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- Russia Vetoes UN Security Council Climate Resolution Tue, 14 Dec 21, 1:00pmRussia has vetoed an attempt to pass a resolution which would have made climate change UN Security Council business.
- African Cowboys Attack Farmers Over Water Access: UN Blames Climate Change Sun, 12 Dec 21, 1:00pmThe United Nations has blamed a Cameroon version of an old style US Wild West style Range War over control of water and territory on climate change.
- The Guardian view on climate progress: now for the detail | Editorial Sat, 6 Nov 21, 5:30amPledges made during Cop26’s first week were encouraging. But without adequate finance and monitoring they don’t mean much
- Initiative to create ‘world’s first’ transnational solar grid network formed at COP26 Wed, 3 Nov 21, 9:31pmThe initiative aims to mobilize $1 trillion in financing by 2030 to assist developing countries in expanding their solar power grids.
- Top UN Climate Official: World Conflict and Refugee Chaos if you Disobey Wed, 27 Oct 21, 4:00amAccording to the UN's top climate official Patricia Espinosa, if nations fail to follow the UN's direction on climate change, they will face food shortages, conflict and a flood of climate refugees.
- What is COP26? Here’s how global climate negotiations work and what’s expected from the Glasgow summit Tue, 26 Oct 21, 11:42pmThe U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s latest report, released in August 2021, warns in its strongest terms yet that human activities have unequivocally warmed the planet, and that climate change is now widespread,...
- Texas to United Nations: Pound Sand Tue, 26 Oct 21, 12:00pmThe world is reeling from spiraling fuel costs caused by premature over-reliance on renewable energy. High fuel costs punish middle class families & stoke the supply chain crisis. Texas oil & gas is needed right...
- Oil and meat producing countries attempt to weaken UN report Sat, 23 Oct 21, 2:30amGreenpeace investigative team announced this week that oil, coal, beef and animal feed producing countries have been lobbying to tone down a major United Nations climate report...
- What Renewable Energy Price Shock? UN Urges Fossil Fuel Extractors to Slash Production Thu, 21 Oct 21, 12:00pmAs the USA, Britain, Europe and China reel from a self inflicted renewable energy failures, the United Nations has doubled down on stupid by demanding producers slash production by 45% by 2030, to save the world from global...
- Fears global energy crisis could lead to famine in vulnerable countries Thu, 21 Oct 21, 4:41amOne of world’s biggest fertiliser producers calls for action as high gas prices force it to slash production
- United Nations rejects youth activist climate petition Wed, 20 Oct 21, 3:30amThe United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child declined to rule on a complaint filed by youth activists from twelve countries. The young adults claimed that Argentina, Brazil, France, Germany and Turkey have violated...
- Greta Climate Case Thrown Out by the United Nations Fri, 15 Oct 21, 8:00amGreta Thunberg has learned the hard way that UN bureaucrats don't cut short their lunch breaks for anyone. The United Nations has ruled they cannot hear Great Thunberg's climate complaint, because she has not gone through...
- German government investing $115M in renewable energy in Africa Wed, 6 Oct 21, 2:17amThe capital will be invested through the African Development Bank’s Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa.
- Fact-checking Bolsonaro's environmental claims at the UN Thu, 30 Sep 21, 2:30amWhen Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro addressed the U.N. General Assembly last week, he confused onlookers by boasting about his environmental record. Haven’t we been hearing about how the Amazon rainforest...
- Officials worry COP26 climate conference is at "high risk of failure" Thu, 23 Sep 21, 5:30amThe highly anticipated U.N. climate conference COP26 is at "high risk of failure," according to U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres. Planned to take place this November in Glasgow, COP26 intends to bring together global...