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A record 79 new measures were announced or implemented in 2019

Four more investors have joined the UN-convened network

Damages from floods in 2018 were equivalent to 10% of the country’s entire budget for the same year

More than half of the land-based plastic pollution in the world’s oceans originates from just five countries, four of which are in Southeast Asia

The Memorandum of Understanding establishes a framework of co-operation to collaborate in a number of areas to tackle climate change and boost finance

The nitrogen compounds released when burning fossil fuels are responsible for as much as 50% of the ‘deadliest type of air pollution’

The Global Opportunities for Sustainable Development Goals will foster exchange on innovative and successful practices through newly designed regional sustainability hubs

Set up in April this year, the Coalition consists of more than 80 partners aiming to expand access to cooling while reducing the climate impact

They represent around one third of the entire global banking sector

The Central American country has won the UN Environment Programme’s 2019 Champions of the Earth award