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Glasgow to see several protests on weekend as Climate Summit continues
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Glasgow [UK], November 5 (ANI/Sputnik): The UN Conference on Climate Change (COP26) organizers warned attendees about several environmental protests scheduled for Friday and Saturday in Glasgow, hosting the event.
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20 countries agree to stop funding fossil fuel projects abroad
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Glasgow [UK], November 5 (ANI): In a historic breakthrough, 20 countries on Thursday (local time) agreed to stop funding fossil fuel projects abroad at the COP26 climate summit.
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India urges global community to make solar power priority in energy deploy
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Glasgow [UK], November 5 (ANI): India on Thursday (local time) urged the global community to make solar power the priority in energy deployment at the COP26 climate summit.
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US-China dialogue underway at COP26
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Glasgow [UK], November 4 (ANI): The representatives of the US and China continued the exchanges on the issue of tackling climate change at the ongoing Conference of the Parties (COP26) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, reported Xinhua.
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Need to address mental health effects of climate change urgently, says Rep
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 4 (ANI): With a large majority of Americans expressing alarm and distress about climate change, a recent study states that is past time to address the burgeoning public health crisis at the individual, community, and societal levels.
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Insulate Britain climate protesters block roads around UK parliament
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
London [UK], November 4 (ANI/Sputnik): Over 60 people from Insulate Britain, an environmental movement demanding the UK government to insulate and retrofit homes to tackle climate change, blocked on Thursday two roads around Parliament, in central London, the group confirmed on social med
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'Climate of fear' prevails for human rights defenders in Afghanistan: UN E
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New York [US], November 4 (ANI): Human rights defenders in Afghanistan have reported that they are now enduring a "climate of fear", threats, and becoming increasingly desperate over conditions in the country, an independent UN expert said on Wednesday.
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Study finds ski tourism heading downhill due to climate change
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
London [UK], November 4 (ANI): Staffordshire University graduate Rachael Carver and Professor Fiona Tweed have investigated the impacts of melting snow and ice on the future of tourism.
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Least developed countries voice concern over progress at Glasgow Climate S
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
London [UK], November 3 (ANI/Sputnik): The chairman of the Least Developed Countries (LDC) bloc, Sonam Wangdi, on Wednesday said that progress at the UN Conference on Climate Change or COP26 in Glasgow, Scotland, has been "disappointing," and even "frightening" so far, as he claimed that the
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Russia may achieve carbon neutrality before 2060: Russian President's Clim
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], November 3 (ANI/Sputnik): Russia, under favourable circumstances, including the lifting of sanctions pressure, may achieve carbon neutrality before 2060, Russian Special Presidential Representative on Climate Issues Ruslan Edelgeriyev told Sputnik.
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Greta Thunberg calls for climate protest in Glasgow
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Glasgow [Scotland], November 3 (ANI/Sputnik): Swedish eco-activist Greta Thunberg called for a climate protest in Glasgow, where the UN Conference on Climate Change (COP26) is taking place.
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India calls for hike in climate finance to 1 trillion dollars
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 3 (ANI): Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Bhupender Yadav on Tuesday called upon the Like-Minded Developing Countries (LMDC) to work closely to protect the interests of developing countries, and urged that climate finance cannot continu
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