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 […]