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#1352222022-07-05
Egypt’s COP27 vision: mitigation, adaption, and finance
Hosting the 27th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, Egypt prepares for COP27. Here’s the breakdown:
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#1351902022-07-04
Put the planet before football, UN head of Cop15 nature summit tells leaders
World leaders must not let the World Cup in Qatar distract them from a simultaneous nature summit, or they face being embarrassed by the outcome, the UN’s biodiversity chief has warned.
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#1350232022-06-22
Montreal to host delayed COP 15 summit to halt global biodiversity loss
A pivotal UN summit conference on biodiversity is moving from Kunming, China, to Montreal, putting the Canadian city at centre stage for what could be the most important meeting for threatened wildlife and ecosystems in a dozen years.
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#1350222022-06-21
Major biodiversity summit will go ahead in Canada not China: what scientists think
Researchers are relieved that a pivotal summit to finalize a new global agreement to save nature will go ahead this year, after two-years of delays because of the pandemic. But they say the hard work of negotiating an ambitious deal lay ahead.
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#1350062022-06-21
Final part of UN’s summit to create international biodiversity goals moved to Canada, in bid to end delays
The summit was originally planned for Kunming, China, in 2020. It was delayed due to the Covid-19 pandemic and subsequently split into two parts, with the first part successfully completed in Kunming in October 2021 and the second meeting in Kunming taking place this spring.
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#1350072022-06-21
COP15: UN biodiversity summit moved from China to Canada
Major UN talks aimed at striking a deal on safeguarding nature have been moved from China to Canada. The COP15 UN Biodiversity Conference began as virtual, online talks in October last year.
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#1350082022-06-21
UN biodiversity summit moved to Montreal from China over COVID-19 policy
A United Nations summit on biodiversity (COP 15) will be held in Canada instead of China, organizers announced Tuesday, the second major international event to be moved from China because of its strict anti-coronavirus policies.
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#1350092022-06-21
UK takes lead to seek global action on nature at COP15 biodiversity conference
The UK will lead ambitious calls to protect nature at a UN meeting to agree global biodiversity targets in Nairobi this week - in line with UK’s domestic leadership through its Environment Act.
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#1350102022-06-21
COP15 relocated after consultation
The second phase of the United Nations' negotiations over the world's new biodiversity conservation goals through 2030, known as COP 15, has been relocated from the Chinese city of Kunming to Montreal, Canada according to the Ministry of Ecology and Environment. The meeting is scheduled for Dec ...
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#1350112022-06-21
Second part of COP15 meeting relocates to Montreal in December
The second part of the COP15 meeting of the Convention on Biological Diversity will be relocated to Montreal, Canada, from December 5 to 17, China's Ministry of Ecology and Environment confirmed on Tuesday.
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#1350142022-06-21
Include wetland conservation in upcoming biodiversity, climate change negotiations: Experts
Wetland conservation should feature as an independent topic of discussion in the negotiations at the upcoming biodiversity and climate change conferences for effective carbon sequestration, according to a new report.
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#1350152022-06-21
'We cannot afford to wait': UN confirms COP15 Biodiversity Summit to relocate to Canada
Decision to move crucial talks to Montreal later this year spark renewed hopes crucial treaty to combat nature loss can be finalised
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#1350012022-06-14
Montreal to host delayed Cop15 summit to halt ‘alarming’ global biodiversity loss
The date for a key UN nature summit has finally been confirmed after more than two years of delays and amid fears momentum to halt biodiversity loss across the globe has been lost.
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#1346702022-05-24
The COP15 global biodiversity summit must deliver for wildlife and people
More than ever, in a global cost of living crisis, delivering for nature requires social and economic justice. Labour has always been clear on this principle.
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#1345722022-05-19
Thiaw, Côte d’Ivoire to present key outcomes of COP15
Executive Secretary of the United Nations Conference to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), Ibrahim Thiaw, and a high-level representative of Côte d’Ivoire, will at a conference on Friday, May 20, 2022, present the outcomes of the 15th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP15) to the UNCCD ta ...
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#1345462022-05-18
COP15: negotiations must come out of the shadows
Today, we are seeing a very significant erosion of biological diversity. Some of these manifestations are highly visible, such as the virtual disappearance of insects on car windscreens, the increasing scarcity of birds in the European countryside, the death of corals or the drastic reduction in ...
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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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#1344262022-05-13
COP15: how to resist more severe and frequent drought conditions?
As a the 15th Conference of the Parties (COP15) of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) is taking place in Abidjan, many reports from the international organization are pointing out the devastating impacts of drought on the African population. A critic weather conditio ...
