World’s dash for natural gas endangers climate goals: Report
Efforts to stave off disastrous climate change collided this year with a global energy crisis of scarce gas and soaring fuel prices.
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Putin will not attend Group of 20 Summit in Bali
Experts said Putin's absence would hurt the summit, with no progress likely to be made on the Ukraine war and its global economic fallout.
World-famous glaciers ‘to disappear by 2050’
The United Nations cultural agency Unesco said that glaciers in one third of World Heritage sites will disappear by 2050, regardless of the applied climate scenario.
World population about to hit 8 billion later this week
The UN website has also started a countdown clock to November 15, which it is calling the "Day of Eight Billion".
$77 billion lost to scams worldwide in 2021 – up 16% from previous year: Study
The study also found that the global amount lost in 2021 had risen by 15.7 per cent, from US$47.8 billion in 2020.
COP27: UN unveils plan for global ‘early warning’ system
US$3.1 billion – or less than 50 cents per person – is a small price to pay for methods that can save millions of lives, said UN chief Antonio Guterres.
Nations band together to keep forest promise
The new group, which includes Japan, Pakistan, the UK, and others, accounts for roughly 35 per cent of the world's forests.
UN chief warns climate inaction ‘suicide pact’
Nations worldwide are coping with increasingly intense natural disasters that have taken thousands of lives and cost billions.
From rhetoric to realisation of climate actions at COP27
A key expectation is to have a stronger commitment from nations to reduce their emissions and keep global warming below 1.5 degrees Celsius.
Fighting the calamitous climate crisis: More urgent now than ever
Germany, its partners, and South Africa are setting up a Just Energy Transition Partnership and are investing billions in renewables.