Tag: COP26

• Wednesday, November 10th 2021 - 19:43 UTC

  Sustainable goals require funding, Brazilian minister tells Glasgow

  

  Brazil's Environment Minister Joaquim Leite Wednesday demanded attendees at Glasgow's COP26 Summit that it was up to the wealthiest countries in the world to provide for the financing of the developing nations' clean development strategies.

• 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.