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#1344272022-05-13
Liberia: World Leaders Call For Robust Action To Tackle Deforestation, Land Degradation And Drought At COP15
From a drop in groundwater level, rivers silt and sediments entering into the sea, the earth exposure to the whims of the weather, from sea erosion, wildfires in California and Australia, to flooding in Asia and heat waves in Europe, disappearance of forests, world leaders at the COP 15 are call ...
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#1344252022-05-12
A quick checkup on the “skin of the Earth”
One of the biodiverse ecosystems on the planet is the soil beneath our feet. When healthy, a single gram of soil can contain tens of thousands of bacteria and fungi species, serving as the living foundation for all other ecosystems as well as of human food systems, clean water and safety from ce ...
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#1343522022-05-11
A green revolution for this century: Minister Ford at COP15 on Desertification
Minister for Africa Vicky Ford visited Côte d’Ivoire to attend the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) Conference of the Parties (COP) 15.
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#1343532022-05-11
UNCCD to Chalk out Plans to Restore 1 billion Hectares of Degraded Land
The CoP15 will discuss and plan urgent actions to restore a billion hectares of degraded land between now and 2030, in addition to future-proofing land use against the effects of climate change and addressing escalating disaster risks such as droughts, sand and dust storms, and wildfires.
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#1343542022-05-11
India committed towards target of restoring 26 mn ha degraded land by 2030 despite Covid, economic challenges: Environment Minister
Union Minister for Environment, Forests and Climate Change Bhupender Yadav on Tuesday said that the Covid-19 pandemic has “compounded the challenge of fighting global warming” as economic pressures have delayed progress of climate action around the world.
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#1343212022-05-10
High-level UN conference debates precious commodity: Land
The 15th session of the Conference of Parties (COP15) to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), kicked-off on Monday, in the Ivorian "economic" capital.
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#1343222022-05-10
Time is now to future proof the land, world leaders say at Abidjan Summit
Heads of State and Government meeting at the United Nations’ global conference on land have called on the international community to take urgent action to stem the loss of life and livelihoods that communities all over the world are experiencing due to the increasing and devastating impacts of d ...
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#1343232022-05-10
‘Save Soil’ Campaign: Sadhguru to Address 195 Countries at UNCCD
For healthy food production, soil health is essential. It provides essential nutrients, water, oxygen, and root support, all of which aid plant growth and development for food production.
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#1343242022-05-10
Draft report on Desertification and drought to be discussed at COP15
A draft report about effective policy and implementation measures for addressing drought will be discussed during the ongoing session of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) COP15 on Tuesday.
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#1343412022-05-10
Why Everyone Should Care About Africa’s Land and Biodiversity | Opinion
In a world marked by an ever-faster news cycle, conflict, and division, there are few opportunities to plan for the future, repair previous generations’ damage, and build a better, fairer, and more sustainable tomorrow.
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#1343492022-05-10
Notes from the floor of UNCCD COP15
Happening now in Abidjan, the capital city of the Ivory Coast, is the 15th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP15) to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD).
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#1322762022-01-04
'Ecological civilization leads to multilateralism'
Ecological civilization is really about multilateralism and a global convention, which requires the global community to work together, said a Chinese top official of World Wildlife Fund (WWF) International recently.
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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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#1322392021-12-21
Nature COP is next big chance to save the planet
Looking back on the rollercoaster of hope and despair that was COP26, there are many aspects of the Glasgow talks that give me cause for optimism as we enter 2022. One of the things that makes me hopeful is the enormous public profile of the Glasgow event.
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#1322472021-12-21
The Biodiversity Crisis Needs Its Net Zero Moment
October 2021 was an important month for crisis meetings. There was the big one, COP26, where decisionmakers descended on Glasgow to spend two frenetic weeks figuring out how to achieve the goals set out in the Paris Climate Agreement and keep global heating under 1.5 degrees Celsius. But earlier ...
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#1321382021-12-10
Omicron variant threatens UN talks to seal global nature deal
A flagship U.N. conference in China next spring, where governments are set to ink a new global pact to protect nature, could be thwarted by stricter travel restrictions imposed to contain the Omicron coronavirus variant, environmentalists have warned.
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#1318562021-11-19
What African countries got out of COP26
The 26th United Nations climate change conference, COP26, recently came to an end, having aimed to get countries united in the fight against climate change. Climate change issues are likely to hit African countries the hardest though the continent is the least responsible for driving climate change.
