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Landmark Drought Atlas calls for action to address global risks
Dec 03, 2024 (SPX)
Through a collection of detailed maps, infographics, and case studies, the Atlas highlights the interconnected risks of drought across sectors such as agricultu...
New research calls for 'radical rethink' on drought
Dec 02, 2024 (AFP)
The launch of the "World Drought Atlas" comes as governments convene in Saudi Arabia for the COP16 summit on land degradation and desertification. Droughts are ...
Landmark climate case to open at top UN court
Dec 02, 2024 (AFP)
Representatives from Vanuatu and other low-lying at-risk islands in the Pacific Ocean will open marathon proceedings at the International Court of Justice at 10...
'Future of planet' at stake at ICJ hearings: Vanuatu
Dec 02, 2024 (AFP)
More than 100 countries and organisations are set to present before the International Court of Justice over the next two weeks, the highest number ever. "The ou...
Desertification talks open in Saudi Arabia as experts fire warning
Dec 02, 2024 (AFP)
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called it a "moonshot moment": a 12-day meeting for the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), l...
Saudi Arabia hosts UN talks on drought, desertification
Nov 29, 2024 (AFP)
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called the meeting for the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) a "moonshot moment" to protect ...
Top UN court to open unprecedented climate hearings
Nov 29, 2024 (AFP)
From Monday, lawyers and representatives from more than 100 countries and organisations will make submissions before the International Court of Justice in The H...
Microbial solutions must be deployed against climate catastrophe
Nov 25, 2024 (SPX)
"This paper is a call to action. By publishing concurrently across journals like an emergency bulletin, we are not merely making a plea for awareness about clim...
UN Chief calls COP29 deal a 'foundation' amid fears of weak agreement
Nov 24, 2024 (AFP)
"I had hoped for a more ambitious outcome -- on both finance and mitigation -- to meet the great challenge we face," Guterres said in a statement, adding that h...
At climate talks, painstaking diplomacy and then anger
Nov 24, 2024 (AFP)
In a year expected to be the hottest on record, the fate of the fight against climate change was haggled over for two weeks inside Azerbaijan's Olympic Stadium,...
Main points of the $300 billion climate deal
Nov 24, 2024 (AFP)
Here are the main points of the agreement reached at COP29 in Baku: - $300 billion - Under a framework established by the UN in 1992, 23 developed countries -- ...
Deadlocked COP29 awaits fresh draft deal on final day
Nov 22, 2024 (AFP)
The gruelling two-week conference in the Caspian Sea city Baku is almost certain to go into overtime, with key details for a deal yet to be released, let alone ...
Nations race to land climate deal as COP29 draft rejected
Nov 21, 2024 (AFP)
The UN climate summit is scheduled to conclude on Friday but the latest draft deal released by hosts Azerbaijan was spurned by rich and poor countries alike. Th...
World still split over money as clock ticks on COP29
Nov 21, 2024 (AFP)
The streamlined text released in Azerbaijan recognises developing countries need a trillion dollars per year to fight global warming, but does not present a muc...
Crunch time: What still needs to be hammered out at COP29?
Nov 21, 2024 (AFP)
Here are the big questions and key figures about what is still expected from the COP29 talks. - How much money? - Developing countries need $1 trillion a year i...
'Steep climb' ahead as clock ticks on stalled climate talks
Nov 20, 2024 (AFP)
With two days left to break the impasse in Azerbaijan, wealthy nations have still not revealed how much they are willing to provide the developing world to cope...
As Trump returns, China seizes chance for climate mantle
Nov 20, 2024 (AFP)
At COP29 climate talks in Azerbaijan, China has sought to show a cooperative side and for the first time gave details on its international climate finance, whil...
Redefining net zero will not prevent global warming scientists warn
Nov 20, 2024 (SPX)
Developed over 15 years ago, the scientific foundation of net zero does not account for these natural carbon sinks in measuring net human-induced CO2 emissions....
G20 climate pledge draws mixed views at COP29
Nov 19, 2024 (AFP)
The leaders of the world's 20 richest economies were under pressure during their summit in Brazil to break the impasse over climate finance at the deadlocked CO...
Negotiators seek to break COP29 impasse after G20 'marching orders'
Nov 19, 2024 (AFP)
Ministers at the COP29 conference in Azerbaijan had been eagerly waiting for the G20 meeting in Rio de Janeiro to issue a declaration that might jump-start the ...
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