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Will COP29 deliver the trillions needed to tackle the man-made climate crisis?

·November 16, 2024·6 min read

Can countries agree on a new climate finance target? The UN’s main climate science body, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), has issued increasingly dire warnings about the accelerating pace of global warming. To limit temperature rise to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, substantial investments are needed in clean energy...

COP29: ‘You have every right to be angry’ Guterres tells youth advocates frustrated over lack of climate action

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·November 15, 2024·3 min read

“You have every right to be angry. I am angry too,” the UN chief posted on social media on Thursday following his meeting with youth representatives and young environmental activists. “I am angry because we are on the verge of the climate abyss, and I don’t see enough urgency or...

COP29 climate talks: Major emitters must right ‘colossal injustice’ on island nations, says UN chief

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·November 14, 2024·2 min read

“You have every right to be angry, and I am too. You are on the sharp end of a colossal injustice. An injustice that sees the very future of your islands threatened by rising seas; your people pounded by record hurricanes; your economies torn apart,” Mr. Guterres said. Addressing the...

‘Pay up or humanity will pay the price’, Guterres warns at COP29 climate summit

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·November 12, 2024·4 min read

“The sound you hear is the ticking clock. We are in the final countdown to limit global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius. And time is not on our side,” he warned. In his opening remarks to the World Leaders Climate Action Summit, the ministerial-level segment of COP29, which officially...

COP29: Push for agreement on a new climate finance deal ‘right from the start’

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·November 11, 2024·4 min read

“Let’s dispense with any idea that climate finance is charity;” runaway climate change is impacting “every single individual in the world one way or another,” Mr. Stiell said on Monday. His strong call to action kicked off the latest round of UN climate talks, which will run in the Azerbaijan...

Deadly weather events show cost of climate inaction

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·November 8, 2024·6 min read

The context in which COP29 begins in Baku, Azerbaijan on November 11 is critical but not hopeless. A UN climate report released just days before the Conference confirmed that global average temperature rise is approaching 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, which would put the world on course for a catastrophic rise...

Adapt or perish: UN calls for urgent action at COP29 climate summit

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·November 7, 2024·3 min read

In its Adaptation Gap Report 2024: Come Hell and High Water, UNEP warned that vulnerable communities are already bearing the brunt of climate change impacts through extreme weather and disasters. “Climate change is already devastating communities across the world, particularly the most poor and vulnerable. Raging storms are flattening homes,...

‘Climate crunch time is here,’ new UN report warns

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·October 24, 2024·2 min read

In short, countries must start curbing emissions immediately, according to the UN Emissions Gap Report 2024. “Climate crunch time is here,” said UNEP Executive Director Inger Andersen. “We need global mobilisation on a scale and pace never seen before, starting right now before the next round of climate pledges.” If...

Water is ‘canary in the coalmine’ of climate change: WMO

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·October 7, 2024·2 min read

The State of Global Water Resources report released on Monday also highlights that over the last five years below-normal conditions for river flows have been recorded with less water reaching reservoirs.The reduction in supplies has reduced the amount of water available for communities, agriculture and ecosystems. Currently, 3.6 billion people...

WMO partnership to highlight damaging impact of climate change on winter sports

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·October 4, 2024·1 min read

The two organizations are joining forces to call attention to the extensive impacts of increasing global temperatures on snow and ice while producing measures to strengthen scientific and sports-related conversations. The partnership is set to begin ahead of the 2024/2025 winter season and will initially last for five years. ‘The tip...

Climate crisis: Satellites and AI offer hope for global action, says UN weather agency

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·September 18, 2024·2 min read

“We need urgent and ambitious action now to support sustainable development, climate action and disaster risk reduction. The decisions we make today could be the difference between a future breakdown or a breakthrough to a better world,” said WMO Secretary-General Celeste Saulo. Echoing the stark assessment of the latest UN-partnered...

Half the world lacks social protection amid climate crisis, ILO warns

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·September 15, 2024·3 min read

Around 50 per cent of us do have access to at least one social protection benefit – but 3.8 billion people lack any kind of safety net, including 1.8 billion children worldwide, according to the World Social Protection Report 2024-26: Universal social protection for climate action and a just transition. “Climate...