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UN climate chief calls for faster action as Bonn climate talks begin
Opening the UN’s mid-year climate talks in Bonn, Simon Stiell urged governments to focus on implementing climate commitments, warning that fossil fuel dependence was driving…
Germany’s media resilience: Lessons for Africa?
South Africa plans to leverage its G20 presidency to highlight the barriers to AI readiness and opportunities facing developing countries
Climate change imperils one in four natural heritage sites, according to report
The number of heritage sites at risk has grown to 62 from 35 in 2014 — nearly double the number from just three years ago
DRC’s carbon bomb is ticking
Scientists and green campaigners say the peatlands hold gigatonnes of carbon — a stockpile that poses a threat to hopes of limiting global warming.
UN: 2017 set to be hottest non-El Nino year
2017 is on track to be the hottest year on record except for two warmed by El Nino phenomena, the UN’s World Meteorological Organisation said Monday.
Tiny Fiji looks for global impact at Bonn climate talks
Climate change is real and it has already impacted Fiji — only urgent action is needed, said Fiji’s Prime Minister at UN climate talks this week.
Why UK is committed to Afghanistan
The gathering of world leaders at the International Afghanistan Conference in Bonn on December 5 is timely.
Action on global climate may drift for years
International action on climate change looks likely to drift over the next two years as politicians waver on tougher carbon caps.
Few meaty advances at Bonn climate-change talks
At the UN Climate Change Convention talks held in Bonn recently 192 countries met to discuss long-term cooperative action to address climate change.
Recession dampens Obama negotiators’ climate debut
Barack Obama’s negotiators make their debut at UN climate talks on Sunday, but many nations have rowed back on plans, focusing instead on the economy.
World wants tough 2050 climate cuts
Governments broadly support tough 2050 goals for cuts in greenhouse gas emissions but are split on how to share out the reductions.
‘Ocean fertilisation’ or extreme pollution?
When some multinational companies dump chemicals into the sea, they call it ”ocean fertilisation”. This practice is near the top of the agenda at the United Nations conference on…
UN urges world to slow warming after grim reports
The United Nations urged far tougher action to fight climate change at a 166-nation climate conference on Monday, the first after reports warning of growing damage from droughts,…
Pollution by industrialised countries still rising
Greenhouse-gas emissions by the industrialised world are still rising, with the United States firmly entrenched as the biggest polluter. In an annual update on global-warming…
Annan speaks on changes to UN Security Council
United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan said on Tuesday certain ”major powers” should play a bigger role in the world body, but declined to name favourites for any new…