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Mayors, Scientists and Communities along the Mississippi River come together to tackle plastic pollution Pixabay / 04 Mar 2021 Washington, D.C., 3 March 2021–The Mississippi River Plastic Pollution Initiative was launched today at the Mississippi River Cities and Towns Initiative’s ninth annual Capitol M...
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UN report calls for scaling-up carbon capture, use and storage UNEP: A coal power plant in Tuzla, Bosnia. Trapping and storing carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from fossil power generation and industry is needed urgently to achieve carbon neutrality, the UN’s Economic Commission for Euro...
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UN Chief Calls for Immediate Global Action to Phase Out Coal Credit: Victoria Tanner/Unsplash UN Climate Change News, 2 March – In a message to the Powering Past Coal Alliance Summit, UN Secretary-General António Guterres today urged all go...
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UN climate report a ‘red alert’ for the planet: Guterres WFP/Matteo Cosorich: Global temperature rise could lead to more frequent and more intense extreme weather events, such as prolonged droughts or devastating floods. Nations are “nowhere close” to the level of action needed to fight global warming, a UN cl...
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Greater Climate Ambition Urged as Initial NDC Synthesis Report Is PublishedCity Skyline Credit: Pexels Bonn/ New York, 26 February 2021 – UN Climate Change today published the Initial NDC Synthesis Report, showing nations must redouble efforts and submit stronger, more ambitious nat...
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FROM THE FIELD: Poor and vulnerable bear brunt of climate changeIRIN/Jacob Zocherman: The most vulnerable people in the world, like these displaced persons in South Sudan, are more likely to suffer from the effects of climate change. People living in low-income countries are at least four times more likely to be disp...
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UN chief lauds ‘day of hope’ as US officially rejoins Paris climate accord Unsplash/Matthew T. RaderExtreme weather in Texas has brought unseasonal snow storms resulting in widespread electricity blackouts across the US state. The offi...