Essay: I’m lighting a candle for #ClimateVigil on 6th November. You can, too.
Rev KYLE MEYAARD-SCHAAP, vice president of the Evangelical Environmental Network, writes about why he’s lighting a candle “against the deepening darkness of climate chaos”…
COP26 coal pledge falls short on support as emissions surge
Glasgow, UKReuters A pledge to phase out coal gained the support of 23 more countries at the UN climate conference on Thursday, but was shunned by big users of the dirtiest of the fuels that cause global warming. The COP26 summit hopes to find ways to keep within reach a target of limiting the global […]
Essay: Caught between hope and despair on climate change
As the COP26 meeting continues in the Scottish city of Glasgow, US Catholic commentator THOMAS REESE, in an article published on Religion News Service, looks at three “signs of hope” in the fight against to mitigate the impacts of climate change…
UN launches fund to foster cheaper loans, green development for Africa
Johannesburg, South AfricaReuters The United Nations on Wednesday launched a new finance mechanism aimed at saving African governments $US11 billion in borrowing costs in the next five years, while fostering greener investments and sustainable development. The UN Economic Commission for Africa launched the Liquidity and Sustainability Facility at COP26, the global climate conference underway in […]
Essay: Climate change is a justice issue – these six charts show why
In an article published on The Conversation, US academic SONJA KLINSKY, uses a series of graphics to show why addressing climate change is an issue of justice…
World should respond to climate change as if hit by a global war, Pope tells COP26
Glasgow, UKReuters Pope Francis said on Tuesday that the twin wounds inflicted by the COVID-19 pandemic and climate change were comparable to those caused by a global conflict and should be confronted in the same way. Pope Francis attends the weekly general audience at the Paul VI Audience Hall, at the Vatican, on 13th October. […]
Nearly 90 countries join pact to slash planet-warming methane emissions
Glasgow, UKReuters Nearly 90 countries have joined a US and EU-led effort to slash emissions of the potent greenhouse gas methane 30 per cent by 2030 from 2020 levels, a pact aimed at tackling one of the main causes of climate change, a senior Biden administration official said. The partnership will be formally launched later […]
More than 100 global leaders pledge to end deforestation by 2030
Glasgow, UKReuters More than 100 global leaders late on Monday pledged to halt and reverse deforestation and land degradation by the end of the decade, underpinned by $US19 billion in public and private funds to invest in protecting and restoring forests. The joint statement at the COP26 climate talks in Glasgow was backed by the leaders […]
Bangladeshi veteran of UN climate talks fears COP26 will fail the world’s poorest
Glasgow, UKThomson Reuters Foundation For top Bangladeshi scientist Saleemul Huq, the inequities of climate change are hard to avoid – even at the COP26 UN talks in Glasgow. Since arriving for the crunch negotiations, he’s made a long daily commute to the conference venue by train from his hotel in Edinburgh – the nearest place […]
Church of England leader apologises for comparing climate change to rise of Nazis
London, UK Reuters Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby apologised on Monday after saying world leaders who fail to act on climate change could be making a bigger mistake than their predecessors who ignored warnings about the rise of the Nazis. Welby, the spiritual leader of the worldwide Anglican Communion of about 85 million Christians, speaking […]