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COP27: What is the Mangrove Alliance for Climate that India has joined?
Fp Explainers •At the United Nations climate summit, COP27, India is making the right moves. It was among the first nations to join the Mangrove Alliance for Climate, which aims to raise awareness about mangroves as a ‘nature-based’ solution to climate change
'UN climate summit a failure': Greta Thunberg joins protests against inaction by leaders at COP26 in Glasgow
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World's internet addiction comes at a costs to the climate but it can be a solution to the climate crisis
•Among the many items on the COP26 agenda, countries are preparing a roadmap for using artificial intelligence (AI) to fight climate change.
Delegates meet virtually to discuss COP15 draft agreements after summit is postponed till 2022
•Environmental and conservation groups are lobbying for stronger language in the draft agreement around several key issues.
Greta Thunberg might attend COP26 after threatening to skip it over vaccine inequality
•She said at the time that the conference in Glasgow should be postponed if everyone could not attend on the same terms.
David Attenborough to address political leaders at UN summit about tackling 'crippling' threat of climate change
•“No better person to build momentum for further change,” British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said about David Attenborough, who has been appointed 'people’s advocate' at the November global summit.
Greta Thunberg will skip COP26 unless all countries have equal access to vaccines
•“Inequality and climate injustice is already the heart of the climate crisis,” she said on Twitter on Friday
US will rejoin Paris climate accord on first day of new administration, pledges Joe Biden
•The US president-elect reiterated his campaign pledge that his administration will set a target of cutting US emissions to net-zero 'no later than 2050'
Strategy to finance climate battle by reducing emissions laid out by UN envoy Mark Carney
•Making companies accountable for their impact on the planet is the first step in reducing emissions, the envoy said.
Global Climate Strike 20 Sept: Where will you be when the world demands urgent climate action?
Tech2 News Staff •The strike is timed to coincide with big international, including the UN Climate Summit, and release of the IPCC Oceans and Cryosphere Report.