Essay: COP27 – five things to expect from this year’s UN climate summit
JEN ALLEN, a lecturer in environmental politics at Cardiff University in the UK, looks at what’s up for discussion at COP27 in Egypt…
World heading for 2.4 degrees of warming after latest climate pledges – analysts
Glasgow, UK Reuters New national pledges to tackle climate change this decade would lead to around 2.4 degrees Celsius of global warming this century, far above safe levels, analysts predict. Climate Action Tracker said on Tuesday that the promises by countries attending the UN summit in Glasgow to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 would still […]
Deliver on promises, developing world tells rich at climate talks
Glasgow, UKReuters A crucial UN conference heard calls on its first day for the world’s major economies to stick to promises of financial help to address the climate crisis, while big polluters India and Brazil made new pledges to cut emissions. World leaders, environmental experts and activists all pleaded for decisive action to halt the […]
Oxfam welcomes international aid pledges for Yemen but says it needs to be backed up by efforts to end the war
Oxfam has welcomed pledges of $US2 billion in humanitarian aid to help address the crisis in war-torn Yemen, but has said the aid will need to be backed up by international efforts to end the three year war. The pledges were made by 40 donor nations and organisations in Geneva this week and account for […]