International Convention For Environment In Bronx
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Cut emissions While climate change cannot be stopped, it can be slowed. To avoid the worst consequences of climate change, we'll need to reach “net zero” carbon emissions by 2050 or sooner. Net zero means that, on balance, no more carbon is dumped into the atmosphere than is taken out.
All countries need to move their economies away from fossil fuels as soon as possible. Invest in renewable energy. Changing our main energy sources to clean and renewable energy is the best way to stop using fossil fuels. These include technologies like solar, wind, wave, tidal and geothermal power.
DEC Program and Regional Contact Directories If you are having trouble finding a person to help you, you can contact DEC's Bureau of Public Outreach at public@dec.ny or 518-402-8044.
The York Climate Change Strategy 2022 to 2032, “A City Fit for the Future”, sets out our vision to be net zero and provides a framework to both reduce carbon and be more climate resilient by 2030.
Examples of green infrastructure that communities in New York State are using include rain gardens, bioswales, porous pavement, urban creek daylighting, and restoring natural stream buffers by planting trees and shrubs along shorelines.
DEC's Mission Mission: "To conserve, improve and protect New York's natural resources and environment and to prevent, abate and control water, land and air pollution, in order to enhance the health, safety and welfare of the people of the state and their overall economic and social well-being."
The UN system has adopted international frameworks for environmental issues in three key issues, which has been encoded as the "triple planetary crises": climate change, pollution, and biodiversity loss.
NYC is particularly vulnerable to a changing climate due to the high population and extensive infrastructure. As a seaport with many bridges and tunnels throughout the city, rising sea levels are a significant threat.
The history of sustainable development in the United Nations dates back to the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment, held in Stockholm, Sweden, in 1972. The United Nations Conference on the Human Environment was the UN's first major conference on the issue of the environment.
The lack of tree cover and green space in the community also makes the South Bronx hotter than other parts of the city, and extreme heat can worsen air pollution and trigger asthma attacks.