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COP26

An ambitious target to halt financing for fossil fuel projects abroad

GLASGOW (CU)_In another major achievement at this year's climate summit in Glasgow, more than 20 countries and financial institutions pledged to halt financing fossil...

London to become the world’s first ‘net zero finance centre’

GLASGOW (CU)_In April this year, the UNFCCC Climate Action Champions, the UN Race to Zero campaign and the 2021 Conference of the Parties (COP26),...

All is not lost in efforts to ‘consign coal to history’

GLASGOW (CU)_The goal of “consigning coal to history” was expected to be one of major focus areas of this year's UN climate summit (COP26)...

Canadian PM vows to present more ambitious targets

GLASGOW (CU)_The government of Canada, which continues to aim for deeper reductions in the country's greenhouse gas emissions, has been running into opposition from...

‘I do not underestimate the challenge’, COP26 president says in opening address

GLASGOW (CU)_Heavy rain poured down on the Scottish city of Glasgow, on the first day of the much anticipated UN climate summit, as some...

PM Johnson’s blunt admission following G20 meeting

LONDON (CU)_Leaders of the G20 industrialised nations met in Rome over the weekend in order to the global economic recovery, rising energy costs and...

Glasgow Glacier to mark Scotland’s hosting of climate summit

LONDON (CU)_The much anticipated Conference of the Parties this year, which will be hosted by the United Kingdom in Glasgow,  has been billed as...

Hundreds of church bells raise the alarm on the climate crisis

LONDON (CU)_The much anticipated UN climate summit is set to begin on Sunday (31 October), bringing together an estimated 20,000 delegates, including 196 world...