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Finally, Good News That Inspires Some Hope for Climate Change
If you watch the news today, you’d be forgiven for thinking that we live in dark times. Impending climate change, overpopulation, political discord, conflict in Ukraine…
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Flooded Pakistan, Symbol of Climate Injustice
The $9 billion promised to Pakistan is only a sticking plaster until the west acknowledges the dire climate legacy in south Asia. This month the United…
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How Climate Change Fuels Global Hunger
As the climate crisis deepens, millions more people could face food insecurity. Welcome to today’s Morning Brief, where we’re looking at the link between climate change…
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US Must Assist With Climate Finance
As US President Joe Biden is due to meet with leaders from Southeast Asian countries this week at the US-Asean Summit in Washington from May 12-13,…
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The Rich World’s Empty Climate Promises
International community must take steps to ensure a just and equitable transition The pandemic wreaked havoc on many economies, hampering GDP growth and straining government budgets.…
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Climate Action: We’re Running Out of Time
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is a United Nations (UN) body set up to commission major assessments of the state of science on climate…
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An Appeal to The UN Secretary-General
The current secretary-general of the United Nations, Antonio Guiterres, has already established himself as a champion for actions to tackle climate change to all countries and…
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World Must Take Action to Protect Climate Refugees Now
Climate migrants need to be dealt with in a three-pronged approach: firstly, invest in resilient infrastructure in disaster-prone areas; secondly, regulate the migratory process; and lastly,…
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COP26 Was A Flop But There is Still Hope
Only revolutionary activism can help save civilisation from a climate catastrophe. The outcome of international climate summits has barely changed during the last few decades. The…
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COP26 Deal: How Rich Countries Failed to Meet Their Obligations to The Rest of The World
COP26, the recently concluded UN climate change conference in Glasgow, marked a critical turning point in global politics. From now on, the issue of climate justice…
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What COP26 Achieved — and What It Didn’t
Despite two years of international diplomacy and two weeks of intensive negotiation, Glasgow’s COP26 summit was unlikely to be a decisive moment in the 25-year journey…
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The Gap Between Talk and Action on Climate Is on Full Display in Glasgow
Environmental disasters are rapidly engulfing the world. Can bureaucracy meet their pace? Since last week, hundreds of world leaders and environmental advocates have descended on Glasgow,…