Dubai, United Arab Emirates — AFP Vice President Kamala Harris told the UN’s COP28 conference on Saturday that the United States will contribute $3 billion to a global climate fund — its first pledge to it since 2014. “Today, we are demonstrating through action how the world can and must meet this crisis,” Harris ...
ANKARA (AA) – Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati has blamed Israel for the country’s climate crisis, saying the Israeli army’s aggressive use of bombings, particularly phosphorus weapons, has caused irreparable damage to more than 5,000 square meters of agricultural land and forests. “The serious environmental deterioration in Le...
ANKARA (AA) – France’s president Emmanuel Macron encouraged G7 countries on Friday to stop using coal by 2030. He enumerated several key points to improve the fight against climate change during an address to the United Nations Climate Change Conference COP28 in Dubai. The “primary priority” for the most developed countries i...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The UN chief has warned of the catastrophic effects of climate change, saying that “humanity’s fate hangs in the balance.” “The climate challenge is not just another issue in your inbox. Protecting our climate is the world’s greatest test of leadership. I urge you to lead,” UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told world...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Afghanistan’s acting Foreign Minister Mawlavi Amir Khan Muttaqi left for China on Tuesday to attend the third meeting of the Trans-Himalayan Forum. According to the Afghan Foreign Ministry, the forum will discuss economic cooperation, regional connectivity, and climate changes in the countries around the Himalayan mountai...
Jean Su, from Center for Biological Diversity, emphasized the need for Biden to act decisively against fossil fuels NEW YORK – Tens of thousands rallied in New York City urging President Joe Biden to address the climate crisis and phase out fossil fuels. This was the largest climate-focused demonstration in the U.S. in recent times. [&he...
In a joint statement, human rights groups urge governments to use COP28 to highlight human rights violations in the UAE, which affect six different sectors LONDON – Amnesty International and more than 200 other civil society groups have called on governments to review both the human rights and climate policies of the United Arab Emirates...
Jakarta, Indonesia — AFP Soaring pollution in Indonesia’s capital has left 35-year-old Asep Muizudin Muhamad Darmini hooked up to breathing tubes at a Jakarta hospital, gazing at the dense grey haze outside. Air pollution is hardly a new phenomenon in the megalopolis, but monitors and activists say the effects have been even worse ...
European Union’s climate agency reports that global average temperature reached 16.77°C between June and August COPEHHAGEN, Denmark – Summer 2023 has been officially declared as the hottest ever recorded on Earth. The European Union’s climate agency has reported that the global average temperature reached 16.77°C (62.18 degre...
– African countries have comparative advantage in renewables such as abundance of solar, wind, and geothermal resources, say analysts KAMPALA, Uganda, (AA) – As the Africa Climate Week kickstarts in Nairobi, Kenya, analysts have said the continent can offer solutions to the global environmental crisis. Katongole Hadija, who teaches...
