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Last year brought both successes and disappointments in global efforts to tackle the triple planetary crisis: the crisis of climate change; the crisis of nature and biodiversity loss and desertification; and the crisis of pollution and waste.

UNEP’s Emissions Gap Report 2024: No more hot air … please! is the 15th edition in a series that brings together many of the world’s top climate scientists to look at future trends in greenhouse gas emissions and provide potential solutions to the challenge of global warming. As climate impacts intensify globally, the report finds that nations must deliver dramatically stronger ambition and action in the next round of Nationally Determined Contributions or the Paris Agreement’s 1.5°C goal will be gone within a few years.

This reports considers transformation required in the sectors of electricity supply, industry, transport and buildings. It furthermore investigates cross-cutting systemic transformations of food systems and the financial system, illustrating that there is immense potential to reduce emissions beyond current mitigation pledges.

Climate risks are increasing as global warming accelerates. Strong mitigation and adaptation are both key to avoiding hard adaptations limits.

Tens of thousands of chemicals exist in commercial products and processes many of which have hazardous properties. Risk reduction measure aim to protect human health and the environment from the adverse effects of these hazardous chemicals.

Since the launch of the 50 reefs portfolio in 2018, the worlds coral reefs have experienced continued climate change impacts that have led to mass coral bleaching and mortality.

The key highlights of this month issue include: - Outcome of the Geneva biodiversity conference - Blue Deal for economic recovery and sustainable growth - Roles of indigenous communities in biodiversity protection - Rise in online wildlife trade - Financing chemicals and waste management - Plastic taxes as new environmental policies - Regionalizing UNEA 5.2 plastic resolution in East Africa - Promoting the Science-Policy-Society Interface of synthetic biology - Launching ACP MEAs 3 Youth Engagement and Training Initiative in Europe

The programme in the first quarter of 2022 include the key actions: - Promoting the science policy society interface of synthetic biology - Strengthening national capacity for effective implementation of chemicals and waste related MEAs in African countries. - Empowering youth in the eastern Africa region. - Galvanizing political will in the western Indian ocean region for the protection of coastal and marine resources. - Webinar on the feasibility and benefits of a transition to mercury-free lighting in CARICOM. - Supporting community based interventions on wastewater management in the Caribbean - Helping Antigua and Barbuda in phasing out mercury added products - Training Samoan government on sustainable development in the tourism sector - Launching ACP MEAs 3 youth engagement and training initiative in Europe.

UNEP's emissions gap report 2021: The heat is on (EGR 2021,) released ahead of COP26 found that Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) leave the world on track for a global temperature rise of at least 2.7 degree celius this century.

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is pleased to present you the Third Issue of the ACP MEAs 3 monthly digest for March 2022. The Digest provides a collection key information from various sources, including programme partners on issues related to Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs). This months issue key highlights include: State of global environmental governance; Health in the global environmental agenda; State of finance for nature; Failure in global climate-adaptation funds; Protecting vital ecosystems; Nations agreed to end global scourge of plastic pollution; Mainstreaming ocean acidification into national policies; Plastic credits help solve the waste crisis; Enforcing the polluter-pays principle, and Gender equality and sustainable green future.