Environment/Science

COP21: Efforts advance on reaching climate change agreement, says UN official

New York, Dec 10 (Just Earth News/IBNS): A new stage in the development of a final agreement on climate change to limit global temperature rise to below two degrees Celsius or less has been reached on Wednesday, according to the United Nations Assistant Secretary-General on Climate Change. more

COP21: UN emphasizes impact of young and future generations to tackle climate change

New York, Dec 4 (Just Earth News/IBNS): The halls of the United Nations climate change conference (COP21) grew livelier on Thursday as hundreds of participants gathered to mark “young and ...

COP21: Digital map launched by UNICEF helps youth tell their climate change stories

New York, Dec 4 (Just Earth News/IBNS): A digital mapping project called ‘Act Now For Tomorrow,’ which was recently launched by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), is helping ...

COP21: UN joins France and private sector partners for action on electro-mobility

New York, Dec 4 (Just Earth News/IBNS): Recognizing that transportation has the highest growth in carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions of any industrial sector, transport representatives at the Un ...

COP21: UN spotlights need to protect forests and agriculture to improve livelihoods

New York, Dec 2 (Just Earth News/IBNS): The impacts of climate change on forests and agriculture were in the spotlight on Tuesday at the United Nations climate change conference (COP21), as ...

COP21: Ban tells world leaders a political moment like this may not come again

New York, Dec 1 (Just Earth News/IBNS): Speaking at the opening of the United Nations climate change conference (COP21) which seeks to reach a new universal agreement to protect people and p ...

COP21: Ban launches initiative to build climate resilience of vulnerable countries

New York, Dec 1 (Just Earth News/IBNS): On the opening day of the United Nations climate change conference (COP21), dozens of announcements were made in Paris by Governments and leaders of t ...

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