Tag: Paris Agreement on Climate Change

• Tuesday, April 16th 2019 - 06:44 UTC

  American Museum of Natural History will not host a dinner to honor Bolsonaro

  

  The American Museum of Natural History in New York said on Monday that it will not host a planned gala dinner that was set to honor Brazil's far-right President Jair Bolsonaro as “Person of the Year.”

• Saturday, March 16th 2019 - 09:15 UTC

  The climate strikers should inspire us all to act at the next UN summit

  

  By Antonio Guterres (*) Without ambitious action, the Paris agreement is meaningless. So I’m bringing world leaders together to build the future we need. Tens of thousands of young people took to the streets on Friday with a clear message to world leaders: act now to save our planet and our future from the climate emergency.

• Wednesday, December 12th 2018 - 08:29 UTC

  Brazil's future environment minister favors remaining in Paris Agreement but with country autonomy

  

  Brazil’s future environment minister under President-elect Jair Bolsonaro said that the country should stay in the Paris Agreement on climate change, but the world must also respect its autonomy to set its environmental policies.

• Monday, December 3rd 2018 - 07:46 UTC

  G20 Buenos Aires declaration calls for reforms to world trade system; US skips climate change chapter

  

  In a joint declaration, the leaders of G20 nations on Saturday agreed to build consensus for fair and sustainable development through an agenda that is “people-centered, inclusive and forward-looking”.

• Monday, December 3rd 2018 - 06:34 UTC

  UN chief welcomes G20 commitment to fight climate change

  

  UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, has welcomed the declaration released on Saturday at the conclusion of the 2018 G20 meeting of the world’s leading economies, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, which reaffirms a commitment to raise ambition in the fight against climate change.

• Sunday, December 2nd 2018 - 01:40 UTC

  UN Remarks to G20 session on Climate and Sustainable Development

  

  In order to accomplish the 2030 Sustainable Development agenda, United Nations consider the big trouble in relation to climate change the world is suffering. UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres remarks to G20 session on Climate and Sustainable Development as an advice on the “greatest threat to human security and sustainable development and that climate change is still running faster than we are”.