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Admit your failures, climate summit host Al Jaber tells nations: COP 28

17 July, 2023 Andrew 0 Comments Animals Climate Change COP COP 28 Dubai UAE Energy Food Nature Oceans Plastic Pollution Poverty Science Water 10:15 am

Governments must face up to their failures to tackle climate change at the next UN climate summit, the president of COP28 has told governments. The meeting in November should agree to triple renewable energy by…

US refuses climate reparations for developing nations

17 July, 2023 Andrew 0 Comments Animals Climate Change COP Energy Food Nature Oceans Plastic Pollution Poverty Science Water 10:00 am

The US says it will not "under any circumstances" pay reparations to developing countries hit by climate change-fuelled disasters. Climate envoy John Kerry made the remarks at a Congress hearing before flying to China to…

US, China aim to revive climate talks as planet reels under extreme weather

17 July, 2023 Andrew 0 Comments Animals Climate Change COP 28 Dubai UAE Energy Food Nature Oceans Plastic Pollution Poverty Science Water 9:38 am

BEIJING, China - U.S. climate envoy John Kerry said it was "imperative that China and the United States make real progress" in the four months before U.N.-sponsored climate talks begin in Dubai, as waves of…

UAEU launches its COP28 roadmap

23 June, 2023 Andrew 0 Comments Amazon Animals Climate Change COP COP 28 Dubai UAE Energy Food Nature Oceans Plastic Pollution Poverty Science Water 12:48 pm

AL AIN- This United Arab Emirates University (UAEU) today launched its strategic plan of action leading up to the meeting of the 28th Conference of the Parties (COP28) to the United Nations Framework Convention on…

Mexico says mass bird deaths likely caused by El Niño’s hotter waters

16 June, 2023 Andrew 0 Comments Animals Climate Change Food Nature Oceans Pollution Science Water 9:34 am

MEXICO CITY - The deaths of hundreds of wild birds along Mexico's Pacific coast were likely caused by the El Niño climate phenomenon, local authorities said on Thursday, as the country and its surrounding oceans…

Mexico swelters as ‘atypical’ heat wave grips nation

16 June, 2023 Andrew 0 Comments Climate Change COP Energy Food Nature Oceans Plastic Pollution Poverty 9:19 am

MEXICO CITY / MONTERREY, Mexico - Climate Change - Earth Rally - Mexican authorities urged people across the country to take safety precautions on Thursday as an unusual late Spring heat wave sent temperatures soaring,…

Threat to whales complicates US research into seaweed for biofuel

13 June, 2023 Andrew 0 Comments Animals Climate Change COP Food Nature Oceans Plastic Pollution 11:01 am

U.S. Department of Energy has invested $55 million in seaweed biofuel research Whale biologists worry kelp growing gear could entangle critically endangered North Atlantic right whales Seaweed farms test out stiffer, whale-friendly gear CAPE COD…

Investors may exit consumer goods firms over EU deforestation law

13 June, 2023 Andrew 0 Comments Amazon Animals Climate Change Energy Food Nature Oceans Plastic Pollution Poverty Science Water 10:23 am

LONDON - As a new European Union zero-tolerance deforestation law looms, several major investors told Reuters they are concerned about their exposure to the issue, with some saying they could quit consumer goods makers with…

UAE looks to salty, muddy mangroves in climate change fight

12 June, 2023 Andrew 0 Comments Climate Change Nature Oceans Pollution Science Water 9:09 am

Climate Change - ABU DHABI - Against the heat, urbanisation and sand of the United Arab Emirates, the placid, muddy waterways of the Gulf state's coastal mangroves are being restored and planted in an ambitious…

EU to try again for renewable energy deal after nuclear row

11 June, 2023 Andrew 0 Comments Climate Change COP Energy Oceans Pollution Science 6:00 pm

Climate Change - European Union countries will try again next week to pass a deal on new renewable energy targets, which have been stalled by concerns from France and other states that the law sidelines…

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