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#1318662021-11-19
[Video] Announcing GEO Week 2021: Elizabeth Mrema, Executive Secretary - Convention on Biological Diversity
The GEO-17 Plenary Sessions are held 23-26 November. What to expect? This year is one of the most important with major milestones linked to global policy agendas. There is the 26th Conference of the Parties (COP26) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, there is also the ...
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#1317092021-11-16
Indigenous peoples had a clear vision for Cop26, but it has not been delivered
Indigenous peoples came to Cop26 in Glasgow with clear goals that we wanted to see reflected in the final results. Now it is over, we don’t see the path forward we were hoping for.
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#1317102021-11-16
Cop26 took us one step closer to combating the climate crisis
If a bus were hurtling towards a child in the middle of the road, no one nearby would take merely one step to get that child out of the way. They would rush, at speeds previously unbeknownst to them, using every muscle in their body, to get that child to safety.
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#1317402021-11-16
To limit future flooding in Sydney, COP26 pledges need action
It's easy to get lost in the numbers from COP26. For two weeks, world leaders gathered to discuss emissions reduction targets for the next five years.
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#1316542021-11-15
Was COP26 successful? Here's how climate summits make a difference
At the opening of the COP26 summit in Glasgow, US President Joe Biden called the climate crisis an "existential threat to human existence as we know it."
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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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#1316692021-11-15
Cop26: Pacific delegates condemn ‘monumental failure’ that leaves islands in peril
Pacific representatives and negotiators have condemned the outcome of the Cop26 meeting as “watered down” and a “monumental failure” that puts Pacific nations in severe existential danger, with one saying that Australia’s refusal to support funding for loss and damage suffered by Pacific countri ...
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#1316722021-11-15
Ratchets, phase-downs and a fragile agreement: how Cop26 played out
As weary delegates trudged into the Scottish Event Campus on the banks of the Clyde on Saturday, few realised what a mountain they still had to climb. The Cop26 climate talks were long past their official deadline of 6pm on Friday, but there were strong hopes that the big issues had been settled ...
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#1316732021-11-15
Cop26: where does the world go from here?
After two gruelling weeks of negotiations in Glasgow, the Cop26 climate summit was brought to a close on Saturday night with an agreement. In it, countries pledged new reductions in carbon emissions, although nowhere near enough to keep warming to within the goal of 1.5C higher than post-industr ...
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#1316762021-11-15
'Watered-down hope': Experts wanted more from climate pact
While world leaders and negotiators are hailing the Glasgow climate pact as a good compromise that keeps a key temperature limit alive, many scientists are wondering what planet these leaders are looking at.
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#1316782021-11-15
The Elders deplore dereliction of leadership, as COP26 gives leaders twelve months to take more decisive action on climate crisis
Following the conclusion of COP26 in Glasgow, The Elders express their deep disappointment that world leaders have not yet had the courage to head off the worst impacts of the climate crisis.
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#1316792021-11-15
Island nation at risk of extinction from rising seas laments watered down climate pact
A South Pacific island nation at risk of from rising sea levels has expressed disappointment with the international climate pact struck last week after it was watered down at the last minute.
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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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#1316812021-11-15
‘A step in the right direction’: EU reacts to COP26 deal
The United Nations target of containing global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius “remains within reach, but the work is far from done,” said Ursula von der Leyen, the President of the European Commission.
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#1316872021-11-15
Why COP26 leaves me furious -- and searching for hope
The end of the United Nations climate summit in Glasgow — called COP26 — leaves many of those of us who care about the future of humanity both furious and searching for hope.
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#1316902021-11-15
Infographic: What has your country pledged at COP26?
After two weeks of intense negotiations, countries have struck a climate deal at the 26th Conference of the Parties (COP) in Scotland.
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#1317022021-11-15
Egypt to host next climate summit, putting a spotlight on resilience
Egypt has said it will put a focus on resilience to climate impacts when it hosts the annual UN climate summit in Sharm el-Sheikh next year.
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#1316152021-11-11
US-China deal on emissions welcomed by global figures and climate experts
An unexpected agreement between the US and China to work together on cutting emissions has been broadly welcomed by leaders and climate experts.
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#1316162021-11-11
Cop26: delegates negotiate over draft text to limit global heating – day 11 live
On Kenmure Street, activists from some of Glasgow’s grassroots migrant support groups have assembled to march on the nearby Home Office, with the message “climate justice equals migrant justice”.
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#1316192021-11-11
Cop26 draft criticised for lack of financial help for vulnerable countries
Developing countries at the Cop26 climate summit have called for rich nations to come forward with more financial help for vulnerable countries, saying a new draft outcome for the talks is too weak in this regard.
