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UN urges real progress at Glasgow summit; US and China to cooperate on climate action

Glasgow/New York, November 11 – The United Nations said some “progress” has been made at the Glasgow Climate Change Conference as countries and more than ...
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Forty seven countries commit to develop climate-smart health care systems to counter climate change

Glasgow/New York, November 9 – A group of 47 countries, a majority of them developing and climate-vulnerable countries, have committed to develop climate-resilient and low-carbon ...
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Climate demonstrations go global, call for action and justice for all

Glasgow/New York, November 5 – Thousands of young climate activists, so far the largest crowd of protesters in the Scottish city of Glasgow, took to ...
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UN issues new global roadmap to secure clean energy access for all by 2030 and net zero emissions by 2050

Following is a press release from the UN Department of Global Communications: New York, November 3 – As pressure mounts for urgent climate action, UN ...
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Climate

Climate magnifies hunger in Madagascar, forecasted poor rains bring dread and despair

Following is a news release from the World Food Program: Antananarivo, Madagascar, November 2 – As climate talks get underway in Glasgow, families in Southern ...
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US and the European Union lead global pact at climate summit to cut methane emissions worldwide

Glasgow/New York, November 2 – The United States and the European Union are calling for a global pact to cut methane emissions by 30 per ...
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UN blunt message to climate summit: “Either we stop it — or it stops us”

Glasgow/New York, November 1 – In his address opening the climate summit in the Scottish city of Glasgow UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged the 197 ...
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Climate

Methane Observatory Launched to Boost Action on Powerful Climate-Warming Gas

Rome, October 31 – The UN Environment Program, with support from the European Union, has launched a new observatory to drive action on reducing methane ...
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ClimateNews

Climate summit faces major challenges to revert global warming

Glasgow/New York, October 30 – The United Nations climate conference in the Scottish city of Glasgow faced negative views that it may not be able ...
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UN issues urgent appeal for help as Afghanistan faces world’s largest food crisis; current funding “a drop in the ocean”

Rome/New York, October 25 – Years of conflict, drought, economic woes and the recent accumulation of Covid-19 health problems have made Afghanistan home to one ...
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Climate

Beijing Conference: sustainable transport infrastructure can reduce carbon emissions, develop economy

Beijing/New York, October 16 – Infrastructure has become a major international issue as its components are responsible for greenhouses gas emissions and adaptation costs
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Health

WHO resolves to vaccinate 70 percent of world population by mid-2022, close rich-poor pandemic gap

Geneva/New York, October 7 – The World Health Organization has launched a global vaccination strategy that calls for meeting targets of vaccinating 40 percent of ...
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