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The delegation urges a dedicated programme on mountains and climate change, fairer access to climate finance and stronger support for countries facing climate-related losses.
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A UN report last month found the world is already on course to exceed βthe 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) warming threshold, a limit scientists say should prevent the worst effects of climate change.
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ANTALYA: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has stressed the urgent need for comprehensive reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, saying that although it is now impossible to prevent global warming from temporarily exceeding 1.5 degrees Celsius, immediate action is essential to limit the extent and duration of the overshoot. Addressing the closing press conference of the [β¦]
ANTALYA, Nov 14: Nepal and the Republic of Korea have signed a cooperation framework agreement on climate change aimed at mobilizing carbon finance, reducing greenhouse gas emissions and strengthen...
Kathmandu, November 13 Five Nepali ministers have travelled to Antalya, Turkey, to attend the 31st United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP31), prompting questions over whether all of them ne...
Pragmatists concede that the process of annual international talks on climate change feels like it is, at best, treading water for now.
Turkie. Nepal and the Republic of Korea (South Korea) have signed a framework agreement on cooperation on climate change with the objective of reducing climate change, mobilizing carbon finance, an...
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First Nations delegates from around the world have gathered at COP31 to push for greater Indigenous leadership in global climate action.
Countries are not meeting their goal of limiting climate change to 1.5 degrees Celsius. How much hotter the planet gets makes a profound difference for the impacts the world could see.
Turkey. Nepal has urged that issues of mountainous regions and climate change be established as a permanent and institutional agenda under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change ...
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For three decades, international climate diplomacy has been organised around preventing dangerous global warming. The Paris Agreement gave that ambition a common framework, national commitments and a long-term temperature goal. Yet, as world leaders gather for COP31 in Antalya, TΓΌrkiye, an uncomfortable reality demands recognition. Even if the world succeeds in accelerating decarbonisation, societies will [β¦]
Humanity has thrived thanks to a stable cryosphere, but burning fossil fuels has increased the risk of βaccelerating and partly irreversibleβ harm to the planetβs cold places.
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ANTALYA: Nepal has called for mountain-related issues and climate change to be established as permanent and institutionalized agenda items in negotiations under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Nepal has emphasized the need for a dedicated action plan, regular dialogue and strong high-level political commitment to address the growing climate risks facing [β¦]
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Climate action has stalled for five years as fossil fuel development keeps growing.
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ANTALYA: Foreign Minister Shisir Khanal held a bilateral meeting with United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday on the sidelines of the 31st Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP31) in Antalya, Turkey. During the meeting, Foreign Minister Khanal expressed his sincere gratitude to Secretary-General Guterres for conveying [β¦]
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The Coalition has gone from having a developed policy to having none. Meanwhile, Labor maintains it is on the right side of history.
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Nepal has committed to strengthening locally led climate adaptation and ensuring climate finance reaches vulnerable communities, using a global platform at COP31 to call for greater support for countries bearing the brunt of climate change despite contributing little to global emissions.
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ANTALYA (TΓRKΔ°YE): Senior officials at the 31st United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP31) have called for effective implementation of global climate commitments, accelerated expansion of clean energy, improved access to climate finance and stronger disaster resilience. Addressing a high-level session of heads of state and government, UN Climate Change Executive Secretary Simon Stiell, COP31 President [β¦]