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#1315842021-11-10
COP26: Everything to know about the climate change summit on 10 November
Six major automakers on Wednesday will commit to phasing out the production of fossil-fuel vehicles around the world by 2040, the British government said in a statement. Volvo, Ford, General Motors, Mercedes-Benz, Jaguar Land Rover and China's BYD are set to sign the pledge at climate talks in G ...
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#1315142021-11-04
COP26: FIFA commits to net-zero emission by 2040 and launches FIFA Climate Strategy
Joining the calls for action as world leaders meet at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Scotland, FIFA is taking a leading role in the world of sport by confirming its pledge to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change − Sports for Climate Action Framework (bit.ly/31xT ...
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#1316242021-11-11
COP26: Five takeaways as negotiators review draft climate deal
COP26 entered a new phase of negotiations on Wednesday after a first draft of the summit's final decision was circulated early this morning.
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#1315932021-11-10
COP26: How can an average family afford an electric car? And more questions
The COP26 climate summit is under way in Glasgow - one of the biggest ever world meetings on how to tackle global warming. BBC News Reality Check correspondent Chris Morris answers some of your questions.
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#1316682021-11-15
COP26: How might decisions at the climate summit change our lives?
Switching to an electric car is among a number of lifestyle changes we're likely to be making. Experts predict that new electric vehicles could cost the same as new petrol or diesel cars within the next five years. It is also possible to lease an electric vehicle, and there's a growing second-ha ...
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#1315452021-11-08
COP26: Indigenous peoples, protests, and a call to end the war on nature
Mother Nature, or “Pachamama”, as they say in Latin America, took centre stage as the pivotal UN climate conference reached the halfway point. Nature is critical to our survival: it provides the oxygen we need to breathe, regulates weather patterns, supplies food and water for all living things, ...
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#1314252021-11-02
COP26: Keep track of everything that's been agreed at the climate summit so far
Ending and reversing deforestation, cutting methane emissions, and the journey to net-zero have all been agreed to by world leaders at the crucial Glasgow climate summit so far. You can keep track of all the deals and pledges here.
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#1315242021-11-08
COP26: Rich countries ‘pushing back’ on paying for climate loss
Vulnerable countries at COP26 say rich nations are pushing back against their attempts to secure compensation for the damage caused by climate change.
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#1316802021-11-15
COP26: Rifts remain over finance for adaptation, loss and damage
US$300 billion a year by 2030, and US$500 billion by 2050. Those are the estimated annual costs for developing countries to adapt to increased floods, droughts, heatwaves and other extreme weather.
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#1313882021-11-01
COP26: Stop treating nature ‘like a toilet’, UN boss Antonio Guterres warns world leaders in summit speech
The UN Secretary General António Guterres has thrown his support behind the “climate action army” of activists and protestors as he warned world leaders we must stop treating nature “like a toilet”.
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#1322692021-12-22
COP26: Tackling Biodiversity and Climate Change
Climate change has been at the top of the COP26 agenda, but biodiversity losses are just as important to consider. The ecology crisis that we currently find ourselves in is not just impacting animals and their natural habitats, but it is also threatening the ecosystems that we rely on.
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#1315682021-11-09
COP26: Tuvalu's Foreign Minister urges world leaders to address climate change
"We want the big emitters to take action in addressing climate change." That's how the Foreign Minister of the island nation of Tuvalu, Simon Kofe, feels about COP26 negotiations, as the effects of climate change are even more pressing for those who live in island nations.
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#1315692021-11-09
COP26: Two worlds talked past each other – or never even met
At the 2021 UN climate change conference in Glasgow, moving between the corporate slickness of the official “Blue Zone” (a UN-managed space which hosts the negotiations) and the wider fringe was quite a disconcerting experience for me. These were two different worlds. Everyone was committed to s ...
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#1316442021-11-11
COP26: UN chief calls for ambitious agreements as global warming goals on ‘life support’
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says the goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 F) is “on life support” with climate talks in Glasgow so far not reaching any of the U.N.’s three goals, but he added that “until the last moment, hope should be maintained.”
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#1313972021-11-02
COP26: US to stop methane leaks from oil and gas wells
The US is set to announce measures to prevent millions of tonnes of the greenhouse gas methane from entering the atmosphere. The measures will target methane leaking from oil and gas rigs across the US.
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#1316222021-11-11
COP26: US-China climate agreement and fossil fuel spending
There's been a cautious welcome by activists and politicians to the unexpected announcement that the US and China would work together to tackle climate change. The EU and UN say the declaration is encouraging, and an important step, while Greenpeace believes the two nations need to show greater ...
