Warming-hit nations get closer to creating UN climate rights envoy
London, UK/Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaThomson Reuters Foundation A long-standing push by climate-vulnerable nations for a new United Nations’ special envoy on climate change and human rights is making headway, as leaders call for stepped-up measures to deal with the “biggest threat to human rights this century”. Since 2019, the call for a new UN special rapporteur – a […]
Pandemic delays leave many nations facing climate action catch-up in 2021
Barcelona, SpainThomson Reuters Foundation Less than half of countries that committed to strengthening their climate action targets in 2020 did so by the end of last year, as the pandemic slowed climate diplomacy and efforts to update national plans, a developing-nation group said on Friday. A tracker run by the Climate Vulnerable Forum showed 73 nations […]
About 150 nations due to deliver stronger climate plans in 2020, tracker shows
Barcelona, SpainThomson Reuters Foundation More than three-quarters of countries have indicated they will make stronger commitments under the Paris Agreement on climate change by the end of 2020, despite the economic strain of the coronavirus pandemic, a new tracker showed this week. According to the tool, launched by the Climate Vulnerable Forum of developing countries, 151 governments […]
Climate-menaced nations say survival depends on stronger 2020 action
Barcelona, SpainThomson Reuters Foundation Developing countries at risk from wilder weather and rising seas on Wednesday urged all governments to meet a deadline to deliver stronger national climate action plans to the United Nations by the end of 2020, stressing that their survival depended on it. About 195 nations committed under the 2015 Paris Agreement […]
Poor countries face $US168 billion interest bill due to climate change
Thomson Reuters Foundation Poor countries could have to pay up to $US168 billion more in interest over the next decade as extreme weather events brought on by climate change affect their credit ratings, a study said on Monday. Nations that rely heavily on agriculture are likely to suffer as global temperatures rise, bringing more storms, […]