Environment/Science

COP27 closes with deal on loss and damage: ‘A step towards justice’, says UN chief

New York: After days of intense negotiations that stretched into early Sunday morning in Sharm el-Sheikh, countries at the latest UN Climate Change Conference, COP27, reached agreement on an outcome that established a funding mechanism to compensate vulnerable nations for ‘loss and damage’ from climate-induced disasters. more

New UN weather report ‘a chronicle of chaos’: UN chief

New York: The latest report from the UN World Meteorological Organization (WMO), released on Sunday, shows that the last eight years have been the warmest on record, fuelled by ever-risin ...

Scale up funding for climate adaptation programmes, Guterres urges

New York: The UN Secretary-General on Monday called for urgent scaling up of funds for climate change adaptation and resilience building programmes, so they can offer real and lasting pro ...

UN chief welcomes G20 commitment to fight climate change

New York, UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, has welcomed the declaration released on Saturday at the conclusion of the 2018 G20 meeting of the world’s leading economies ...

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