climate Change, COP and Climate Conferences, COP21 Paris 2015, Energy, Environment, Forest, Global Warming, Paris Agreement, Pollution, Sustainability, Water
Climate Change, the SDGs and the Triple Planetary Crisis
At the midpoint since the creation of the Agenda 2030 was approved, in 2015, and its implementation date in 2030, the 2023 SDG Summit is held in New York, headquarters of the United Nations, preceded by the report United in Science 2023 of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). The [...]