The United States is the only country to pull out of the global agreement among nations to fight climate change. European diplomats say the U.S. reputation is suffering.
Over the last several decades, governments have collectively pledged to slow global warming. Despite intensified diplomacy, the world is already facing the consequences of climate change, which are ...
In last week’s CCW I discussed why I thought no true progress in the effort to halt climate change will result from any agreement(s) ultimately produced at COP 30 in Belem, Brazil. I also described ...
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A decade after the landmark Paris Agreement on climate change, the treaty’s architect looks back at its legacy
Thousands of diplomats, scientists and activists are in Belém, Brazil this week for COP30, the annual United Nations climate conference. This year’s negotiations also mark 10 years since the approval ...
In 2023, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution to ask the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ...
Ten years ago the world came together to forge a path out of the climate emergency in the form of a global treaty dubbed the Paris Agreement. Under the accord, nations committed to keeping global ...
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Scientists warn we’re about to break Paris’ 1.5°C climate pledge and enter a point of no return
Researchers claim that soon the global warming limit will be breached, and it will transform the nature of climate change.
There is a grim symbolism to the world’s biggest historic greenhouse gas emitter and second-biggest emitter today pulling out of the international agreement aimed at cutting those emissions just a ...
With history as a guide and two months to prepare for the announcement, there was relatively little wailing and gnashing of teeth when President Donald Trump withdrew the United States from the Paris ...
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"The Paris Agreement is a framework, not a stand alone solution," said Mohamed Adow, founder of PowerShift Africa and a veteran climate negotiations observer. "Tackling climate change is not a pass-or ...
That the United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties 26 (COP26) went into overtime after two weeks of negotiations revealed once again that the issue of “climate change” is... Today, the ...
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