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Excellencies,
Ladies and gentlemen,
Thank you for inviting me to speak today.
I will focus my remarks on the climate crisis and the need for heightened climate action.
Recently, we have seen…
With the formation of tropical storm Theta, 2020 has now logged more tropical cyclones than ever recorded.
Theta is 2020's 29th named storm in the Atlantic Ocean. Theta, which doesn't pose a danger…
An estimated 67 people are dead, floodwaters in some places have reached two stories high, millions were without power, and rescuers were scrambling to keep up after Typhoon Vamco became the third…
Report identifies 935 firms finance industry needs to blacklist to meet Paris goals.
Almost half the companies involved in the thermal coal industry are expected to defy global climate commitments…
COP26 Coalition releases statement signed by over 100 international civil society organisations which urges caution over government climate rhetoric and demands action which truly addresses the…
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