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Stories for November 2021
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Monday, November 1st 2021 - 09:07 UTC
Prince Charles warns G20 leaders of their duties regarding climate issues
Prince Charles of Wales has warned world leaders gathered at the G20 summit in Rome that they were having an “overwhelming responsibility to generations yet unborn” regarding climate issues, ahead of the COP 26 summit in Glasgow.
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Monday, November 1st 2021 - 09:02 UTC
Argentine President wants debt swaps for climate action before heading for Glasgow
Argentine President Alberto Fernández, who is already in Glasgow for the United Nations Conference on Climate Change (COP26) after two days in Rome for the G20 Summit, is to propose a new goal of reducing emissions.
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Monday, November 1st 2021 - 09:00 UTC
Macron shows the bitter side of diplomacy at G20
French President Emmanuel Macron called Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison “a liar” as tensions between the two countries escalated despite diplomatic protocols in force while both leaders gathered at Rome for the G20 Summit.
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Monday, November 1st 2021 - 08:55 UTC
Biden announces US-UE negotiating carbon-conscious trade agreement
As the Glasgow COP26 climate Summit was starting, US President Joseph Biden said from Rome that the United States and the European Union had agreed to negotiate “the world's first trade agreement based on how much carbon is in a product”.
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Monday, November 1st 2021 - 08:51 UTC
G20 rounds up Rome Summit with compromise declaration on climate neutrality
Leaders of the G20 have issued their final statement Sunday at the end of a two-day summit, in which they pledged to increase efforts to reach the goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, a goal which is in line with a global commitment made in 2015 through the Paris Climate Accord.
