European Commissioner for Climate Action Wopke Hoekstra underlined on Thursday that the draft agreement proposed by COP29 member states is "clearly unacceptable" in its current form.The draft deal published this morning falls short of specifying the financial commitments needed to support...
Former United States President Donald Trump called Paris Climate Accord "the greatest rip-off," commending his decision to withdraw from the agreement during his tenure.
Speaking at the South Carolina Republican Party's annual Silver Elephant Dinner, the former president underlined that...
Apple CEO Tim Cook said on Saturday that world governments and businesses should implement stronger climate targets already next year.
In his speech at the United Nations' Climate Ambition Summit, Cook asserted that Apple is assisting 95 of its suppliers in order to transfer to renewable...
Chinese President Xi Jinping stated on Saturday that his country aims to "increase its total installed capacity of wind and solar power to over 1.2 billion kilowatts" by 2030.
In his message on the fifth anniversary of the Paris Agreement, Xi stressed there is a need for global climate governance, as part...
Ahead of the start of the Climate Action Summit in New York, the United Nations Global Compact, the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) and the We Mean Business group said the number of companies joining their call for action has more than tripled to 87 since July. The statement released on...
Some 200 countries agreed in Poland on a set of rules intended to achieve the Paris climate accord's goals of limiting the rise of average world temperatures to below 2 degrees Celsius.
According to the deal, every signing nation will have to follow a uniform rule book for measuring emissions....
The United States Department of State announced on Friday it has informed the United Nations about its intention to withdraw from the Paris Agreement on climate change. The State Department said the US told the UN, which is depositary for the Paris deal, that it plans to pull out of the...
France's President Emmanuel Macron said in Hamburg on Saturday that he still hopes he will be able to change United States President Donald Trump's mind when it comes to climate change and the Paris Agreement, AFP reported.
"I never despair to convince, because I think it is a duty, given my...
Russia's President Vladimir Putin said on Saturday that G20 leaders found an "optimal compromise" on the issue of climate change and the Paris Agreement.
Meanwhile, German Chancellor Angela Merkel confirmed reports which emerged earlier today that all G20 countries with the exception of...
The G20 countries agreed on Saturday to acknowledge the United States decision to withdraw from the Paris Agreement on climate, according to a copy of the final communique on the issue seen by the Guardian.
The communique states the G20 "take note" of US President Donald Trump's...
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