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'Despite intensive discussions over the past two weeks in Bonn, the issue of how countries would finance their climate action policies remained vague.'
One of the Global Climate Action Portal's data partners that runs the global disclosure system experienced a 35 per cent growth in environmental disclosures between 2020 and 2021.
'All the emissions reduction pledges at COP26 will only limit climate change to 2.4 degrees above pre-industrial levels, well above the target of 1.5 degrees.'
Commonwealth Secretary-General delivered her statement to the resumed high-level segment of the conference, hours after a draft outcome document was released by the United Kingdom
During the 'Advancing Gender Equality in Climate Action' event, countries set out bold new steps to ensure climate action is gender-responsive.
Images of Simon Kofe standing in a suit and tie at a lectern set up in the sea, with his trouser legs rolled up have been drawing attention to Tuvalu's struggle against rising sea levels.
The adoption of 'climate-smart' rice has led to significant increases in yield in climate change stress-affected areas, including those inhabited by the most impoverished farming communities.
The first week of the COP26 under the UK Presidency saw around 120 leaders gather to make progress on the shared goal of limiting global temperatures to 1.5 degrees.
The action during COP26 will point to the fact that the US military is the single largest consumer of fossil fuels in the world, and has served as the enforcer of occupation of indigenous and sovereign lands.
Activists have dismissed the first week’s fanfare as “greenwashing,” even as country delegates and U.N. negotiators are still working on the details for implementing old and new promises.
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