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UK: Business and industry leaders urged to accelerate climate action and seize opportunities of net…
COP26 President-Designate, Alok Sharma, will call on businesses around the world to take action to address climate change as the Business 7 Summit convenes later today (10 May).
As part of the UK’s Presidency of the G7 this year, the CBI…
UK shares COP26 objectives with SICA countries
Ambassador Whittingham attended the virtual opening of the French – Central American talks on climate change, organized by the Government of France, the Guatemalan Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the countries of the System of Central…
Researchers call for immediate emissions reduction to limit sea level rise
Scientists from Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington’s Te Puna Pātiotio—Antarctic Research Centre (ARC) have contributed to a major international study that has found sea level rise from melting glaciers and ice sheets…
Circular solution to Mosul’s conflict debris launched
Baghdad: Iraq’s second largest city – suffered massive devastation during the conflict with the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). An estimated 7-8 million tonnes of debris was created by the fighting, mainly in the Old City on…
UN launches the first artificial intelligence tool for rapid natural capital accounting
New York: An innovative artificial intelligence (AI) tool that will make it easier for countries to measure the contributions of nature to their economic prosperity and well‑being was launched today by the United Nations and the Basque…
Global Assessment: Urgent steps must be taken to reduce methane emissions this decade
Washington : A Global Methane Assessment released today by the Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) shows that human-caused methane emissions can be reduced by up to 45 per cent this…