Environment

Během následujících 15 let vynaloží mezinárodní společenství 2,5 bilionu dolarů na rozvoj, přičemž bezpočtem dalších bilionů přispějí národní rozpočty.V září se představitelé 193 vlád světa sejdou v sídle Organizace spojených národů v New Yorku, aby se dohodli na souboru globálních cílů, na něž se tyto prostředky použijí. Jedná se o obrovskou částku, a proto je životně důležité, abychom dospěli k nejchytřejším možným rozhodnutím.

Au mois de septembre, 193 gouvernements se réuniront à New York au siège de l'ONU afin de conclure un accord sur un panel d'objectifs ambitieux pour 2030. Durant les 15 prochaines années, ces objectifs orienteront la répartition des 2500 milliards de dollars alloués à l'aide au développement, sans oublier les innombrables milliers de milliards de dollars alloués aux budgets nationaux.

By September, the world's 193 governments will meet in New York and agree on a set of ambitious, global targets for 2030. Over the next 15 years these targets will direct the $2.5 trillion to be spent on development assistance, as well as countless trillions in national budgets.

The world’s greatest environmental threat disproportionately harms women and children, particularly in the developing world: it is indoor air pollution.  The World Health Organization estimates that indoor pollution kills 4.3 million people a year, mainly because 2.8 billion people still use firewood, dung and coal for cooking and keeping warm, breathing polluted air inside their homes every day. Indoor air pollution from cooking and heating with open fires can cause harm equivalent to smoking two packs of cigarettes a day.

I september vil verdens 193 regjeringer samles i New York og avtale en rekke ambisiøse, globale mål for 2030. De neste 15 årene vil disse målene styre fordelingen av 2500 milliarder dollar som brukes på utviklingsbistand, i tillegg til tusenvis av milliarder fra nasjonale budsjetter.

By September, the world’s 193 governments will meet in New York and agree on a set of ambitious, global targets for 2030. Over the next 15 years these targets will direct the $2.5 trillion to be spent on development assistance, as well as countless trillions in national budgets.

By September, the world’s 193 governments will meet in New York and agree on a set of ambitious, global targets for 2030. Over the next 15 years these targets will direct the $2.5 trillion to be spent on development assistance, as well as countless trillions in national budgets.

Biodiversity - the species we share our planet with - is under pressure. Post-2015 Consensus research finds that a global target to prevent the loss of coral reefs will gives at least $24 of environmental benefits per dollar spent. Likewise, reducing the current loss of forests by half would likely do about $10 of good for each dollar spent. However, increasing protected areas, because it is very costly but only somewhat helpful, is likely to do less than $1 of good per dollar spent.

FN:s klimattoppmöte i Lima åstadkom inte särskilt mycket, i likhet med alla tidigare möten de senaste 20 åren. Som Albert Einstein sade: ”galenskap är att upprepa samma sak om och om igen och förvänta sig olika resultat”.

It is time to stop our green worship of the electric car. It costs us a fortune, cuts little CO2 and surprisingly kills almost twice the number of people compared with regular gasoline cars.