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23 12 2019 | 08:18

Statement by the Executive Secretary of UN Climate Change, Patricia Espinosa, on the Outcome of COP25.

Several days have passed since the closing of the UN Climate Change Conference COP25 in Madrid, and it is important to conduct an honest and realistic assessment of what happened so that appropriate…

23 12 2019 | 08:15

Europe’s Ambitious Green Deal: A Plan To Neutralize Its Carbon Footprint By 2050.

Through a new Green Deal, the EU plans to neutralize Europe’s carbon footprint by as early as 2050. While the plan is ambitious, it highlights the need for world leaders to work together. After all,…

23 12 2019 | 08:05

EBRD supports climate finance, entrepreneurship and employment for young people in Egypt.

Loan of US$ 100 million to National Bank of Egypt to address energy efficiency, climate mitigation and adaptation projects for SMEs EBRD and Green Climate Fund co-financing GEFF programme in Egypt…

23 12 2019 | 08:01

China's changing diet is increasing air pollution and leading to more premature deaths.

More people are eating meat in China, leading to farmers using more fertilizers. Can a larger meat consumption be linked to more premature deaths and air pollution? That seems to be the case in…

23 12 2019 | 07:57

Australia's fossil fuel industry should pay climate disaster levy, thinktank says.

Plan for biggest fossil fuel producers to pay $1 per tonne of carbon pollution estimated to raise at least $1.5bn a year. Australia’s fossil fuel industry would stump up for a national climate…

23 12 2019 | 07:41

The Escazu Agreement wants to protect environmental human rights in Latin America - but not everyone is on board.

Approved in 2018 after six years of negotiations, the Escazú Agreement is the first and single environmental human rights treaty in Latin America and the Caribbean – the region with one of the world’…

23 12 2019 | 07:20

Oxford City Council sets £19 million budget for climate crisis.

Oxford City Council has announced that will put £19 million into a fund for the climate emergency. In response to the Oxford Citizens’ Assembly on Climate Change, Oxford City Council will set a …

20 12 2019 | 09:41

Australia's heatwave registers new hottest day on record, BOM says.

Yesterday was Australia's hottest day on record, according to preliminary data from the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM). The average maximum temperature across the country was 40.9 degrees Celsius,…

18 12 2019 | 08:46

A Coal Baron Funded Climate Denial as His Company Spiraled Into Bankruptcy.

WASHINGTON — As his coal mining company hurtled into bankruptcy, Robert E. Murray, the former chief executive, paid himself $14 million, handed his successor a $4 million bonus and earmarked nearly $…

18 12 2019 | 07:51

Why a just transition makes economic sense for climate financiers.

The case for hardwiring social justice into climate action The very fact that this year’s COP25 climate summit had to be hastily moved to Spain, after street protests against economic inequality…

17 12 2019 | 07:54

IATA highlights opportunity for aviation in Europe’s green deal.

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has highlighted the opportunity for the aviation industry in Europe’s green deal. At the Sustainable Innovation Forum 2019, organised by Climate…

17 12 2019 | 07:43

Development banks focus on incorporating social justice into climate action.

In pursuit of the 2015 Paris Agreement’s demand for a “just transition” to a low-carbon, climate-resilient future – one offering social justice to those who fear losing jobs and communities as high-…

17 12 2019 | 07:16

Call for All Countries to Commit to Climate Education by COP26

Italy and Mexico today committed to stepped-up climate and environmental education in order to equip a new generation with the knowledge, awareness and skills needed to tackle climate change and…

17 12 2019 | 07:09

Global Climate Action Presents a Blueprint for a 1.5-Degree World.

At the UN Climate Change Conference (COP25) in Madrid, Global Climate Action brought together leaders from across sectors and borders for a lively series of events,  which were given concrete…

16 12 2019 | 11:24

COP25: Longest climate talks end with compromise deal.

The longest United Nations climate talks on record have finally ended in Madrid with a compromise deal. Exhausted delegates reached agreement on the key question of increasing the global response to…

14 12 2019 | 14:39

Deadly Cyclone Belna makes landfall in northwest Madagascar.

Nine people were killed and more than 1,400 rendered homeless after a major storm slammed into the island. Nine people were killed and three are missing in northwest Madagascar after Cyclone Belna…

13 12 2019 | 12:17

Remarks to COP25 event on Climate Action for jobs Madrid.

Excellencies, Ladies and gentlemen,   We are losing the climate race. On our current trajectory we are looking at a 3- to 4-degree temperature rise by the end of the century. But we can choose…

13 12 2019 | 12:15

Action for Climate Empowerment Finds Strong Support at COP25.

Countries, and non-state actors, including youth, expressed strong support and called for raising ambition and mobilizing commitments for Action for Climate Empowerment (ACE) at the UN Climate Change…

13 12 2019 | 12:10

Climate Ambition Alliance: Nations Renew their Push to Upscale Action by 2020 and Achieve Net Zero CO2 Emissions by 2050.

 In Madrid today (11 December), the President COP25, Minister Carolina Schmidt, presented a renewed alliance of countries and Non-State Actors who determined to follow the recommendations of science…