Tag: COP26

Monday, November 8th 2021 - 19:39 UTC
Obama says world is nowhere near Paris Agreement goals

Former US President Barack Obama Monday protested the world was “too far” from the goals set at the 2015 Paris Agreement on climate action. “We are nowhere near where we should be,” Obama told the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26), in Glasgow, Scotland.
Saturday, November 6th 2021 - 09:50 UTC
Arbeleche lists Uruguay's achievements before COP26

Uruguay's Economy Minister Azucena Arbeleche has told the Energy Forum for the World Beyond Carbon, which was an event within Glasgow's COP26, that her country was one of the most prominent in terms of renewable energy.
Saturday, November 6th 2021 - 09:38 UTC
UK Overseas Territories in support of COP26 and marine biodiversity

The Association of United Kingdom Overseas Territories has published a joint statement in support of COP 26 and its commitment to protecting 30% of the world's oceans by 2030. The UK and its OTs are described as the world's fifth-largest marine estate.
Saturday, November 6th 2021 - 09:34 UTC
The 'pain threshold' and why COP26 won’t deliver

By Gwynne Dyer – “The world is on a catastrophic pathway to 2.7 C of heating,” said UN Secretary General António Guterres. “There is a high risk of failure of COP26.” That’s the global climate summit that meets every five years (but was postponed last year because of the pandemic) to plot a course away from climate disaster.
Friday, November 5th 2021 - 18:29 UTC
CAF, World Bank to join efforts financing climate actions

Latin America's Development Bank CAF and the World Bank’s Latin America and the Caribbean Region have pledged at COP-26 to join efforts to implement climate action strategies throughout, Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) countries, it was announced Friday.
Friday, November 5th 2021 - 09:03 UTC
Brazilian livestock producers will have to deal with manure differently to meet Glasgow's goals

Following Glasgow's declaration whereby the world -Brazil's delegation included- has agreed to reduce the emission of methane gas by 30% by 2030, Brazilian livestock producers have realized they will need to adjust their work so that the country can fulfil such a commitment.
Tuesday, November 2nd 2021 - 20:22 UTC
Over 100 leaders at Glasgow Summit vow to eliminate deforestation by 2030

Over 100 world leaders gathered at Glasgow's COP26 Climate Summit have agreed Tuesday to do their utmost to halt and reverse forest loss and land degradation by the year 2030.
Tuesday, November 2nd 2021 - 19:03 UTC
Glasgow's COP26: Argentine President insists on issues already outlined in Rome

Argentine President Alberto Fernández Tuesday appeared before the Glasgow Climate Change COP26 Summit with the same proposal he made days earlier in Rome during the G20 Summit.
Tuesday, November 2nd 2021 - 18:19 UTC
Bolsonaro says Brazil part of the solution, not the problem regarding climate change

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro insisted his country was a part of the solution and not of the problem of climate change. Bolsonaro's remarks came after the participation of Environment Minister Joaquim Leite in a side event at the UN COP 26 Climate Change Summit in Glasgow, which the Brazilian head of state chose not to attend and stay in Italy instead.
Tuesday, November 2nd 2021 - 09:50 UTC
Greta Thunberg says COP26 leaders only “pretend” to care

Swedish teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg said in the streets of Glasgow that “Leadership is out here, not inside COP26.”