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Trump could enact sweeping changes to environment policy – experts
Donald Trump could enact sweeping changes to environmental policy in the beginning days of his administration with far reaching effects both in the United States and around the world
Paris to Marrakech: 4 key things to watch at COP 22
While Paris was considered a success in finally creating an agreement among countries on how to solve the climate crisis a lot still needs to be done The Paris Agreement is only the start of a much bigger work that awaits every country
Part 2: The Philippines' influence on the Paris Agreement
Those of us in Le Bourget the evening of December 12 2015 were genuinely happy with what we have achieved but we were also acutely aware that the hard work must continue in the years ahead
Part 1: The Philippines at its best at Paris climate talks
Servant leadership dedication discipline and adaptive management characterized Secretary de Guzman’s work in Paris The result was a cohesive and united Team Philippines
Money row threatens efforts to seal historic climate pact
Bureaucrats become quickly ensnared in familiar rows that have condemned previous efforts to failure
Thousands join climate march in PH ahead of Paris talks
Filipino activists join the global climate march movement ahead of key talks in Paris aimed at crafting a pact to mitigate the impact of global warming
Climate summit: The crunch issues
Here are the key points of contention at the UN climate change conference in France
The last 10 days: Setting a clear direction for the Paris climate talks
What are the main issues that still must be resolved before the world meets in Paris in December for COP21?
Light trim for rough draft of climate pact
The document presents a clearer picture of the possible final outcome while not omitting any of the options put forward by the parties
French diplomat signals climate 'breakthrough'
Top diplomats representing all regional blocs agree to a review every 5 years of collective carbon cutting impacts once the agreement kicks in
Time to compromise for climate – French FM
Laurent Fabius urges countries to narrow the gap on two issues in particular starting with the level of ambition – meaning the scale of carbon emissions curbs
Periled by climate change, Marshall Islands makes carbon pledge
The sparsely populated cluster of Pacific atolls becomes the first small island nation to submit a carbon cutting pledge ahead of a year end conference in Paris
Ministers in Paris to boost flagging climate talks
Overwhelming consensus on the urgency of the problem has not translated into significant progress on united action to prevent the planet from overheating
Cities, regions demand bigger climate say
Local and regional governments often bear the biggest burden for dealing with the fallout from extreme weather events but they have no formal seat at the negotiating table
In landmark document, Pope urges world to stop climate change destruction
UPDATED In a radically worded letter addressed to every person on the planet the leader of the world s 1 2 billion Catholics blames human greed for the critical situation Our Sister mother Earth now finds itself in
October bid for climate text after troubled round
UPDATED In the coming months negotiators will seek to condense a sprawling blueprint into manageable options ahead of the November 30 December 11 conference in Paris where the carbon curbing deal is due to be sealed
On final day, Bonn climate talks seek exit from text mire
After 10 days climate negotiations in Bonn have barely advanced in clearing a draft text of a thicket of problems
Climate peril stirring in permafrost, experts tell UN
Releasing the carbon will create a vicious cycle in Earth s global warming problem: Emissions from permafrost could lead to out of control global warming
G7 countries told: act on climate change
A day ahead of the G7 summit of world leaders French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius says the leaders should commit to decarbonization and a dramatic decrease in greenhouse gases
Climate debate takes global pulse ahead of Paris summit
One of the first debates is in the Philippines a Southeast Asian nation particularly vulnerable to climate change and already hit by an average of 20 major storms or typhoons a year
UN climate effort under pressure for pre-pact action
Are we going to sit and wait until 2020 to act when the world is already being hit by climate change?
