India rejects net zero carbon emissions target; Australia adopts target but won’t legislate goal
New Delhi, IndiaReuters India on Wednesday rejected calls to announce a net zero carbon emissions target and said it was more important for the world to lay out a pathway to reduce such emissions and avert a dangerous rise in global temperatures. India, the world’s third-biggest emitter of greenhouse gases after China and the United […]
Essay: A quick guide to climate change jargon – what experts mean by mitigation, carbon neutral and six other key terms
In an article first published on The Conversation, WÄNDI BRUINE DE BRUIN of USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, looks at some of the key terms that will be heard at COP26…
Australia Christians knit scarves to deliver a message on climate emissions
Sydney, Australia Christians worried about Australia’s carbon emissions have used more than 13,000 metres of wool to knit hundreds of scarves to lobby politicians to take urgent action on climate change. More than 300 scarves, using cool blues through to deep reds to depict the world’s rising temperatures in the past century, have been handed […]
Australian Christians support international inter-faith action on climate change
Sydney, Australia Australian Christians have taken part in an international inter-faith action on climate change to demand that the country take much stronger emissions reduction targets to the United Nations climate summit in Glasgow. More than 120 places of worship across Australia displayed banners or held events on Sunday as part of a global faith […]
Pelosi meets Pope as abortion debate rages in US; Vatican announces Pope will not be at COP26
Vatican CityReuters Pope Francis met on Saturday with US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a Catholic who has come under criticism from some bishops in the United States for her support for abortion rights. Their meeting took place several weeks before Joe Biden is expected to meet the Pope while the US President is in Rome […]
Poor nations warn of visa headaches as Glasgow climate talks near
London, UK/Brussels, BelgiumReuters The world’s poorest countries have said they may struggle to meet visa requirements and cover all COVID-19 quarantine costs for the COP26 climate summit, raising concerns that some might not be able to attend in person. The UN conference, which is meant to spur countries to make bigger commitments to slash greenhouse […]
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 […]
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 […]
UN delays crucial climate summit for a year, cites pandemic
Reuters The coronavirus pandemic has prompted the United Nations to delay until late 2021 a crucial climate summit that had been scheduled for Britain this year, officials said on Thursday. This year’s meeting, known as the COP26 summit, had been billed as the most important climate change summit since the 2015 talks that produced the […]
Climate champions Thunberg and Attenborough join forces to push for change
Barcelona, SpainThomson Reuters Foundation Two titan climate campaigners, Greta Thunberg and David Attenborough, joined forces on Monday to push politicians and businesses to step up action on climate change after a year in which schoolchildren took to the world’s streets in protest. Swedish teen activist Thunberg, who turns 17 this week, said 2019 had been […]