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By Shaun TANDON The scene would be unthinkable elsewhere these days — US and Chinese envoys, smiling and embracing, hailing their friendship as leading the world together in the right direction. But the spirit of cooperation was on full display in Dubai, where a UN climate summit on Wednesday sealed a historic if watered-down agreement to begin to transition away from oil, gas and coal, the main culprits in the planetary crisis. Hailing the summit […]
by Marlowe HOOD / Patrick GALEY Agence France Presse Madrid, Spain (AFP) — A major climate summit wrapped up in Madrid Sunday with a compromise deal that left little to show, prompting UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to lament a “lost opportunity” to act. Almost a fortnight of COP25 talks just squeezed out hard-earned compromises from countries over a global warming battle plan that fell well short of what science says is needed to tackle the […]
by Isabelle LE PAGE with Andrew BEATTY in Sydney Agence France Presse Tens of thousands of protesters, primarily in Europe and Asia, hit the streets on Friday to make a fresh call for action against global warming, hoping to raise pressure on world leaders days before a UN climate summit. Carrying signs that read “One planet, one fight” and “The sea is rising, so must we”, thousands flocked to Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate for the […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday reminded his US counterpart Donald Trump of his responsibility to history over his decision to quit the Paris climate change agreement, in an interview aired on CBS. Speaking on the eve of the One Planet Summit, two years to the day since 195 nations adopted the climate plan, Macron rejected the idea that Trump could negotiate a fresh deal and termed his withdrawal an […]
A French water and waste company has teamed up with the country’s crack counter-terrorism unit to protect water systems from terror attacks during global climate talks that kick off on November 30 in the French capital. Some 40,000 to 45,000 people are due to attend the event north of Paris and 138 heads of states have signed up for the opening ceremony, which takes place just over two weeks after jihadists murdered 130 people in […]
