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Denmark, Costa Rica agree at COP26 to phase out oil, gas production
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Glasgow [UK], November 11 (ANI/Sputnik): At the UN climate change conference (COP26) in Glasgow on Thursday, Denmark and Costa Rica launched a first of its kind alliance of national and subnational governments committed to phasing out new oil and gas projects as part of their transition to r
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Harris, Macron aim for increased US-France cooperation
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Washington [US], November 11 (ANI): The United States and France have agreed to take the bilateral cooperation in space to a new level by establishing a regular dialogue between them to coordinate joint efforts on climate change, security, science and technology, the White House said.
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Ministers of Brazil, South Africa, India, China representing BASIC Group m
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Glasgow [UK], November 11 (ANI): Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Bhupender Yadav has chaired a meeting at COP26 in Glasgow, UK in which ministers of Brazil, South Africa, India and China represented the BASIC Group.
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UAE endorses policy action agenda for transition to sustainable food and a
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Glasgow [UK], November 10 (ANI/WAM): Mariam bint Mohammed Almheiri, Minister of Climate Change and the Environment, announced the UAE's endorsement of the Policy Action Agenda for Transition to Sustainable Food and Agriculture, at a high-level event on 'Accelerating a just rural transition t
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Johnson to attend COP26 in Glasgow later on Wednesday: Spokesperson
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Glasgow [UK], November 10 (ANI/Sputnik): UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson later on Wednesday plans to make a second visit to the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) currently being held in Glasgow, his office told Sputnik.
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UNGA President discusses UN reform, vaccines situation, climate change wit
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New York [US], November 10 (ANI): United Nations General Assembly President Abdulla Shahid has met Minister of State for External Affairs Rajkumar Ranjan Singh and discussed UN reform, vaccines, sustainable recovery from COVID-19 and Climate change.
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US House Speaker urges COP26 to advance gender equality in climate action
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London [UK], November 9 (ANI/Sputnik): US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Tuesday urged the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland, to quickly address gender inequality in climate action as she noted that 80 per cent of people displaced worldwide by global
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Pelosi says Congress still plans on passing USD1.75 trillion reconciliatio
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Washington [US], November 9 (ANI/Sputnik): The US Congress still intends to pass the $1.75 trillion reconciliation bill that funds social welfare and climate change efforts next week, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Tuesday during a press conference at the UN Climate Conference in Glasgow
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Warming temperatures increasingly alter structure of atmosphere, scientist
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Washington [US], November 9 (ANI): Climate change is having an increasing impact on the structure of Earth's atmosphere, a new international study shows.
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Success of multilateralism depends on success of General Assembly: India a
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New York [US], November 9 (ANI): India on Monday (local time) said that the success of multilateralism principally depends on the success of the General Assembly as the world is facing challenges related to sustainable development, security, migration, health and climate change.
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Climate change is a reality, challenges would increase in future: NDRF Dir
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New Delhi [India], November 8 (ANI): National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) Director General SN Pradhan on Monday accepted that climate change is a reality and would lead to challenges in future.
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Obama hits out at Russia's Putin, China's Xi for skipping COP26
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Glasgow [UK], November 8 (ANI/Sputnik): Former US president Barack Obama on Monday criticized the presidents of Russia and China, Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping respectively, for not attending in person the UN Conference on Climate Change (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland.
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