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Climate change, pollution push oceans to tipping point, UN report saysA new UN report reveals a "deepening crisis" in ocean health, driven by climate change, pollution, and overfishing. Rising sea levels, acid...
Hantavirus, Ebola crises: WHO kicks off 79th World Health Assembly in Geneva amid global health concernsWHO 79th World Health Assembly: World Health Organization member states meet in Geneva. Deadly hantavirus and Ebola outbreaks are major con...
Amid West Asia crisis: Santa Marta meet aims to drive fossil fuel shiftThe Santa Marta conference has been described as a meeting of the "coalition of doers", comprising countries and stakeholders committed to ...
In message to China, G7 urges others to help climate financeG7 ministers said Tuesday that efforts to raise money to help poorer countries adapt to climate change should include countries "capable of...
Countries request to commemorate 20th year of iconic 1997 Kyoto ProtocolEcuador, as chair of the developing country grouping G-77 and China, has written to the UN climate secretariat suggesting that a special ev...
Syria to ink Paris Pact, leaves US isolated on climate treatyEvery country is expected to submit a national plan to slow down global warming. In December 2015, when the Paris Agreement was finalized, ...
India ratifies 2nd commitment period of Kyoto ProtocolIndia's Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador Syed Akbaruddin, who handed over India's Instrument, tweeted "maintaining momentum on...
- UN selects Mexican diplomat Patricia Espinosa as next chief of its climate change body
Mexico’s ambassador to Germany, Patricia Espinosa, will be the new UN climate chief. She will play an important role in implementing the Pa...
UN chief Ban Ki-moon calls on India to put forth commitments on climate changeUN chief Ban Ki-moon has called on India, the world's third-largest emitter, to spell out its nationally determined commitment on reducing ...
- Green groups walkout of UN Climate Change conference
Green NGOs staged a walkout from the UN Climate Change conference accusing the developed nations of "wasting precious time to save the worl...
- India dismisses speculation on backroom negotiations with US
India on Saturday dismissed speculation that it has been in backroom negotiations with the US to push back any action on a legally binding ...
- India dismisses speculation on backroom negotiations with US
India today dismissed speculation that it has been in backroom negotiations with the US to push back any action on a legally binding treaty...
- Copenhagen does not hinge on US lawmakers: UN climate chief
The UN climate chief has exuded confidence that US President Barack Obama would "commit" reasonable targets for emission cuts and not rely ...
- US most important country for climate deal: UN Chief
Stressing that failed action on climate change could have catastrophic consequences, UN Chief Ban Ki-moon has asked the United States to ta...
- US throws spanner into climate talks
The promise of a deal at Copenhagen seem to be turning into a pipedream as the US has refused to put down hard numbers for mitigation under...
- UN for exemption for India, China on emissions
India and China should not be bound by the same restrictions on carbon emissions as those imposed on the United States and other developed ...
- Developing nations favour per capita emissions
Climate envoys from India, China and other major developing nations offered on Wednesday to hold the line on their contributions to global ...
- Japan and Denmark set climate goals for world
Denmark's prime minister said on Saturday, that the United States, China and India must agree to cut their carbon emissions in any successo...
- Climate deal runs straight into trouble with US
A hard-fought deal fixing a 2009 deadline for a new treaty to tackle global warming ran straight into trouble on Sunday with the US voicing...
- Emissions of greenhouse gases on the rise, says UN
The industrialised world’s emissions of greenhouse gases are growing again, despite efforts under the Kyoto Protocol to cap them and stave ...