After hours of accusations and counter-accusations as negotiations overran into Sunday, the COP29 Presidency finally ...

ELANKATA ENTERIT, Kenya, Nov 13 2024 (IPS) - Draped in the vibrant red of his Maasai shuka, 52-year-old Rumosiroi Ole Mpoke sits cross-legged on a worn cowhide mat outside his hut, his face etched ...

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Pui Cheong Chen, CEO of ç Quality Insurance Agency and a representative from Hong Kong, shares his observations about China’s ...

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As Brazil gears up to host COP30 in Belém next year, Moisés Savian, the country's Secretary of Land Governance, Territorial ...

Imagine living with water up to your knees for half of the year, where homes are flooded, and people constantly fear that the sea might one day engulf the town and everyone in it.

Romina Khurshid Alam, the Coordinator to the Prime Minister of Pakistan on Climate Change, praised the resilience of the people of her country in the face of climate disasters and has put her faith ...

Malang Sambou Manneh, who is representing The Gambia as the lead negotiator for the mitigation work program, shares insights ...

Grey Puley, Head of the Climate Team at OCHA, highlighted the need for enhanced disaster risk reduction and climate ...

Across East Asia, birthrates are plummeting. Japan’s has been falling for eight straight years and recently hit a record low of 1.2 children per woman, the lowest since record keeping began in 1899.

Climate change exacerbates existing gender inequalities and gender-based violence. At COP29 in Azerbaijan, governments have ...