• Publication 13 October 2021 Protecting health from hot weather during the COVID-19 pandemic
• Publication 6 October 2021 Emissions Gap (UNEP)
• Publication 6 October 2021 Emissions Gap Report 2020 The report finds that, despite a brief dip in carbon dioxide emissions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the world is still heading for a temperature rise in excess of 3°C this century – far beyond the Paris Agreement goals of limiting global warming to well below 2°C and pursuing 1.5°C. However, a low-carbon pandemic recovery could cut 25 per cent off the greenhouse emissions expected in 2030, based on policies in place before COVID-19. Such a recovery would far outstrip savings foreseen with…
• Publication 30 September 2021 Transport In 2019, before the COVID-19 global health pandemic altered production and consumption patterns, the transport sector accounted for around 24 per cent of energy-related carbon dioxide emissions worldwide (1). Out of this, road transport accounts for three-quarters of emissions and urban transport accounted for halft of these emissions (2). Not least, urban transport results in additional negative social and environmental impacts, such as local air pollution (through emissions of nitrogen oxides…
• Publication 28 September 2021 Solid waste management The municipal solid waste management sector represents a major challenge for developing countries due to significant environmental and socioeconomic issues involving rapid urbanization, inappropriate municipal solid waste management practices, and the existence of the informal waste sector. in these countries, municipal solid waste management systems are often inefficient and operate to low standards (1, 2). Municipal solid waste management is characterized by low collection rates and the lack…
• Publication 28 September 2021 Buildings Buildings are foundational items of urban development, as they sustain all the key functions of a city, from housing to services to communications (1). What is more, today’s urban areas transform and distribute energy, sustain biodiversity, and provide well-being to city dwellers (2). As such, buildings have become, more than ever before, the lifeblood of the world’s fast-growing urban fabric.
• Publication 27 September 2021 Indigenous Peoples and Climate Technologies
• Publication 27 September 2021 Critical Concepts and Research Needs in Humanitarian Energy The world faces a growing humanitarian challenge: over 80 million people are now forcibly displaced from their homes by multiple crises and protracted conflicts (UNHCR, 2021). Over 26 million people have been forced over borders as refugees and 45 million people are internally displaced within their countries. Within this context, displaced people lack access to clean cooking solutions and are often not able to access modern electricity to meet their needs. The realities of living without…

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