By Lance Gould “GLASGOW — ‘It’s one minute to midnight,’ warned UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson at the opening ceremony of COP 26, the UN-brokered climate summit in Glasgow held earlier this month. As host head of state, Johnson — hardly a champion...
“The international climate change summit in Glasgow, Scotland, is coming to a close, but several top officials said today that they are concerned that too many countries are not willing to make enough real commitments to reducing emissions. U.N....
“China and the US have agreed to boost climate co-operation over the next decade, in a surprise announcement at the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow. The world’s two biggest CO2 emitters pledged to act in a joint declaration. It says both sides will...
Why the last week of the COP26 climate change negotiations is so critical “A climate conference that will help determine how hot the planet gets is approaching its final days in Glasgow, Scotland. The United Nations climate change conference, known as COP26, has...
“GLASGOW — More than 40 countries pledged to phase out coal, the dirtiest fossil fuel, in a deal announced Thursday at the United Nations climate summit that prompted Alok Sharma, the head of the conference, to proclaim “the end of coal is in sight.” But several...
“Brazil – where stretches of the Amazon rainforest have been cut down – was among the signatories on Tuesday. The pledge includes almost £14bn ($19.2bn) of public and private funds. Experts welcomed the move, but warned a previous deal in 2014 had...
