World “way off track” in halting warming, UN warns ahead of COP26
Geneva, Switzerland/Glasgow, UKReuters Greenhouse gas concentrations hit a record last year and the world is “way off track” on climate goals, the UN weather agency said on Monday, showing the scale of the task facing governments scrambling to avert dangerous levels of warming. A report by the World Meteorological Organization showed that carbon dioxide levels […]
Pope, Patriarch and Canterbury Archbishop issue climate appeal
Rome, ItalyAP The world’s top Christian leaders – Pope Francis, the Archbishop of Canterbury and the spiritual leader of Orthodox Christians – on Tuesday issued a joint appeal for delegates at the upcoming UN climate summit to “listen to the cry of the Earth” and make sacrifices to save the planet. In their first-ever joint […]
Vatican hosts faith leaders ahead of Glasgow climate meeting
Rome, ItalyAP The Vatican will host a gathering of faith leaders this fall to build momentum behind a moral appeal for strong, courageous commitments to be taken at a November climate change conference in Glasgow, organisers said Thursday. The Vatican foreign minister, Archbishop Paul Gallagher, said the 4th October gathering, sponsored by the British and […]
Queue-jumping? Global vaccine shortage imperils Glasgow climate talks
London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation Poorer nations struggling to access COVID-19 vaccines may make the “moral” choice not to send delegates to November’s UN climate summit in Scotland if others more in need of the doses remain at risk, climate and health experts warned on Wednesday. Giving climate-talks delegates priority in vaccine-short countries would go against […]
US envoy wants Pope to attend climate conference, sway debate
Vatican CityReuters Pope Francis has the moral authority to sway public opinion over global warming and might attend the United Nations’ Climate Change Conference in Scotland, US President Joe Biden’s climate envoy John Kerry said on Saturday. COP26 is being held in Glasgow in November and could accelerate measures by the world’s biggest polluters to […]
Australian churches call for government to take more action on climate
The head of Australia’s national council of churches has called for the Federal Government to increase its commitments to lower carbon emissions ahead of the COP26 meeting in Glasgow in November. In a letter to Prime Minister Scott Morrison, Bishop Philip Huggins, president of the National Council of Churches in Australia, urged the government to join with […]
Vulnerable nations say delayed summit should not mean delayed climate action
Barcelona, SpainThomson Reuters Foundation The UN climate summit has been delayed for a full year, but pandemic-preoccupied governments should not back away from the stronger climate action plans and increased funding they promised to deliver in 2020, officials and activists said. On Thursday evening, Britain – host of the COP26 conference in Glasgow – said […]
Global finance must “align” in climate change fight, says UK minister
United NationsThomson Reuters Foundation The world of finance must line up behind the fight against global warming, a top British climate change official said, calling for a concerted effort to turn “billions into trillions” of dollars driving the transition to a green economy. From state aid agencies and international development banks to insurers and pension […]