As extreme weather events increase across South Asia due to climate change, there is an urgent need to address the issue of forced migration of large numbers of people
At the United Nations climate meet in Bonn, disasters such as this year’s heavy rains, floods and two cyclones in India, Bangladesh and Myanmar have become a talking point…Read More
In the opening session of Bonn climate summit India, supported by China, took strong umbrage that pre-2020 agenda items were being ignored, most of which are the responsibility of developed countries
The opening sessions of the annual UN climate summit left the delegations of India and China angry. Both wanted to add to the agenda the issue of immediate action to combat climate…Read More
The agenda of this year’s global climate summit aims to prepare a roadmap to implement the Paris agreement but that could be stumped by US delegates, indicated by President Donald Trump’s pullout statement
The year 2017 is set to beat all records due to losses from natural disasters. US President Donald Trump has decided to pull his government out…Read More
More aggressive action is required to control the growth of greenhouse gas emissions if Paris climate commitments are to be met
Urgent action is required to check the worldwide rise in emissions of greenhouse gases to avoid the worst impacts of climate change, the United Nations Environment Programme warned ahead of the UN Climate Change Conference in Bonn…Read More
The devastation of this year’s Atlantic hurricane season and record floods across Bangladesh, India and Nepal serve as a reminder that the impacts of climate change know no borders
On the eve of the International Day for Disaster Reduction, we need to remember that in the past two years, over 40 million people across the world were forced from their homes by disasters…Read More
Every country except the US in the G20 reaffirmed their support for international efforts to fight global warming at the Hamburg summit, a sharp rebuke to US President Donald Trump
Nineteen members of the G20 nations underlined their commitment to the Paris agreement, with the US remaining the outlier in the statement on climate change issued at the annual meeting…Read More
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