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UN Climate Change News, Katowice, 15 December – Governments have adopted a robust set of guidelines for implementing the landmark 2015 Paris Climate Change Agreement. The implementation of the agreement will benefit people from all walks of life, especially the most vulnerable. The agreed ‘Katowice Climate Package’ is designed to operationalize the climate change regime contained
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The sports sector and UN Climate Change have launched the Sports for Climate Action Framework to gather sports organizations, teams, athletes, and fans in a concerted effort to raise awareness and action to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement. Representatives of the diverse global sports industry, working with UN Climate Change over
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The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) has launched its newest project, New Energy Solutions. By facilitating cross-sectoral collaboration, the project aims to scale up pre-commercial and/or proven low-carbon technologies that are being deployed too slowly across the power, transport, industry and buildings sectors. To limit global warming to 1.5°C,
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The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) released “Going further, Faster,” its 2018 progress report on the Low-Carbon Technology Partnerships initiative (LCTPi). This report marks the next step in business’ continued drive to scale up climate action and impact. LCTPi is a unique, action-oriented program that brings together 235 companies
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In a special COP24 on Health and Climate Change, the World Health Organisation highlights health as the biggest issue to be prioritized during COP-24. It provides key recommendations to the negotiators on how to maximize the health benefits of tackling climate change and avoid the worse health impacts of this
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The World Bank Group has announced a major new set of climate targets for 2021-2025, doubling its current 5-year investments to around $200 billion in support for countries to take ambitious climate action. The new plan significantly boosts support for adaptation and resilience, recognizing mounting climate change impacts on lives
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The renowned broadcaster Sir David Attenborough has announced the United Nations’ launch of a new campaign enabling individuals the world over to unite in actions to battle climate change. In an address to the opening session of United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP24) in Katowice, Poland, Sir David Attenborough urged everyone to use the
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Following a year of devastating climate disasters around the globe, from California to Kerala, and Tonga to Japan, the annual UN Climate Change Conference (COP24) opens today with the goal of finalising the implementation guidelines for the Paris Climate Change Agreement. The guidelines will provide clarity on how to implement the
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One focus area of discussions at the UN Climate Change Conference in Katowice (COP24, 2-14 December) will be on the importance of swiftly transitioning to low-carbon transport to address the impact of climate change. The transportation sector has seen faster emissions growth than any other over the last 50 years. Transport
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The United States, and the rest of the world, is facing vast physical and economic tolls that will only get worse without immediate action to address global warning, according to a new report.The Fourth National Climate Assessment focuses on “Impacts, Risks, and Adaptation in the United States.” It is a stark
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