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#1314842021-11-04
COP26: Where does all the climate finance money go?
On the Caribbean island of Antigua, builders will soon put hurricane reinforcements on hospital roofs and strengthen the windows on police stations. As climate change makes tropical storms more intense and more devastating, Antiguans are getting prepared.
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#1314852021-11-04
COP26: Why climate action must be inclusive. 6 experts explain
This year’s COP26 is seen as one of the most critical moments in climate action history. The August report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) warned of the rapid and intensifying warming of the planet, stating “It is unequivocal that human influence has warmed the atmosphe ...
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#1315762021-11-09
COP26: Why we need more women at the top tackling climate change
There should be more women at the top of multilateral organisations to help alleviate the financial impact of climate change, Amanda Blanc, chief executive of British insurer Aviva and chair of a climate action group, said.
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#1313412021-11-01
COP26: World at one minute to midnight over climate change - Boris Johnson
The world is at "one minute to midnight", having run down the clock on waiting to combat climate change, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said. He was speaking as world leaders arrive for the landmark COP26 climate change conference in Glasgow.
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#1315502021-11-09
COP26: World on track for 2.4C warming despite climate summit - report
Despite pledges made at the climate summit COP26, the world is still nowhere near its goals on limiting global temperature rise, a new analysis shows. It calculates that the world is heading for 2.4C of warming, far more than the 1.5C limit nations committed to.
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#1307642021-10-13
COVID-19 causes people to stop, reimagine, plan for stronger, enduring future: NZ minister
COVID-19 has been destructive in so many ways, but it has also caused people to stop, reimagine and plan for a stronger, more enduring future, with nature as its foundation, New Zealand Conservation Minister Kiritapu Allan said on Wednesday.
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#1313342021-11-01
Call for world leaders to ‘banish ghosts of past’ with Cop26 climate vows
Alok Sharma, the president of the Cop26 climate summit, has called on global leaders to “banish ghosts of the past” and step up with new pledges to lower emissions as the world is running out of time to keep warming below 1.5C.
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#1345472022-05-18
Call to set date for UN nature summit delayed 4 times
While science shows that the crisis facing the natural world is accelerating, the UN process for addressing global biodiversity loss is at serious risk of further slowing down.
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#1315852021-11-10
Car firms agree at Cop26 to end sale of fossil fuel vehicles by 2040
Twenty-four countries and a group of leading car manufacturers have committed to ending the era of fossil-fuel powered vehicles by 2040 “or earlier”, in a major new commitment set at Cop26.
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#1315532021-11-09
Changes in behaviour needed to tackle climate crisis, says UK chief scientist
Changes in behaviour are needed to tackle the climate emergency, the UK’s chief scientific adviser has said at the Cop26 summit.
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#1307962021-10-14
China Pledged $233 million into a new fund to protect biodiversity in developing countries during COP 15
China on Tuesday pledged to inject $233 million into a new fund to protect biodiversity in developing countries during a key UN conservation summit, despite disagreements among major donors on the initiative.
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#1307842021-10-13
China Touts Massive Renewable Energy Buildout, New Funding for Biodiversity
China has broken ground on a massive 100-gigawatt renewable energy project, larger than all solar and wind installations in India combined, President Xi Jinping announced Tuesday, by video link, at the United Nations Biodiversity Conference in Kunming, China.
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#1308062021-10-14
China actively contributes to global biodiversity conservation: Japanese entomologist in Yunnan
Working at the Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG), a tourist attraction and research institute under the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), in southwest China’s Yunnan province, is a right choice, said Akihiro Nakamura, a Japanese entomologist who has worked there since 2013.
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#1308612021-10-15
China becomes strong supporter, contributor to global biodiversity agenda, says UN official
Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity mentioned that China is among the first countries to become a party to the Convention on Biological Diversity
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#1308162021-10-14
China ensures local residents benefit from national parks: Ministry
China has ensured that local residents and communities benefit from the building of national parks to conserve its ecosystems, said an official with the Ministry of Ecology and Environment on Wednesday.
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#1306332021-10-11
China eyes biodiversity framework
With most of the world's biodiversity targets for the past decade unfulfilled, the world's eyes are on China for an ambitious and achievable post-2020 global framework as it hosts a key United Nations biodiversity summit.
