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World
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International
12/8/2021 7:09:29 PM
An adviser to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson resigned Wednesday after footage of her joking about a Christmas party at Downing Street during lockdown last year aired on national television.
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World
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International
11/14/2021 6:58:23 PM
The world must act quickly to cut greenhouse gas emissions and avoid "catastrophic" global warming, scientists and politicians warned after nearly 200 countries reached a last-minute agreement in Glasgow on Saturday.
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World
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International
11/13/2021 3:12:00 PM
Negotiators at the this year's U.N. climate talks were poring over fresh proposals aimed at sealing a deal that could credibly be said to boost the world's efforts to tackle global warming.
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World
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International
11/6/2021 10:50:23 AM
Glasgow was on Saturday bracing for a second day of protests against what campaigners say is a lack of urgency to address global warming after Greta Thunberg labelled the crunch UN climate summit there a "failure".
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World
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International
11/5/2021 11:38:42 AM
Thousands of youth activists were preparing to descend on Glasgow on Friday to protest against what they say is a dangerous lack of action by leaders at the COP26 climate summit.
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World
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International
11/2/2021 6:17:49 PM
On a train hurtling toward Glasgow, the mayors of Seattle and Freetown, Sierra Leone, greeted each other like long lost sisters, bonded by years of Zoom calls and collaboration in the fight against climate change.
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World
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International
11/2/2021 2:03:13 PM
Environmentalists have launched their traditional ‘Fossil of the Day’ awards at the U.N. climate conference, with Britain and Australia the first to receive the questionable honor.
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World
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International
11/2/2021 10:56:05 AM
World leaders will conclude a two-day climate summit on Tuesday with a multibillion-dollar pledge to end deforestation by 2030 -- a date too far away for campaigners who want action sooner to save the planet's lungs.
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World
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International
11/1/2021 3:21:02 PM
The COP26 climate summit must act to "save humanity" and protect the planet, UN chief Antonio Guterres said Monday, warning that currently "we are digging our own graves".
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World
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International
11/1/2021 3:05:19 PM
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has opened a global climate summit, saying the world is strapped to a 'doomsday device'.
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World
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International
11/1/2021 10:27:02 AM
More than 120 world leaders meet in Glasgow on Monday in a "last, best hope" to tackle the climate crisis and avert a looming global disaster.
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World
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Region
10/28/2021 6:59:24 PM
China on Thursday submitted a renewed emissions cutting plan that promised to peak carbon pollution before 2030 but which experts said stopped short of the radical decarbonisation required of the world's largest polluter.
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World
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Region
10/25/2021 6:43:53 PM
Saudi Arabia's de facto ruler pledged more than $1 billion for new environmental initiatives on Monday, taking further steps to bolster environmental credentials of the world's top oil exporter.
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World
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International
10/13/2021 12:15:19 PM
The global transition to clean energy is still far too slow to meet climate pledges and risks fuelling even greater price volatility, the International Energy Agency warned on Wednesday.
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World
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International
10/7/2021 9:51:48 AM
Britain is eager to brandish its environmental credentials before the upcoming COP26 summit, but it is grappling at the same time with mounting protests from climate activists.
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World
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International
10/5/2021 8:48:09 PM
More than five billion people could have difficulty accessing water in 2050, the United Nations warned Tuesday, urging leaders to seize the initiative at the COP26 summit.
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Egypt
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Politics
7/27/2021 10:05:29 AM
The minister's remarks came on Monday at the preparatory ministerial meeting held by the United Kingdom ahead of November's United Nations Climate Change Conference ('COP26') summit in Glasgow
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