From restoring nature to sharing new disease information, the biodiversity agreement being negotiated at Cop15 in Montreal over the next two weeks covers a wide range of issues. Pollution, human-wildlife conflict and soil health are among the topics of discussion as 193 governments battle over the “fate of the living world” in the negotiation rooms, …
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(Credit: Unsplash) This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Today begins the COP15 meeting of the United Nations Biodiversity Conference in Montreal. From 7 to 19 December, countries will strive to reach a global agreement to protect nature and the planet with long-term goals by 2050 and milestones for 2030. …
Under the eyes of French President Emmanuel Macron, Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards and French Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Catherine Collona signed an agreement on Friday afternoon outlining how their two governments will help each other in the development of climate-friendly energy sources. The objective is “to help companies in their respective countries …
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Early Sunday morning, the negotiators managed to agree on what is called a fund for losses and damages. It will compensate poor countries that suffer from extreme weather events such as droughts, floods and heat waves that have been made worse by carbon emissions from rich countries. It is a deserved victory for climate justice …
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The world is still ‘on the brink of a climate catastrophe’ after the agreement reached at the UN COP27 climate summit on Sunday, and the biggest economies must make new commitments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. greenhouse, climate experts and activists have warned. The deal reached in Sharm el-Sheikh early Sunday morning, after a marathon …
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Climate talks in Egypt ended on Sunday with a deal that would see many wealthy countries set up a global “loss and damage” fund to help developing countries hit by climate disaster. However, critics say the UN COP27 summit did not go far enough in reducing global warming emissions that cause climate change. “What we …
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Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt CNN — Delegates from nearly 200 countries at the COP27 climate summit agreed to establish a loss and damage fund to help vulnerable countries cope with climate-related disasters, in a historic deal early Sunday morning in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. But while the deal represents a breakthrough in what has been a contentious …
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SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (AP) — Negotiators say they have reached a potentially game-changing deal on the thorniest issue of the United Nations climate talks, the creation of a fund to compensate poor countries hit by extreme weather exacerbated by carbon pollution from rich countries. “There is a loss and damage agreement,” is what the negotiators …
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The architects of the Paris Agreement urged world leaders to strike an ambitious sister deal for nature at the Cop15 biodiversity conference in December, while warning that it is impossible to limit global warming to 1.5 ° C without protecting and restoring ecosystems. Speaking on biodiversity day at the Cop27 climate conference in Egypt, Christiana …
