Tag: climate action
Climate action regressing in Asia-Pacific, regional UN body says
The region will miss all or most of the targets of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) unless efforts are accelerated between now and 2030
UN report issues stern ‘final’ warning on climate change inaction
Simon Stiell, the U.N.'s climate change executive secretary, called the 2020s "a critical decade for climate action."
Photos: Philippines’ ‘Pedal for People and Planet’
About 1,000 bikers participate in the all-women “Pedal for People and Planet” in Quezon City, Philippines, on March 12, 2023
UN chief says stop ‘blame game’ at deadlocked climate talks
Guterres said there was "clearly a breakdown in trust" between developed and emerging economies
Indigenous campaigners at COP27 channel ‘spirit’ of nature
Small-scale demonstrations have demanded climate justice, including more urgent action to protect the Amazon
Photos: ’Asian Climate Strike’
The "Asian Day of Action for Climate and Economic Justice" demands urgent and responsive climate and economic action
Pope expresses hope COP27 to ‘foster … concrete commitment to care...
COP27 entered its final week with rich carbon polluters and developing nations at loggerheads over how to fund reductions in emissions
People’s movements across Asia call for ‘climate and economic justice’
“We demand from COP 27 and the G20 summit the delivery of adequate, grants-based, and accessible climate finance"
World leaders gather for climate talks under cloud of crises
The UN's COP27 climate summit comes as nations worldwide are facing increasingly intense natural disasters
Photos: Filipino cyclists pedal for people and the planet
Filipino cycling enthusiasts and climate activists hold a coordinated bike ride in the Philippine capital on Sunday, November 6, 2022
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