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#1307602021-10-13
China formally establishes first national parks
China officially unveiled its first batch of national parks on Tuesday at the 15th Conference of the Parties (COP15) to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity.
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#1306832021-10-12
China has reaffirmed its commitments to global biodiversity conservation, says UN official
Inger Andersen, the executive director of the UN Environment Program, said that by agreeing to host the 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (COP15), which is set to kick off on Oct. 11 in the southwestern city of Kunming, China has reaffirme ...
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#1306502021-10-11
China hosts UN summit seeking to curb crisis of global biodiversity
Countries throughout the world must invest much more and raise the scale and speed of its commitments to protect nature and prevent accelerating species loss, according to a leading United Nations representative on biodiversity.
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#1308432021-10-15
China is poised to take the role of global environmental leader
From a variety of animals, plants, fungi and microorganisms that make up our natural world, each of the species and microbes help to maintain balance in the world by working together in ecosystems. They form biodiversity, which supports everything humans need to survive, including food, clean wa ...
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#1309012021-10-16
China joins hands with world to start new journey of high-quality development for humanity
“The international community must enhance cooperation, build consensus and pool strength to build a community of all life on Earth,” Chinese President Xi Jinping said in a keynote speech.
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#1306642021-10-12
China launches new biodiversity protection fund
Mr Xi was addressing virtually the COP15 global biodiversity summit in Kunming, China. "Developing countries need help and support and solidarity must be strengthened to allow developing countries to benefit in a fairer way," Xi said.
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#1306672021-10-12
China makes strides in panda protection, biodiversity conservation
China has made milestone achievements in wild giant panda protection and breeding through arduous and persistent efforts, which has thrived and prospered its population from the brink of extinction.
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#1204712019-03-25
China plans ‘landmark’ biodiversity talks
A country that now claims it is attempting to chart a development path away from its former “pollute now, clean up later” approach, China will host the most important biodiversity conference in a decade next year.
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#1306812021-10-12
China pledges US$230 million for biodiversity fund at UN meet
The weeklong meeting marks the formal start of a new round of global talks on protecting the world's plants and animals from extinction. A second and final session that will try to agree on targets for the next 10 years is scheduled to be held in Kunming from April 25 to May 8 next year.
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#1306722021-10-12
China pledges US$233 million to global biodiversity fund
China today pledged to inject US$233 million into a new fund to protect biodiversity in developing countries during a key UN conservation summit, despite disagreements among major donors on the initiative.
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#1205812019-03-29
China set to lead on biodiversity
As China gets set to hold a key biodiversity conference in 2020, the biggest in a decade, Feng Hao provides the context of why this is such an important issue, both for China and the world
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#1309152021-10-18
China steps up construction of photovoltaic bases after COP15
China is accelerating the construction of photovoltaic power stations in deserts to support its environmental protection goals and develop renewable energy after several major renewable energy projects were revealed at the 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biolog ...
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#1241632020-02-13
China takes centre stage in global biodiversity push
The world’s species and natural ecosystems are in crisis. When nearly 200 countries gather in ten days’ time to thrash out a major plan to stem the precipitous decline, China is expected to take a prominent role. The high-stakes negotiations will set the stage for a major biodiversity summit in ...
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#1308462021-10-15
China takes lead on global biodiversity solutions with ecological civilization: UNESCO representative
China is taking the lead in the world and is an excellent example to provide solutions on global biodiversity with the concept of ecological civilization, and there are no boundaries in bringing good concepts to the world which needs good ideas more than ever amid the global crises of biodiversi ...
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#1225942019-10-09
China to build national museum of plants
China will build a national museum of plants in Kunming, southwest China's Yunnan Province, according to the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS).
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#1306712021-10-12
China to speed up desert wind, solar construction in northwest - Xi
China plans to speed up the construction of large-scale wind and solar power bases in its desert regions, President Xi Jinping said on Tuesday. Xi told the United Nations biodiversity forum in Kunming that construction on the first phase of the project commenced recently and would involve a tota ...
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#1236092020-01-07
China unveils logo for UN meeting on biodiversity
In the shape of a water droplet or a seed, the logo is inspired by the art of Chinese paper-cuttings and seals, and consists of elements with distinctive Chinese characteristics. Against the background of the oracle bone inscriptions, the "water droplet" contains a giant panda, a girl in an ethn ...
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#1283342021-04-28
China unveils website for UN summit COP 15
China on Thursday officially launched a website for a key United Nations summit on biodiversity conservation, commonly known as COP 15, it will host in October.