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It’s time to end the UN’s artificial divide between biodiversity and climate. 21 October 2024. The biodiversity and climate crises are interlinked – and failing to coordinate our response leaves critical ecosystems like forests and peatlands at risk. Why we need new laws to end coal, oil and gas – now. 18 October 2024.
Meet the woman who first identified the greenhouse effect
Feb 9, 2016 · Eunice Foote demonstrated the heat-trapping properties of carbon dioxide at a scientific conference in 1856, newly digitised records show. Irish physicist John Tyndall is commonly credited with discovering the greenhouse effect, which underpins the science of climate change. Starting in 1859, he published a series of studies on the way ...
Senegalese banker picked to lead loss and damage fund
Sep 23, 2024 · By Joe Lo. Governments have chosen veteran Senegalese banker Ibrahima Cheikh Diong to lead the new United Nations’ fund for responding to the loss and damage caused by climate change. The government officials who make up the fund’s board selected Diong – who has worked in insurance, private and public banks and government – during a ...
Philippines inquiry finds polluters liable for rights violations ...
Oct 5, 2022 · An inquiry by a human rights commission in the Philippines found some of the world’s largest historic polluters liable for causing global heating – giving fresh impetus to lawsuits centering climate change as a human right issue. The much-delayed publication of the seven-year inquiry’s findings show that 47 coal, oil, mining and cement ...
Marshall Islands 18-year-old thanks UN for climate pact
Dec 14, 2015 · Marshall Islands 18-year-old thanks UN for climate pact. Selina Leem delivers emotional message from family and friends on tiny Pacific state, as 195 countries agree new pact to slow global warming. By Selina Leem. My name is Selina Leem and I am a small island girl with big dreams from the island of Majuro in the Marshall Islands.
Azerbaijan green energy unit launched to sceptical response
Jan 25, 2024 · Azerbaijan’s history with renewable energy is largely one of untapped potential and unmet expectations. In 2020 Azerbaijan set a target of increasing the share of renewables in its electricity mix to 30% by 2030. Since then, its barely changed, still standing at 6%, which is almost entirely hydropower rather than wind or solar.
Boko Haram terrorists thriving on climate crisis: report
Apr 20, 2017 · By Megan Darby. Chronic drought around Lake Chad is reinforcing terrorist group Boko Haram’s stronghold on the region, a report commissioned by the German government has warned. Some 30 million people across Nigeria, Chad, Niger and Cameroon are competing over a shrinking water resource. As farming and pastoral livelihoods suffer, the ...
Chile to peak emissions by 2025, under strengthened climate pledge
Sep 4, 2020 · Chile’s targets. Peak greenhouse gas emissions in 2025 and reduce to 95Mt CO2e a year by 2030. Cut black carbon 25% from 2016 levels by 2030. Sustainably manage 200,000 hectares of native forest and plant another 200,000 ha of forest. Reduce deforestation emissions 25% by 2030. Carbon neutrality by 2050. In a nod to recent protests against ...
Strong laws should follow the new global climate commitments
Sep 26, 2024 · So far, framework climate laws have been adopted in almost 60 countries around the world. The first was the UK’s groundbreaking 2008 Climate Change Act. It committed the UK government to reducing greenhouse gas emissions, with a pathway to achieving ‘Net Zero’ by 2050, and setting 5-year carbon budgets. It also established the Climate ...
The Talanoa Dialogue explained - Climate Home News
Dec 10, 2018 · In Fiji, “talanoa” means to hold a conversation in an inclusive, receptive space. It is traditional method of solving differences in the Pacific. The Talanoa Dialogue seeks to break the climate deadlock by drawing participants closer together through sharing their stories of climate change. Governments, but also civil society, NGOs ...