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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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#1316232021-11-11
Summit Seen Going to Overtime With Talks Tricky: COP26 Update
Delegates are starting to make plans for COP26 to run beyond its scheduled end on Friday evening, but Covid-related travel restrictions raise the stakes for quick action.
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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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#1316272021-11-11
Options, options: As clock ticks on, climate talks wide open
Officials from almost 200 nations worked through the night at the UN climate talks in Glasgow, trying to hammer out agreements on a range of tricky topics in time for a Friday deadline.
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#1316302021-11-11
Cop26 draft text annotated: what it says and what it means
The draft text is the most important document that will emerge from the Cop26 climate summit in Glasgow. Unlike the last major climate conference, in Paris in 2015, what emerges here will not be a new treaty, but a series of decisions and resolutions that build on the Paris accord.
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#1316382021-11-11
Uganda's Vanessa Nakate says COP26 sidelines nations most affected by climate change
As young climate activists descended on Glasgow for the COP26 UN climate summit, Vanessa Nakate was faced with a familiar yet sad experience: Being pushed to the side.
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#1316402021-11-11
Coalition to turn adaptation research into action launches at Cop26 climate talks
The Adaptation Research Alliance (ARA) is a group of over 90 organisations from 30 economies driving research and innovation for adaptation that strengthens resilience where it is needed most.
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#1316412021-11-11
COP26: Denmark and Costa Rica launch ambitious alliance to phase out oil and gas
A "first of its kind" alliance of governments has committed to phasing out the production of oil and gas. Led by Costa Rica and Denmark, the Beyond Oil and Gas Alliance (BOGA) saw six full members, France, Greenland, Ireland, Quebec, Sweden and Wales, announced at COP26 today.
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#1316422021-11-11
Key Cop26 pledges could put world 9% closer to 1.5C pathway
New Cop26 pledges announced on methane, coal, transport and deforestation could nudge the world 9% closer to a pathway that keeps heating to 1.5C, according to a study by the world’s most respected climate analysis coalition.
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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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#1315802021-11-10
COP26: Draft deal calls for stronger carbon cutting targets by end of 2022
Countries are being urged to strengthen their carbon-cutting targets by the end of 2022 in a draft agreement published at the COP26 Glasgow climate summit.
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#1315812021-11-10
Waste management to take centre stage after COP26 thanks to Dettol
HUNDREDS of firms and groups across Glasgow are set to benefit from Dettol’s status as COP26's official hygiene partner – with all the event’s hand sanitiser dispensers soon to be re-distributed for free by parent firm Reckitt.
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#1315832021-11-10
Cop26 deal brings support for victims of climate disaster a step closer
A network to help the victims of climate disaster could be up and running within a year, after negotiators struck a deal at Cop26 on what its remit should be.
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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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#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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#1315872021-11-10
COP26 latest: Negotiations enter new phase as draft climate deal is published
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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#1315902021-11-10
China’s top Cop26 delegate says it is taking ‘real action’ on climate targets
China has detailed and concrete plans on how to meet its climate commitments, and is pushing those plans forward vigorously, unlike some countries that are “paying lip service” to their climate targets, the head of delegation for China at the Cop26 climate talks has said.
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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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#1315942021-11-10
Horse trading set to begin over agreement at COP26
The UK presidency team have set out an ambitious stall in their first attempt to capture progress here at COP26. As well as the specific items mentioned in the document, it also gives us a sense of how the negotiations are going more generally.
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#1316042021-11-10
Youth activists petition UN to declare ‘systemwide climate emergency’
Greta Thunberg and youth climate activists from around the world are filing a legal petition to the UN secretary-general urging him to declare a “system-wide climate emergency”.
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#1316102021-11-10
Gender equality and Indigenous people: day nine at Cop26 – in pictures
Some of the best images from the global climate summit in Scotland on Tuesday 9 November
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#1316112021-11-10
Aviation industry brings net-zero 2050 commitment to COP26
New technology aircraft and jet fuel made from waste: the global air transport industry has outlined how to meet its new long-term climate goal during Transport Day events at the UN COP26 in Glasgow. This confirms the commitment of the world's airlines, airports, air traffic management and the m ...
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#1316142021-11-10
COP26 latest: US-China deal brings cautious optimism as negotiations enter final leg
As COP26 draws to a close, the announcement of a bilateral deal by the US and China to redouble climate efforts has brought cautious optimism to exhausted negotiators.
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#1315492021-11-09
Cop26 sets course for disastrous heating of more than 2.4C, says key report
The world is on track for disastrous levels of global heating far in excess of the limits in the Paris climate agreement, despite a flurry of carbon-cutting pledges from governments at the UN Cop26 summit.
