–Supporting the COP28 Energy Transition action agenda:Further to the recent announcement by Dr. Al Jaber, the partnership will aim to drive transformation within the energy sector, advancing stronger climate actions from carbon-intensive ...
UNITED NATIONS, Nov. 3 (Xinhua) -- UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday called for the renewal of the Ukraine grain deal, and for the application of the same spirit of multilateralism at the upcoming UN Climate Change Conference in Egypt, or COP27. At a press encounter, Guterre...
But countries’ current commitments are far away from meeting that goal — so it is up to Chile to try to bring them closer. In theory, all of the 185 countries that have ratified the Paris pact should be prepared to adopt tougher climate targets next year. Today’s announcement mean that...
The Climate Action Summit will be preceded by a Youth Climate Summit on Saturday, where participants from across the globe will showcase their solutions on how to combat the crisis. "I expect there will be an announcement and unveiling of a number of meaningful plans on dramatically reducing em...
"I would call it a vacuous political melodrama," Christiana Figueres, former executive secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, said of President Trump's Rose Garden announcement that the U.S. would turn its back on the Paris Agreement, a landmark international accord to redu...
s on climate change White House unveils details on proposed fuel economy rules ; Announcement precedes UN talks on climate changeWhite House unveils details on proposed fuel economy rules ; Announcement precedes UN talks on climate changeJulie Pace...
A day after ending her term as United Nations climate change chief, Christiana Figueres began her campaign July 7 to replace her former boss: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. Figueres made the announcement that she would seek the UN's top job in her native Costa Rica, where she ...
Obama said the joint announcement on emissions targets was a “historic agreement” and a “major milestone in the US-China relationship.” Xi said the two had “agreed to make sure that international climate change negotiations will reach an agreement in Paris.” ...
World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said it's high time for the U.N. Conference of Parties on climate to hold its first “Health Day” in its 28th edition, saying the threats to health from climate change were “immediate and present.” ...