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Climate Change

Pasztor: Paris Agreement a ‘decisive turning point’

Less than two months after 196 parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) adopted the Paris Agreement, the global community is...

admin - February 1, 2016

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Kinley: After the Paris elation, what next?

With the euphoria of Paris slowly fading, and the daunting reality of what remains to be done settling in, Richard Kinley, UNFCCC Deputy Executive...

admin - February 1, 2016

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Ban Ki-moon formally invites world leaders to sign Paris Agreement

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has officially invited all world leaders to a signing ceremony on 22 April for the historic climate agreement that...

admin - January 26, 2016

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Post-COP21: How Paris Agreement can take effect

The Paris Agreement was adopted in December, but further steps are needed in 2016 to bring it into effect. The first date to look...

admin - January 25, 2016

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Ban Ki-moon urges govts to ratify Paris Agreement

UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, on Thursday (January 21, 2016) at a Plenary Session (titled: "The New Climate and Development Imperative") of the World Economic...

admin - January 22, 2016

Climate Change

Paris Agreement: New era for climate diplomacy

Approved by over 190 countries, the Paris Agreement is a universal, legal agreement that will be opened for signatures in April 2016 and come...

admin - January 8, 2016

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UN lists climate funding commitments

A number of climate funding announcements by developed country governments, multilateral development banks and multilateral climate funds have been made in the run-up to and...

admin - December 6, 2015

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