Climate: France hikes pressure in 'pre-agreement' call
UPDATED French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius warned against temptations to leave a breakthrough for the very end a problem that has bedeviled climate negotiations for over two decades
Corporate sponsorship of climate talks sparks NGO ire
Corporate sponsorship is a routine feature of the annual COPs
Time short for global climate deal in Paris, warns Hollande
French President Hollande says 200 days are left before a crucial UN conference which France will host in December
Climate change: Key dates on the way to Paris accord
A list of key dates ahead of the planned December 2015 Paris agreement on curbing climate change
COP20: Key points in the Lima climate agreement
Here are the main points of the Lima climate agreement agreed upon by UN member countries at the last minute of the COP20
COP20: UN pushes ahead on 2015 climate deal
UPDATED Agreement comes after a bitter dispute flared anew requiring major compromise that campaigners said pointed to a mountain of work ahead leading to a deal due to be sealed in Paris in December 2015
COP20: Fingers pointed as climate talks stall
Developing countries reject a proposed blueprint saying the document failed to balance action on tackling carbon emissions with help for vulnerable economies
Time presses as Lima climate talks head for penultimate day
The talks are scheduled to end late Friday with the goal of clearing the way to a deal in Paris to slow the juggernaut of climate change by limiting global warming to 2ºC 3 6ºF over pre industrial levels
#COP20: Thousands in Lima march for climate as talks grind on
Students environmentalists workers women s defenders anti poverty activists and indigenous groups join the People s Climate March in the Peruvian capital
Australia bows to pressure, pledges $165M to UN climate fund
The government had previously indicated it was not interested in the fund but Prime Minister Tony Abbott says we ve seen things develop over the last few months
Climate pledges exceed $10B at Lima talks
Finance is a touchy issue at the Lima negotiations where developing countries want wealthy economies to spell out their promised support as a sign of good faith in negotiations to forge a global climate pact by December 2015
#COP20: Time running out fast in climate fight – UN's Ban
Parties remain far apart on key aspects of a deal they have vowed to sign in Paris in December next year and implement from 2020
#COP20: Climate talks divided on eve of ministers' arrival
With under 5 days of negotiating time left parties remain deeply divided on key aspects of a deal they undertook to ink in Paris in December next year and to implement from 2020
#COP20: High-level reinforcement for final climate push
With a week of talks gone and 5 days left parties remain deeply divided on key aspects of the deal they have committed to signing in Paris in December 2015 to take effect in 2020
Giant Philippine storms show climate change threat – Greenpeace
Greenpeace global chief Kumi Naidoo says increasingly violent storms hitting the Philippines shows the world had to act on climate change
#COP20: Typhoon Ruby sparks calls for climate action
This is the third typhoon in a row to hit the Philippines during the annual climate negotiations towards a new global pact to limit climate harm by curbing greenhouse gas emissions
Developing world may need annual $500B for climate by 2050 – UN
The projected amount is as much as 5 times higher than previous estimates and significantly more than today s spending on climate adaptation
UN chief to help push for Lima climate draft deal
Ban says he wants to keep ambitions high at the UN climate talks in Lima Peru
Andes glaciers: Ailing giants hit by climate change
The tropical glaciers of the Andes Mountains are melting at worrying speed raising scientists fears that many will disappear before anything can be done to save them
UN climate talks open in Lima
Gathering 195 states the 12 day meeting also has to agree on the pact s heart – a format for nations to make pledges to reduce Earth warming carbon pollution
Climate talks to seek way to historic Paris pact
UPDATED The 12 day talks under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change UNFCCC take place amid grim scientific warnings but also revived political interest in sealing a pact in Paris in December 2015
Current pledges not enough to stop global warming – UN report
The report by the UN Environment Program and the World Resources Institute says the planet must aim for global carbon neutrality by mid to late century to head off the worst effects of climate change
‘Climate summit good kickoff but not enough’
Climate Change Commission Vice Chairperson Lucille Sering says the pledges in the summit to cut greenhouse gas emissions were not as ambitious as what vulnerable countries like the Philippines need
UN to host biggest climate summit in history
What s on the agenda and what s at stake for Southeast Asian countries like the Philippines? Ayee Macaraig is at the UN Headquarters in New York She files this video blog
UN summit ‘biggest climate gathering in history’
The United Nations is set to host what it calls the biggest gathering of world leaders on climate change – but will this make a dent on deadlocked negotiations?
Building blocks missing for 2015 climate pact – ministers
The Paris agreement is meant to set the cap on years of haggling among the 195 parties of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change
Calls for action as world faces fork in climate road
Scientists politicians envoys and green groups stand united in calls for faster more drastic action to avoid the worst case scenarios of conflict drought and massive displacement highlighted in IPCC s climate report
International Conventions on Climate Change
International policies and initiatives that help address the climate change issue
New climate report an 'alarm clock moment': UN
An imminent scientific summary on climate change hopes to serve as an alarm clock moment for the world
