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US says will 'protect its interests' at climate conference
Nov 30, 2019 (AFP)
However, in an effort to raise the US profile in Madrid, House speaker Nancy Pelosi will led a 15-member congressional delegation to "reaffirm the commitment of...
Scientists scour past for future climate clues
Nov 29, 2019 (AFP)
"What interests us is to understand how the climate works," says Didier Roche of France's National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS). At the Laboratory for ...
Cruise industry takes first 'green' steps
Nov 29, 2019 (AFP)
- Dirty sector - Cruises get a bad reputation for their climate footprint and even more for the air pollution they generate. Most cruise ships run on heavy fuel...
Baltic leaders warn EU cuts could jeopardise climate goals
Nov 29, 2019 (AFP)
"Proposed reductions of the next Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) would jeopardise the implementations of these goals," said a statement signed by the pres...
Climate summit host Spain struggles on environment
Nov 28, 2019 (AFP)
But experts say green issues have not been a priority in the country, which has a poor environmental track record. Only 2.3 percent of all Spaniards consider th...
Funds worth $37 tn failing to meet climate goals: analysis
Nov 27, 2019 (AFP)
The funds control portfolios containing a fifth of the total value of world capital markets, yet their investments in sectors such as automobiles and coal puts ...
The climate crisis is here, get used to it
Nov 27, 2019 (AFP)
Excellent advice, but not for the faint of heart. If economics is the "dismal science", research on global warming has become the science of our dismal future. ...
In US, climate anxiety churns up psychological storm
Nov 27, 2019 (AFP)
Fears about climate change are prompting worldwide action, but one knock-on effect in the United States is mounting anxiety about everything from plastics to cl...
China says developed countries lack 'political will' on climate goals
Nov 27, 2019 (AFP)
China is the world's second-largest economy and the biggest emitter of carbon dioxide, but has repeatedly argued that developed nations should lead on tackling ...
US, EU 'owe half the cost' of repairing climate damage
Nov 25, 2019 (AFP)
Based on their historic greenhouse gas emissions, the US and EU should be held jointly responsible for 54 percent of funding owed to developing nations already ...
'All guns blazing' as Madrid races to host climate summit
Nov 22, 2019 (AFP)
A vast event which runs from December 2-13, the UN climate summit had been due to take place in Chile until its crisis-hit government pulled out on October 30 f...
Australian PM denies climate link as smoke chokes Sydney
Nov 21, 2019 (AFP)
As dozens of new blazes scorched the countryside and the country's largest city was cloaked in hazardous smoke, conservative leader Scott Morrison defended his ...
Planned fossil fuel output swamps Paris climate goals
Nov 20, 2019 (AFP)
The world is on track to produce 50 percent more fossil fuels than could be burned without increasing Earth's surface by more than two degrees Celsius above pre...
Climate impacts 'to cost world $7.9 trillion' by 2050
Nov 20, 2019 (AFP)
The Economist Intelligence Unit's (EIU) Climate Change Resilience Index measured the preparedness of the world's 82 largest economies and found that based on cu...
Climate protesters block Geneva's private jet terminal
Nov 16, 2019 (AFP)
Around 100 people took part, organised by pressure group Extinction Rebellion, large groups sitting in front of three entrances to block access to the building ...
Drought-hit Zimbabwe to transfer thousands of animals
Nov 11, 2019 (AFP)
At least 120 elephants have already died over the past two months as the country grapples with one of the worst droughts in its history. "We are moving 600 elep...
New Zealand makes 'zero carbon' target law
Nov 07, 2019 (AFP)
The legislation, which was supported on both sides of the political divide, mandates that, in net terms, the country should produce no greenhouse gases -- excep...
Xi, Macron unite on climate after US withdraws from Paris pact
Nov 06, 2019 (AFP)
The joint declaration came at the end of Macron's second visit to China, which started on Monday in Shanghai and included talks on trade and the Iranian nuclear...
London climate activists win challenge to police ban
Nov 06, 2019 (AFP)
The UK High Court ruled that the authorities were wrong to enact the prohibition, which outlawed gatherings of more than two people during a 10-day protest that...
Dismay as US formally starts pullout from Paris climate accord
Nov 05, 2019 (AFP)
President Donald Trump went ahead with the pullout despite mounting evidence of the reality and impact of climate change, with September the fourth month in a r...
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