Kristalina Georgieva says investing to create resilient economies is a ‘win-win-win-win’ scenario.
Helping the most vulnerable people to cope with the climate crisis can boost the global economy…
An agreed system for measuring funding of green projects in poorer nations will be vital to achieving action on climate change in 2021.
A fortnight before the adoption of the 2015 Paris climate…
Both the climate crisis and the Paris Agreement are pressing policymakers for effective and sustainable climate action. Still, results show that our progress towards goals agreed is not as fast nor…
Still, it's not too late to make a big difference in the health of Earth and people who live here.
It's already too late to meet the warming limit of 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit (2 degrees Celsius) set…
A lot has happened since countries met in Paris in 2015 and agreed on an accord to combat climate change. So far, more than 189 countries ratified or otherwise joined the Paris Climate Agreement,…
December 12, 2020 marked the fifth anniversary of the Paris Climate Agreement. A Climate Ambition Summit hosted by the UK, France and the UN celebrated the event. Heads of government from around 70…
Action points for first 100 days of Joe Biden presidency seen as boost to international action currently falling behind
The US will hold a climate summit of the world’s major economies early next…
One point five to stay alive. That’s the famous slogan that was first adopted by a group representing small island developing states in the Caribbean and later taken up by young climate activists,…
Minister tells more than 80 world leaders that not enough is being done.
The world is still not on track to fulfil the 2015 Paris climate agreement, the UK’s business secretary Alok Sharma warned,…
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan is unlikely to meet its goal of eliminating greenhouse gases by 2050, a majority of firms in the country said in a Reuters poll, underscoring the challenges Prime Minister…
Project hopes to influence policymakers at Cop26 UN climate change conference in Glasgow.
People around the world will have a chance to discuss responses to the climate crisis in a planned global…
Barclays Group Chairman Nigel Higgins has released a statement addressing what Barclays has done to help address the climate challenge since setting its 2050 net-zero target.
The letter details the…
The Paris Agreement has survived the US withdrawal and normalised net zero, but emissions are still rising and vulnerable people are suffering from climate disasters.
In the early hours of 13…
Mayor of Paris praises ‘important milestone’ on fifth anniversary of the landmark agreement.
More than 50 of the world’s leading cities are on track to help keep global heating below 1.5C and tackle…
President-elect Joe Biden has vowed that among the first things he will do on entering the White House is rejoin the Paris Climate Accord, the international pact to cut global emissions and get a…
Scientists and academics including Prof Gesa Weyhenmeyer and Prof Will Steffen argue that we must discuss the threat of societal disruption in order to prepare for it.
The day Joe Biden becomes president, he can start taking actions that can help slow climate change. The question is whether he can match the magnitude of the challenge.
If his administration focuses…
The leaders of America’s closest allies have eagerly welcomed the incoming presidency of Joe Biden as a crucial opportunity to face down the unfolding climate crisis, following four years of…