Climate action at COP26 could save millions of lives, WHO says
Geneva, SwitzerlandReuters The World Health Organization and about three-quarters of global healthcare workers on Monday called on governments to step up climate action at the COP26 global climate conference, saying it could save millions of lives a year. The UN health agency’s report on climate change and health calls for transformational action in every sector […]
World leaders out of excuses on climate change, Thunberg, youth activists say
Johannesburg, South AfricaReuters The world’s children cannot afford more empty promises at this year’s United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26), youth activists including Greta Thunberg said, after a UN report found virtually no child will escape the impact of global warming. In the first index of its kind, published on Friday, UN children’s agency UNICEF […]
As climate impacts hit, cities are still struggling to prepare, researchers warn
LondonThomson Reuters Foundation More than two in three cities around the world already are noticing the effects of climate change, from more heatwaves to worsening flooding, but few have effective plans in place to deal with the threats, researchers warned this week. Budget restrictions are a key reason cities say they are failing to act, […]