When it comes to climate change, the world’s food system is a double-edged sword. Food production is both one of the biggest emitters of global greenhouse gases and one of the sectors hardest hit by the effects of climate change.…
Dubai (AFP) – The Emirati head of the UN climate conference insisted on Monday that he respects climate science after he came under fire over a leaked video in which he questioned the science on fossil fuels. Amid tough talks over…
The president of the COP28 climate conference, Sultan Al Jaber, is facing calls to quit from climate activists after he claimed there is “no science” to evidence a necessity to phase out fossil fuels. “There is no science out there,…
Dubai (AFP) – The Emirati host of the UN climate conference in Dubai denied Wednesday reports that he used his presidency of the crucial talks on global warming to pursue fossil fuels deals. The allegations against Sultan Al Jaber, who is…
Garissa (Kenya) (AFP) – Days after floodwaters swallowed her home in eastern Kenya, Fatuma Hassan Gumo waded through thigh-deep murky water to collect her only remaining possessions — floating utensils. Flash floods from the Tana river in Garissa, a county on…
NEW DELHI/BRUSSELS/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – France, backed by the United States, plans to seek a halt to private financing for coal-based power plants during the U.N. climate conference later this month, three sources familiar with the deliberations told Reuters in India…
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called for crucial COP28 talks in Dubai to outline “dramatic climate action,” warning that “we’re out of road” on global warming. The UN chief issued his rallying call as the global body warned in a new report that…
Paris (AFP) – Countries’ greenhouse gas-cutting pledges put Earth on track for warming far beyond key limits, potentially up to a catastrophic 2.9 degrees Celsius this century, the UN said Monday, warning “we are out of road”. The UN Environment Programme’s…
Nairobi (AFP) – The latest negotiations toward a global plastic treaty concluded late Sunday with disagreement about how the pact should work and frustration from environment groups over delays and lack of progress. Negotiators spent a week at the UN Environment…
Geneva (AFP) – Greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere hit new record highs in 2022, with no end in sight to the rising trend, the United Nations warned Wednesday. The UN’s World Meteorological Organization said levels of the three main greenhouse…
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