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  World is in danger of missing Paris climate target, summit is warned

  

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  Minister tells more than 80 world leaders that not enough is being doneThe world is still not on track to fulfil the 2015 Paris climate agreement, the UK’s business secretary Alok Sharma warned, after a summit of more than 70 world leaders on the climate crisis ended with few new commitments on greenhouse gas emissions.Sharma said: “[People] will ask ‘Have we done enough to put the world on track to limit warming to 1.5C and protect people and nature from the effects of climate change?’ We must be honest with ourselves – the answer to that is currently no.” Continue reading...

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  UN secretary general urges all countries to declare climate emergencies

  

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  António Guterres tells Climate Ambition Summit more must be done to hit net zero emissionsGovernments around...

  António Guterres tells Climate Ambition Summit more must be done to hit net zero emissionsGovernments around the world should all declare a state of climate emergency until the world has reached net zero carbon emissions, the UN secretary general, António Guterres, has told a summit of world leaders.At least 38 countries have already declared such a state of emergency, often owing to their vulnerability...

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  Rich failing to help fund poor countries' climate fight, warns UN secretary general

  

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  Exclusive: António Guterres says key promise of $100bn funding will be missed, damaging trust in Paris...

  Exclusive: António Guterres says key promise of $100bn funding will be missed, damaging trust in Paris dealRich countries will miss a key promise they made to the poor world on the climate crisis by failing to provide the money necessary for them to cope with its effects, damaging the prospects for global action, the UN secretary general has said.Developing countries were supposed to receive...

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  UK urged to tie green recovery from Covid-19 crisis to Cop26 summit

  

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  Climate experts push Britain, as talks host, to work on ‘zero carbon’ route from pandemicThe UK...

  Climate experts push Britain, as talks host, to work on ‘zero carbon’ route from pandemicThe UK government must urgently set out clear plans on a green recovery from the coronavirus crisis if the delayed UN climate summit is to be a success, say leading experts.The climate talks known as Cop26 and scheduled to be held in Glasgow, are expected to be postponed by a...

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