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Tag: United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
Pay More Attention to Forests to Avert Global Water Crisis, Researchers Urge
Australia's Murray Darling basin covers more than a million square kilometers (approximately 386,000 square miles), 14 percent of the country's landmass. It's the site of tens of thousands of wetlands, but increasing...
Are Fossil Fuels out of Fashion at the UN Climate Talks?
The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) prides itself for including both Parties and Non-party stakeholders in their decision making processes. A perspective that is suspicious towards the legitimacy of...
African Development Bank Secures $52.5 Million For 100 Megawatts Of Zambia Renewable Energy
The African Development Bank has this week secured $52.5 million in funding from the Green Climate Fund for Zambia’s Renewable Energy Financing Framework which will seek to finance 100 megawatts (MW) of...
Day 1 of Climate Talks: We Must ‘Change the Course of Two Centuries of Carbon-Intense Development’
The UN Climate Change Conference in Marrakech kicked off yesterday, just three days after the Paris climate change agreement entered into force.
At the opening, Morocco's Foreign Minister and newly-elected COP22 President Salaheddine...
Paris Climate Agreement Moves Closer to Entry into Force in 2016 as 60 Countries Accounting for 48% of Emissions Have Joined
The Paris Agreement on climate change moved closer towards entering into force in 2016 as 31 more countries joined the agreement today at a special event hosted by United Nations Secretary-General Ban...
