COP26 leaders vow new drive to save forests

Glasgow, Nov 2 (AFP/APP):World leaders meeting at the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow will on Tuesday issue a multibillion-dollar pledge to end deforestation by 2030 but that date is too distant for campaigners who want action sooner to save the planet’s lungs. According to summit […]

G20 backs key climate target as UN talks open

Rome, Oct 31 (AFP/APP):G20 leaders on Sunday committed to the key goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, but campaigners slammed a “lack of ambition” as make-or-break UN climate talks opened in Glasgow. Following a two-day meeting in Rome, the Group of 20 […]

New Zealand increases emissions reduction target

Wellington, Oct 31 (AFP/APP):New Zealand set itself an ambitious new emissions reduction target Sunday, with a pledge to halve its net greenhouse gas emissions by 2030. The new target, announced as world leaders gather in Glasgow for the critical COP26 summit on climate change, is […]

Biden heads to global climate talks empty-handed

Washington, Oct 29 (AFP/APP):US President Joe Biden heads to a climate gathering this weekend without a commitment on tackling global warming after his deeply-divided Democrats failed to get behind his sweeping economic agenda. Biden had wanted to show the landmark COP26 conference in Scotland that […]