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- Children’s Climate Change Strike Spreads to the USA Mon, 18 Feb 19, 5:00amGuest essay by Eric Worrall Alexandria Villasenor, 13, hopes braving brutal polar vortex winter conditions by sitting outside UN Headquarters will inspire others in the US and China to join her school strike against global...
- Women are essential to climate resilience in the Caribbean heres why Fri, 8 Feb 19, 3:30amThe impacts of climate change are felt most intimately by poor and rural women. Many women rely directly on nature for their income, and their lack of resources prevents them from shifting to alternate jobs or safer locations...
- Ecovillage in Copenhagen strives to meet all 17 Sustainable Development Goals Fri, 21 Dec 18, 4:30amDanish architecture firm Lendager Group has won an international competition for its design of the UN17 Village, a sustainable residential development that will introduce 400 new homes to Copenhagen, Denmark...
- What was agreed at COP24 in Poland and why did it take so long? Sun, 16 Dec 18, 11:04pmFractious UN climate change talks ended with a deal on putting the Paris agreement into practice – but much else left unresolved
- Climate change talks lead to heightened pledge to cut emissions Thu, 13 Dec 18, 7:59amEU, Canada, New Zealand and developing countries to keep global warming below 1.5C
- Climate change talks lead to renewed pledge to cut emissions Thu, 13 Dec 18, 7:59amEU, Canada, New Zealand and developing countries to keep global warming below 1.5C
- Australia turns back on allies as it refuses to cut emissions above Paris pledge Thu, 13 Dec 18, 9:38amEU and 27 countries vow to toughen commitments as environment minister’s address at COP24 UN climate change summit accused of flying in face of reality
- UN chief attempts to revive flagging climate change talks Thu, 13 Dec 18, 3:35amAntónio Guterres returns to Katowice to urge China to intervene as world is ‘running out of time’
- The Guardian view on global warming: time is running out | Editorial Thu, 13 Dec 18, 5:55amRightwing nationalism threatens the global solidarity needed to avoid a climate catastropheGlobal warming is a crisis for civilisation and a crisis for life on Earth...
- Australia only nation to join US at pro-coal event at COP24 climate talks Tue, 11 Dec 18, 9:08amCountry’s stance described as ‘a slap in the face of our Pacific island neighbours’
- Protesters disrupt US panel's fossil fuels pitch at climate talks Tue, 11 Dec 18, 3:21amOfficial event praising coal, oil and gas met with laughter and chants of ‘shame on you’
- Australia's silence during climate change debate shocks COP24 delegates Mon, 10 Dec 18, 8:17amCountry accused of tacitly supporting oil allies’ rejection of the latest science
- Washington Post: The UN Needs Enforcement Authority to Solve the Climate Crisis Sat, 8 Dec 18, 1:00amGuest essay by Eric Worrall The problem is so big, and elected governments are so unreliable… ‘A kind of dark realism’: Why the climate change problem is starting to look too big to solve By Steven Mufson Updated...
- A billion people without electricity ‘missing out on pledged climate funds’ Tue, 4 Dec 18, 12:03amUN climate summit in Poland will hear public money available is not enough to provide clean energy for those living off-grid
- UN Patricia Espinosa: “Climate change impacts have never been worse” Mon, 3 Dec 18, 1:00pmGuest essay by Eric Worrall The hype is strong with this climate conference. With the direst environmental warnings yet still ringing in their ears, nations gathered in Poland for a UN summit aimed at heading off the “urgent...