Climate Change

The United Nations Environment Program has announced that Saudi Arabia will host World Environment Day in 2024. The announcement was made during a meeting Tuesday in Nairobi between UNEP Executive Director Inger Andersen and Saudi…
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Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has committed to contribute around USD 2 billion to the Green Climate Fund (GCF) to help the world's most vulnerable adapt to and mitigate the impact of climate change, Downing Street said on Sunday in an update…
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World leaders who have gathered in New Delhi for the G20 Summit will continue discussions for a second day after making several big announcements to fix the "global trust deficit", climate change, and economic issues. Here are 10 points…
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The G20 group of countries under India’s presidency flagged concerns about “insufficient” global action to address climate change and the need for enhanced finance, including $5.8 trillion to $5.9 trillion by 2030 for climate actions by…
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With the world far off track on its 2015 pledge to curb global warming, a new United Nations report central to upcoming climate negotiations details how quickly and deeply energy and financial systems must change to get back on a safer…
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The 27 countries that form the European Union are preparing to propose a global deal to phase out fossil fuels when this year’s United Nations climate summit, COP 28, convenes in the United Arab Emirates November 30. “The EU document,…
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“Climate breakdown has begun”, the United Nations chief has warned as the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) reported that the world went through its hottest Northern Hemisphere summer on record. The WMO, citing data from the European…
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According to an expert analysis published in the European Respiratory Journal, people with lung disorders such as asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) suffer even greater risks from climate change. The report brings…
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An analysis of the hierarchy of tipping points indicates that over the past 66 million years, two significant occurrences laid the foundation for subsequent climate tipping and, specifically, the evolution of the climate system. The…
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The Africa Climate Week 2023 (ACW) welcomes policymakers, practitioners, business and civil society representatives from 4 to 8 September 2023 in Nairobi, in parallel to the Africa Climate Summit on 4-6 September, both hosted by the…
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