Tag: Climate Change

7 entrepreneurs share their solutions for climate action (Saemoon Yoon, WEF)

As world leaders meet in COP26, we asked tech pioneers their solutions for climate action. Their ideas leverage technology to address issues in...

COP26: Everything to know about the climate change summit on 3 November (Joe Myers, WEF)

This round-up brings you everything you need to know about the COP26 climate summit, climate change and greenhouse gas emissions targets. Top stories:...

COP26: ‘Not blah blah blah’, UN Special Envoy Carney presents watershed private sector commitment for climate finance (UN News)

It’s ‘Finance Day’ at COP26, and the spotlight is on a big announcement: nearly 500 global financial services firms agreed on Wednesday to align...

Rebooting the forests and tree cover agenda for climate action (Ramesh Pandey, ORF)

Forests can be both net emitters or net sinks of carbon. Parallely, the release of carbon from forests can be due to natural processes...

COP26: Everything to know about the climate change summit on 2 November (Joe Myers, WEF)

This round-up brings you everything you need to know about the COP26 climate summit, climate change and greenhouse gas emissions targets. Top stories:...

Biden announces First Movers Coalition ahead of COP26 launch (WEF)

The First Movers Coalition - a partnership between the World Economic Forum and the US Office of the Special Presidential Envoy for Climate...

Integrate water supplies and climate action, world leaders urge (UN News)

Water and climate action must be integrated to ensure sufficient water supply in the face of a rising global population and environmental degradation, a...

Guterres urges developed countries to deliver on climate pledge for vulnerable nations (UN News)

With world leaders expressing hope that the goal of supplying $100 billion a year in climate finance support for developing countries is within reach, the UN Secretary-General warned on Tuesday that the target would likely not be met until 2023...

World leaders, corporations at COP26, take major step to restore and protect forests (UN News)

A pivotal pledge to save and restore our planet’s forests was officially announced on the second day of the COP26 World Leaders Summit, and...

Africa Adaptation Acceleration Summit (US Department of State)

REMARKS ANTONY J. BLINKEN, SECRETARY OF STATE GLASGOW, UNITED KINGDOM SECRETARY BLINKEN:  Thank you very much, Patrick.  Thank you so much not just for today, but for your...

GT investigates: How developed nations shift blame on climate change (Shan Jie, Huang Lanlan and Zhao Yusha, Global Times)

Though they have the world's highest per-capita greenhouse gas emissions and transfer polluting companies to less developed regions, in terms of confronting climate change,...

Joining the High-Level Panel for a Sustainable Ocean Economy (US Department of State)

During the World Leaders Summit at COP26, the United States announced plans to join the High-Level Panel for a Sustainable Ocean Economy (“Ocean Panel”)....

United States, European Union, and Partners Formally Launch Global Methane Pledge to Keep 1.5C Within Reach (US Department of State)

MEDIA NOTE OFFICE OF THE SPOKESPERSON Today, the United States, the European Union, and partners formally launched the Global Methane Pledge, an initiative to reduce global...

Space for a Green Future (ESA)

The climate crisis is the most urgent challenge faced by humankind – affecting every region, continent, and ocean on Earth. Space has an untapped...

Hunting for marine plastic (ESA)

Marine plastic litter was dumped into a realistic scale model of the Atlantic Ocean to test if space technologies would be able to detect...

Forest Finance Risk Consortium Establishment at COP26 (US Department of State)

FACT SHEET OFFICE OF THE SPOKESPERSON At COP26 during the World Leaders Summit’s Forest Day session on November 2, 2021, the United States launched the Forest...