CoP24: High-level meeting to decide on global warming
A high-level meeting of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (CoP24) on global…
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‘Going green’ is good business: Private sector at COP24 meet
Businesses across the world should no longer be viewed solely as greenhouse gas emissions culprits,…
Poor Progress and No Finance Commitments at Katowice COP24
Implementation of the Paris Agreement on climate change is in limbo as developed countries remain…
Climate Change on the Menu
By Riccardo Valentini Vitero, Itali – When we think about winning the fight against climate…
COP24 addresses climate change displacement
As hundreds of decision-makers are gathering in Marrakech to agree new standards for global migration,…
Time to adapt to changing climate: What it means for water?
by Greg Browder As COP24 in Poland reaches its mid-point, it is becoming distressingly obvious…
Cop24: Sharing the roads and Adapting to Climate Change
Dec 7 – Look at any highway in just about any city during rush hours…
COP24: Huge untapped potential in greener construction: UNEP
Dec 7 – Noting some progress in greening the global construction industry, the United Nations…
Cop24: Move to prepare negotiating texts on Paris Work Plan
Katowice, 7 Dec (Prerna Bomzan and Meena Raman)- At a stocktake plenary held on 6…
World Bank Gr announces $200bn over 5 yrs for climate action
Funding for 2021-2025 includes a significant boost for adaptation and resilience Washington DC – December…
The ‘Climate Chancellor’ takes a bow and leaves a vacuum
COP 24 in Poland starts the exit of Chancellor Angela Merkel from international climate politics.…
Looking beyond fossil fuels to reduce emissions
In midst of the 24th United Nations climate change conference (COP24), many are trying to…
Thermal houses keep people warm in Peru’s highlands
Thirty families from a rural community more than 4,300 meters above sea level will have…
Stocktake on execution, ambition of pre-2020 actions begins
Katowice, 6 Dec (Evelyn Teh)- The technical part of the stocktake on the pre-2020 implementation and…
Global carbon pollution up in 2018
Washington, Dec 6 (AP/UNB) — After several years of little growth, global emissions of heat-trapping…
Call for a win-win framework at COP24
An African delegation is in the Polish city of Katowice to join 30,000 delegates and…
Watering the Paris Agreement at COP24
Most people will experience climate change in the form of water – higher frequency and…
COP24: 1m lives could be saved by 2050 thru climate action
Taking bold climate action now could help save a million lives and a lot of…
Cities can tackle GHG & air pollution simultaneously: Study
C40 research highlights actions that could yield an 87% reduction in GHG emissions, a 49%…
4 things UN chief wants world leaders to know
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has asked decision-makers to focus on four key things – a…
Limiting climate change to 1.5 C not impossible: IPCC Chair
When governments set a target in December 2015 of limiting global warming to well below…
Get ready for COP24: Transition to a sustainable future
By Manuela Matthess Berlin, Dec 3 2018 (IPS) – COP24 is the time for g…
COP24 update: Leave no issue behind in package of decisions
Katowice, 3 Dec. (Prerna Bomzan and Meena Raman)- At the launch of the year-end climate…
Global warming increases frost damage on trees in Europe
Global warming increases frost damage on trees in large areas of Central Europe, according to…
Climate talks kick off in Poland with boost from G-20 summit
Negotiators from around the world began two weeks of talks on curbing climate change Sunday,…
World simply ‘not on track’ to slow climate change: WMO
The world is heading in the wrong direction to slow climate change after another year…
Australian students skip school for climate change protest
Thousands of Australian school students have urged greater action on climate change in protests across…
Argentina is no climate leader
by Fernando Cabrera Neuquen – Argentinian President Mauricio Macri claims that exploiting his country’s oil…
UN: Climate change, depleted resources leave world hungry
Feeding a hungry planet is growing increasingly difficult as climate change and depletion of land…
COP 24 must be the turning point towards ‘Just Transition’
The next round of global climate negotiations, COP 24, takes place in December. It will…