Punctuating the climate change summit in Madrid, heavy rains continue to pound east and central Africa causing deadly flooding and landslides.
Activists fear the conference known as COP25 will…
MADRID - During the 25th round of climate change negotiations starting today in Madrid, Spain, African civil society organisations will call on governments from both developing and developed nations…
Climate action must happen now — there are no second chances
For the next week or so, delegates from nations around the world will gather in Madrid for a critical set of meetings on our planet’s…
The president of an island nation on the frontline of climate change says it is in a "fight to the death" after freak waves inundated the capital.
Powerful swells averaging 5m (16ft) washed across…
UN Climate Change News, 2 December 2019 - The UN Climate Change Conference COP25 in Madrid (to 13 December) kicked off today, with urgent calls to make serious progress on climate action over the…
António Guterres, the United Nations secretary general, contrasted the “leadership” and “mobilisation” shown by the world’s youth on the climate emergency with the lack of action by governments,…
The Madrid Climate Change Conference - COP 25 - will bring the world together to consider ways to strengthen the implementation of the Paris Agreement. Taking place from 2 to 13 December in Madrid,…
Who: James Hansen is widely regarded as the father of climate change awareness and was the Director of NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies for 32 years. He famously said when he resigned in…
Ρεκόρ ζέστης, αύξηση των φυσικών καταστροφών, λιώσιμο των πάγων: οι αποδείξεις των καταστροφικών συνεπειών της ανθρώπινης δραστηριότητας στον πλανήτη πολλαπλασιάζονται, καθιστώντας πιο επιτακτική…
Scientists’ warnings about climate change have intensified over the past 12 months. Will world leaders finally listen?
One year ago, the international scientific community could hardly have expected…
Electric and diesel buses pass in turn along one of the main avenues in Chile’s capital Santiago, sweeping past the national football stadium and up towards the Andean mountains.
The differences are…
Following the UN Secretary-General’s Climate Action Summit in New York last week, ambitions are high, but further actions are needed in terms of the climate change solutions. Now, global attention is…
As recognition mounts that time is running out, youth leaders warn: ‘we will be watching’
New York, 23 September—Major announcements by government and private sector leaders at the United Nations…
23 September, New York – The Global Climate Action portal has captured the 28 new initiatives that are being presented today to United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, at the Climate…
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UN Climate Change News, 4 July 2019— Seizing the opportunity of the incredible momentum of climate action, and Asia-Pacific countries being at the forefront of innovation to tackle the climate crisis…
UN Climate Change News – UN Climate Change today launched its Annual Report, highlighting the progress made on tackling climate change in 2018 and the ways in which the international community can…
Chile announced Tuesday it would close eight coal-fired power stations over the next five years as part of a plan to switch entirely to renewable energy by 2040.
The closures, announced by Chile's…
Cop25 will take place 2-13 December 2019 in Santiago, the Chilean capital, UN officials announced.
Cop25, as it is known, was originally scheduled for November in Brazil, but the plan changed after…