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New York: Marking the 35th anniversary of the Declaration on the Right to Development, independent UN human rights experts on Friday issued an urgent call to “move from promises to action” on the outcomes of the UN’s landmark COP26 climate conference. more
Chinese President Xi Jinping faces criticism for skipping COP26 global climate summit

Beijing: Chinese President Xi Jinping has been facing criticism from across the globe for not attending COP26 — a global summit on climate change convened by the United Nations Orga ...

As COP26 deadline slips, negotiators to keep working to agree crucial climate deal

New York: COP26, the UN climate summit in Glasgow, is running into overtime, as leaders and negotiators will keep working to reach a deal that could spare the world from catastrophic glob ...

COP26 opens in Glasgow with calls for ambitious solutions to tackle climate emergency

New York: The eyes of the world are on Glasgow, Scotland, as the United Nations climate summit known as COP26 opens with UN diplomats and politicians alike calling for more action – ...

‘Serious risk’ COP26 may not deliver, warns Guterres, urging more climate actio

New York:  There is a “serious risk” that the UN climate conference (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland, “will not deliver”, the UN chief told journalists on Friday ...

COP26: Praise for updated national climate plans, but ‘nowhere near’ goal

New York: New or updated climate action plans by governments can be effective in reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, but greater efforts are needed to keep global warming at bay, the ...

Finance Ministers hold key to COP26 success: UN Secretary-General

New York: The COP26 climate change conference must be “a turning point” if countries are to limit global temperature rise in line with the Paris Agreement, UN Secretary-Genera ...

Key COP26 climate summit postponed to ‘safeguard lives

New York : With no end in sight to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, the UN climate change talks which were due to take place in Scotland later in the year, have been postponed until Oct ...