Cop25 Bulletin: ‘We have achieved nothing’
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Irresistible Thunberg meets immovable UN climate talks
Youth march on Madrid to demand real action, while diplomats remain deadlocked over climate rules and big emitters stay silent
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Attempt to align global climate plans fails
No consensus could be found on whether new climate pledges should last five years, ten years or a mix of
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Denmark adopts climate law to cut emissions 70% by 2030
New law binds Denmark to international climate process, including climate finance to developing countries Denmark’s parliament adopted a new climate
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Chile delays emissions goal boost at its own UN climate talks
The presidency of Cop25 had planned to mark the conference by taking a leading role in raising ambition, but that
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One of the world’s biggest emitters is trying to fly under the radar at Cop25
Comment: Australia is the third biggest fossil fuel exporters, has high emissions and plans to use a loophole to meet
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Cop25 Bulletin: The political feedback loop
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Rise in Caribbean children displaced by storms shows climate crisis is a child rights issue: UNICEF
Catastrophic tropical cyclones and hurricanes uprooted an estimated 761,000 children in the region between 2014 and 2018, which also was the hottest five-year
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We really may have just 11 years to save the climate
Comment: As the crisis becomes dominated by urgent survival needs, the political window to prevent further climate change will close
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Cop25 Bulletin: A rare press conference
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Greener tourism: Greater collaboration needed to tackle rising emissions
On the sidelines of the 2019 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP25) in Madrid, the agency on Wednesday released on
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Wednesday’s Daily Brief: 2020 humanitarian plan, malaria latest, greener tourism, people key to SDGs, Fall Armyworm
Humanitarian plan aims to assist 109 million vulnerable people in 2020 A record 168 million people worldwide will need help
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‘Thank you for being insane’
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A record number of people will need help worldwide during 2020: Global Humanitarian Overview
Climatic shocks, large infectious disease outbreaks and intensifying, protracted conflicts, have resulted in global needs increasing by some 22 million
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How they could speed or slow climate action
Russia and Japan want ten years. Vulnerable countries want five. Why the alignment the world’s climate plans is a contest
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