UN chief urges leaders of every country to declare “climate emergency”
London, UK/Brussels, BelgiumReuters UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called on every country to declare a “climate emergency” on Saturday, as world leaders marking the fifth anniversary of the Paris climate accord made mostly incremental pledges relative to the scale of the crisis. Guterres made his call at a summit aimed at building momentum behind the Paris […]
2020 likely world’s second hottest year, UN says; New Zealand declares climate emergency
Geneva, SwitzerlandReuters This year is on track to be the second hottest on record, behind 2016, the World Meteorological Organization said on Wednesday. Five data sets currently place 2020, a year characterised by heatwaves, droughts, wildfires and raging hurricanes, as the second warmest since records began in 1850. Dried-up rivers and creeks can be seen […]
New Zealand’s Ardern set to declare climate emergency
Wellington, New ZealandReuters New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s government is to declare a climate emergency in a symbolic step to increase pressure for action to combat global warming. The government will put forward a motion to declare the emergency next Wednesday, the government said as parliament reconvened after a general election won by Ardern’s […]
CLIMATE: CITIES EXPERIMENT WITH BIG IDEAS TO CONFRONT “EMERGENCY”
MEGAN ROWLING, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, looks at how cities are looking to cut emissions faster and improve the quality of life within urban contexts…
‘People power’ piles pressure on plodding UN climate talks
Barcelona, SpainThomson Reuters Foundation As young people take to the streets around the world again on Friday urging more action to curb climate change, analysts warn that the UN climate conference taking place over the coming two weeks will likely fall short of their expectations. Swedish teenager Greta Thunberg has inspired a global movement of […]
Nearly half a million people urge Indian govt to declare a “climate emergency”
New Delhi, India Thomson Reuters Foundation More than 450,000 people have signed two petitions demanding that the Indian government declare a climate emergency as severe heatwaves and crippling water shortages grip the country. Inspired by teenage Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg, 16-year-old student Aman Sharma launched a petition on Change.org in May after noticing that […]