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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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#1315512021-11-09
COP26 climate summit switches focus to science and innovation
International lawmakers, business leaders and activists are convening in Glasgow, U.K. on Tuesday in the final week of the COP26 climate summit.
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#1315522021-11-09
Cop26: US must ‘deliver to get credit’ on climate crisis, says Ocasio-Cortez- day eight live
The speaker of the United States House of Representatives, , has just been (you guessed it) speaking at an event attended by the press and US congresspeople.
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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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#1315562021-11-09
LiveLIVECOP26 accused of 'massive credibility and commitment gap'
President of COP26, Alok Sharma, says prediction reports about temperature rises demonstrate "that there has been some progress but clearly not enough"
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#1315572021-11-09
Climate change: What do scientists want from COP26 this week?
As the COP26 climate summit enters its second week, negotiations in Glasgow have hit a critical phase. The conference is seen as crucial if climate change is to be brought under control. So we asked more than a dozen climate scientists, negotiators and economists from around the world what they ...
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#1315582021-11-09
Cop26 news – live: ‘Mountain to climb’, Sharma admits as report shows world on course for 2.4C heating
There is a “mountain to climb” to make the Cop26 summit talks in Glasgow a success, Aloka Sharma has admitted. “We are making progress at Cop26 but we still have a mountain to climb over the next few days,” he told a press briefing held on Tuesday.
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#1315592021-11-09
An insider’s look at the Glasgow climate summit – talks intensify, amid grandstanding and anger outside
Young people poured into the streets of Glasgow on Nov. 5, 2021, angry and impatient as the first week of the U.N. climate summit ended. Their anger is matched by anxiety in the conference halls as the enormity of what has to be achieved in such a short period of time hovers over a complex proce ...
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#1315602021-11-09
Keep fighting, Obama urges young climate activists
At 19, Glasgow college student Ross Hamilton doesn’t think highly of world leaders — “they chat a lot of” nonsense — or expect them to accomplish anything on a problem he cares deeply about, climate change.
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#1315612021-11-09
How climate damage could break the Glasgow talks
The climate talks have shifted from global pronouncements to technical skirmishes as negotiators work behind the scenes to address dangers faced by millions of people from today’s rising temperatures.
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#1315652021-11-09
Frustrations over voices unrepresented in formal COP26 talks
Being on the ground in Glasgow, Scotland, for COP26 is a strange and humbling experience. A quick search for news coverage on COP26 online brings up headlines that feature what Swedish activist Greta Thunberg is saying about the conference.
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#1315672021-11-09
Cop26 is creating false hope for a 1.5C rise – the stark reality is very different
Since the Paris agreement in 2015, countries around the world have promised ambitious action on climate change. Six years later, it is clear that they haven’t followed through on that promise. In the latest analysis carried out by Climate Action Tracker, published today, we find that the vast ma ...
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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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#1315722021-11-09
Nicola Sturgeon tells COP26 summit that climate change is 'feminist issue'
Nicola Sturgeon has told COP26 that climate change is a "feminist issue" and called for the voice of women to be heard more loudly when tackling it.
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#1315732021-11-09
Cop26 leaders blame individuals, while supporting a far more destructive system
The protesters gathered in Glasgow for Cop26 are a diverse group – at the demonstration on Saturday I watched everybody file past – from international socialists to Scottish nationalists, healthcare workers to striking refuse workers, from indigenous activists at the very front to cycling enthus ...
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#1315742021-11-09
Climate activists decry ‘false solutions, fairy tales’ at COP26
Activists criticised plans by corporations and governments to solve the climate change emergency through opaque carbon-trading schemes instead of urgently shutting down fossil fuel production as many scientists recommend.
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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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#1315772021-11-09
COP26 latest: 'We still have a mountain to climb', says chair as clock ticks to strike cover deal
The clock is ticking at the UN climate summit, with only a few days left to strike a deal that will help limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius. “We still have a mountain to climb,” said COP26 chairman Alok Sharma, while acknowledging "progress" in the negotiations.
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#1315792021-11-09
Egypt's Environment minister holds talks on sidelines of COP26
Egyptian Minister of Environment Yasmine Fouad held talks with representatives of children and youth to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) on the sidelines of her participation in COP26 conference.
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#1315212021-11-08
Pacific island minister films climate speech knee-deep in the ocean
The foreign minister of Tuvalu, an island in the South Pacific, has filmed a speech to climate summit COP26 standing knee-deep in the ocean to show how the nation is vulnerable to global warming.