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17 08 2022 | 16:26

Record Death Valley flooding ‘a once-in-1,000-year event’

Recent severe rains in Death Valley that flushed debris across roadways, damaged infrastructure and carried away cars are being described by meteorologists and park officials as a once-in 1,000-year…

10 08 2022 | 22:54

Historic day for human rights and a healthy planet: UN expert

NEW YORK – A UN expert hailed the adoption of a historic resolution by the United Nations General Assembly today, recognising for the first time, that everyone, everywhere, has a human right to live…

07 08 2022 | 08:26

As my son choked on bushfire smoke it was clear our most vulnerable are feeling our climate negligence

Any new coal and gas projects are incompatible with effective climate action. This egregious compromise has to stop now ​​​I’ve never felt more helpless as a parent than I did during the black…

07 08 2022 | 08:15

Humanity can’t equivocate any longer. This is a climate emergency

We are declaring a climate emergency. Everyone can, in whatever place on Earth they call home. No one needs to wait for politicians any more – we have been waiting for them for decades. What history…

28 07 2022 | 20:14

Climate action ‘could prevent 6,000 child deaths a year’

[NAIROBI] The annual death rate of children under five years old in Africa could double to about 38,000 by 2049 compared with the decade 2005–2014, without cuts to rising carbon emissions, a study …

28 07 2022 | 19:11

Can Just Stop Oil stop oil?

Just Stop Oil has followed Insulate Britain and Extinction Rebellion in taking climate action to the streets - but will its strategy cut through to the public? Climate activists group Just Stop Oil …

28 07 2022 | 19:04

Egypt’s president urges world to support Africa’s efforts to tackle climate change

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi on Monday called upon the rest of the world to support Africa in efforts to tackle climate change, noting that the continent has hit hard by the impacts of the…

22 07 2022 | 10:56

AMERICAN CLIMATE FAILURE: Time for ‘Beast Mode’ as Manchin Torpedoes Biden Clean Energy Package

Millionaire coal baron Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) played his final card and the White House conceded defeat on ambitious U.S. climate legislation after the renegade senator declared he wouldn’t support…

20 07 2022 | 16:53

LAC Climate Week 2022 Opens with Strong Calls for Action

UN Climate Change News, 19 July 2022 – The public-facing segment of this year’s Latin America and Caribbean Climate Week (LACCW 2022) opened in Santo Domingo today with strong calls for regional…

19 07 2022 | 11:26

‘Change is possible’: meet the Gen-Zers who embrace climate optimism

These people in their 20s decided to combat climate grief by taking on one small piece of the environmental crisis ​​​When it comes to the climate, each generation represents a different stage of…

06 06 2022 | 19:17

Bonn Climate Change Conference Set to Kick off Next Week

UN Climate Change News,  2 June 2022 – The upcoming Bonn Climate Change Conference (6-16 June) is set to kick off next week, designed to prepare for the UN Climate Change Conference COP27 in November…

18 05 2022 | 19:05

The kids are not ok

Today I went to give a climate talk at my old high school in Geneva — and was given a masterclass in our failings. This is the story of a day that shook me up.

11 01 2021 | 11:45

If the world needed a coup to wake up to Trump reality, what would it take to wake up to climate reality?

The failed attempted parody of a coup d’ etat in the heart of the, so called, capital of the free world, witnessed live by millions of TV viewers, will provide for years food for analysis, studies…

27 09 2020 | 09:21

Few countries living up to Covid 'green recovery' pledges.

US planning $3tn in spending with few environmental safeguards attached. Few countries are living up to their promises of a “green recovery” from the coronavirus crisis, with hundreds of billions of…

07 09 2020 | 09:26

The FAO and Climate Action launch the Great Food Challenge Digital Event Series.

The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) and Climate Action are hosting a three-part digital event series addressing global food, agriculture, and land use challenges in the…

26 06 2020 | 07:29

Climate action is key to fighting pandemics.

A recovery that doesn’t protect the planet will be a disaster for health. I should know – I’m a doctor at the centre of Italy’s COVID-19 crisis, writes Roberto Romizi. Roberto Romizi is a general…

23 06 2020 | 07:32

IEA unveils new Sustainable Recovery Plan to put emissions into structural decline.

The International Energy Agency (IEA) has presented a Sustainable Recovery Plan focusing on a series of actions that can be taken over the next three years to revitalise economies and boost…

27 05 2020 | 10:09

Green recovery: More than 150 multinationals call for Covid-19 aid to be aligned with climate goals.

Largest UN-backed chief executive-led climate effort brings together companies from 34 sectors with a total market capitalisation of $2.4tn Some of the biggest names in the corporate world have come…

15 05 2020 | 06:36

Amazon executive 'quit in dismay' at sacking of climate activists.

Tim Bray decries 'vein of toxicity running through company culture' after resigning from US online retail giant An Amazon executive claims to have quit his job "in dismay" at the recent dismissal of…

13 04 2020 | 07:52

Climate Week NYC to go ahead in 2020 as organisers announce new virtual platform: 21-27 September 2020

Climate Week NYC will still go ahead in September 2020 with launch of new virtual platform. The Climate Group, has announced that Climate Week NYC will not be postponed and will take place as…