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The 12th Petersberg Climate Dialogue ended today with a call to make this year’s UNClimate Change Conference in Glasgow a success and to conclude negotiations on all unresolved aspects of the rulebook under the Paris Agreement. At the invitation of Federal Environment Minister Svenja Schulze and Alok Sharma, designated president of
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US President Biden signalled his deep commitment to building international consensus for combatting climate change at COP26 in Glasgow. Speaking at a Virtual Leaders Summit on Climate held at the end of April he said: “This summit is our first step on the road we’ll travel together… through Glasgow this November
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The rescheduled COP26 will take place between 1 and 12 November 2021 in Glasgow, Scotland. It was originally planned for November 2020, but, because of the Covid 19 pandemic, was postponed. The event's intended venue, the SEC, has been in service as a temporary hospital, helping to deal with the swell
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The importance of addressing linkages between climate and the SDGs and measures to strengthen synergies to ensure integrated efforts regarding the two agendas were highlighted during a side event that took place during the Chile/Madrid Climate Change Conference.The purpose of the event titled, ‘Climate and SDGs Synergy Approach: Achieving Decarbonized
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"I am very disappointed that COP25 in Madrid did not achieve the decisive, collective and ambitious outcomes that the climate emergency demands from world leaders", says OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría. Despite the commendable efforts by Chile as Chair and the impressive work by Spain as host, this unsatisfactory result reflects the
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At COP25 in Madrid Heads of UN agencies met for a high-level Leadership Dialogue on how to turn the tide on deforestation and committed to the common goal of helping countries reduce deforestation and improve forest management. According to the UN, up to 23% of all greenhouse gas emissions derive from
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The UN Climate Change Conference COP25 in Madrid (to 13 December) kicked off with urgent calls to make serious progress on climate action over the next two weeks. Speaking at the opening ceremony, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres said that with climate change impacts becoming ever more dangerous and apparent, COP25 must
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The year 2019 concludes a decade of exceptional global heat, retreating ice and record sea levels driven by greenhouse gases from human activities. Average temperatures for the five-year (2015-2019) and ten-year (2010-2019) periods are almost certain to be the highest on record. 2019 is on course to be the second
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A 3-meter version of Lorenzo Quinn’s monumental sculpture “Support” is on display at the United Nations Climate Change Conference COP25 in Madrid (2-13 December) to remind participants of rising sea levels that threaten Venice and all coastal cities around the world. The installation, first unveiled by Quinn at the Venice Biennale in
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After three days of panels, high-level discussions and exchanging best practices for climate action, PreCOP25 in San José has concluded with calls for more climate ambition. The gathering, from 8 to 10 October, saw more than 1,500 attendees, with delegates representing more than 90 countries and more than 60 parallel events with
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