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COP27: Sunak declares climate action 'right thing to do',  but absence of fresh pledges mars start of Summit

Climate change

COP27: Sunak declares climate action 'right thing to do', but absence of fresh pledges mars start of Summit

UN Secretary-General joins raft of world leaders in addressing the first day proper of the UN Climate Summit, as richer nations come under pressure to step up to the plate on climate finance

clock 07 November 2022 • 10 min read
UK reasserts net zero plans with submission of updated climate action plan to UN

Politics

UK reasserts net zero plans with submission of updated climate action plan to UN

Updated nationally-determined contribution sets out further details on UK's 2030 decarbonisation target and its plans for boosting green skills and 'levelling up'

clock 23 September 2022 • 4 min read
'Polluters must pay': UN Secretary-General calls for windfall taxes on fossil fuel firms

Energy

'Polluters must pay': UN Secretary-General calls for windfall taxes on fossil fuel firms

In strongly worded address to UN General Assembly, Antonio Guterres aims latest stinging criticism at fossil fuel firms and 'their enablers' in the PR and investment industries

clock 20 September 2022 • 4 min read
How deeper global clean tech collaboration is needed to avoid net zero delay

Technology

How deeper global clean tech collaboration is needed to avoid net zero delay

Joint IEA, IRENA, and UN assessment of COP26 Breakthrough Agenda sets out priorities for collaborative climate action between businesses and governments

clock 20 September 2022 • 8 min read
'A Peace Plan for the 21st Century': UN Secretary-General urges countries to accelerate renewables transition

Energy

'A Peace Plan for the 21st Century': UN Secretary-General urges countries to accelerate renewables transition

António Guterres warns countries are getting a 'giant fail mark' from scientists and the public opinion over their climate strategies

clock 14 June 2022 • 4 min read
'Avoid employers who are killing the planet': UN Secretary-General issues graduation ceremony plea

Policy

'Avoid employers who are killing the planet': UN Secretary-General issues graduation ceremony plea

Students "hold the cards" in selecting their careers and should be mindful of climate crisis when choosing employers, António Guterres says

clock 25 May 2022 • 2 min read
Extreme heat emergency: More than a billion people facing heat risks without improved access to cooling

Climate change

Extreme heat emergency: More than a billion people facing heat risks without improved access to cooling

New report suggests investment in suppotrt of the UN Sustainable Development Goals could protect 450 million people by 2030

clock 17 May 2022 • 3 min read
'We are edging ever closer': World could temporarily hit 1.5C warming within five years, WMO warns

Climate change

'We are edging ever closer': World could temporarily hit 1.5C warming within five years, WMO warns

Risk of reaching totemic climate threshold set out in the Paris Agreement on at least one of next five years now at 50 per cent, research shows

clock 10 May 2022 • 6 min read
Should the WHO 'declare climate change a public health emergency'?

Policy

Should the WHO 'declare climate change a public health emergency'?

New report suggests urgent and focused action is needed to protect global heath as climate impacts and risks escalate

clock 29 March 2022 • 3 min read
Paris Agreement climate goal 'on life support', warns UN secretary-general

Policy

Paris Agreement climate goal 'on life support', warns UN secretary-general

Comments come as climate scientists mull mitigation options ahead of IPCC report

clock 21 March 2022 • 3 min read
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