DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – Hundreds of Bangladeshi youngsters demanded an end to global fossil fuel financing on Friday and an increase in contributions to renewable energy. Demonstrators protested in the nation’s capital of Dhaka and other cities under the ‘Fridays for Future’ global theme to show solidarity with Global Climat...
Dubai, United Arab Emirates (AFP): The head of the United Arab Emirates’ national oil company has been named as president of this year’s COP28 climate talks, prompting criticism from environmental activists. Sultan al-Jaber, chief executive of the UAE’s Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), will be the first CEO to take the...
An infographic titled ”10 most devastating climate disasters of 2022″ in Ankara, Turkiye on December 27, 2022. The 10 most destructive climate disasters of 2022 caused more than $200 billion in damages.
GENEVA (AA) – International donors on Monday pledged over $9 billion to help Pakistan recover from the lethal floods that devastated the country last year. The commitments were made at the International Conference on Climate Resilient Pakistan in Geneva, jointly hosted by Pakistan and the UN. “The conference marked the beginning of a structure...
Jakarta, Indonesia (AFP): Indonesia is relocating its capital from Jakarta to a site more than 1,000 kilometres away in the rainforests of Borneo Island. The project is set to launch at the end of President Joko Widodo’s term in 2024. Here’s why Southeast Asia’s largest economy is moving its administrative centre to Nusantara...
ISLAMABAD (AA) – Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will co-host together with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres the International Conference on Climate Resilient Pakistan in Geneva on Jan. 9, Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry said Thursday. “The conference will serve as a platform to marshal international support for the people...
LAGOS, Nigeria (AA) – Shell Petroleum has agreed to pay €15 million ($15.9 million) as settlement to Nigeria over oil pipeline leaks in the country’s Niger Delta in the 2000s. In a statement on Friday, Shell said it had negotiated the settlement for the benefit of the Oruma, Goi and Ikot Ada Udo communities in […]
ANKARA (AA) – The UN climate change conference COP27 “marks a small step towards climate justice,” said European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Sunday. At the conference in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, nearly 200 countries made a historic deal to establish a “loss and damage” fund to help vulnerable countries hit hard by climate...
Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt (AFP): A fraught UN COP27 summit wrapped up Sunday with a landmark deal on funding to help vulnerable countries cope with devastating climate impacts — and deep disappointment over a failure to push further ambition on cutting emissions. The two-week talks, which at times appeared to teeter on the brink of [&hellip...
Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt (AFP): UN climate talks were extended by a day Friday in an effort to break deadlock as nations tussle over funding for developing countries battered by weather disasters and ambition on curbing global warming. Representatives from nearly 200 countries have gathered at the COP27 in Egypt for two weeks with the […]
