Decarbonisation is a failure. The alternative is adaptation, which directly counters impacts of global warming by making humans’ physical environment and infrastructure more resilient.
My hope for the COP31 meeting in Turkey is that it recognises global climate policy is at a crossroads.
The world is inexorably warming. This is bringing sea level rise, polar and glacier ice melt, and heatwaves that prove deadly in urban heat islands.
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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.
At least 93 planes have landed in Antalya, Turkey, since the United Nations’ COP31 climate summit began. The planes emitted the same amount of fuel as flying around the world three times, according to Oxfam. CNN’s Antoinette Radford reports.
Turkey. Nepal has expressed its commitment to implement the 'Initiative for Effective Adaptation and Resilience' (LIAF-AR) facility in accordance with the needs and priorities of local communities ...
Guterres says the world must fight harder, accuses the fossil fuel lobby of delaying climate action at critical talks.
Consumer price pressures from fuel to food were a major driver in the US midterm elections that handed control of Congress to Democrats, and are an important vulnerability for leaders across Europe, Asia and elsewhere.
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