Climate Change
WHO’s 10 calls for climate action to assure sustained recovery from COVID-19
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Date posted on October 11, 2021
Climate change: ‘World’s best last chance’ for action at COP26. What you need to know
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Date posted on October 10, 2021
Extreme heat caused by urbanization, global warming threatening cities — study
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Date posted on October 5, 2021
by Agence France-Presse, 5 Oct 2021 NEW YORK, United States — Rapid population growth and global warming are increasing exposure to extreme heat in cities, aggravating health problems and making moving to urban areas less beneficial for the world’s poor, according to a study released Monday.
BSP strengthening banks’ system vs climate change
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Date posted on October 3, 2021
by Lawrence Agcaoili – The Philippine Star, 3 Oct 2021 MANILA, Philippines — The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) is further strengthening the risk management system of Philippine banks against climate change as extreme weather events continue to affect the industry’s performance.
Green groups ask world leaders to act with ‘greater ambition, speed’ on climate change
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Date posted on September 25, 2021
by Gaea Katreena Cabico – Philstar.com, 25 Sep 2021 MANILA, Philippines — Communities and movements in Asia who are bearing the brunt of a warming planet called on world leaders to act more forcefully against climate change by scaling up efforts to fully decarbonize by 2050 and delivering on climate finance obligations.
18 Sept 2021 – World on ‘catastrophic’ path to 2.7C warming — UN chief
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Date posted on September 18, 2021
by Macnamara – Agence France-Presse, 18 Sep 2021 PARIS, France — A failure to slash global emissions is setting the world on a “catastrophic” path to 2.7 degrees Celsius heating, UN chief Antonio Guterres warned Friday just weeks before crunch climate talks.
Not a single G20 country is in line with the Paris Agreement on climate, analysis shows
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Date posted on September 16, 2021
A Just Transition needs a job guarantee
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Date posted on September 15, 2021
10 Aug 2021 – World shudders at ‘terrifying’ UN climate report
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Date posted on August 10, 2021
by Patrick Galey (Agence France-Presse), 10 Aug 2021 PARIS, France — World leaders, green groups and influencers reacted on Monday to a “terrifying” UN climate science report with a mix of horror and hopefulness as the scale of the emergency became abundantly clear.
New climate change report shows need for urgent action – here’s how leaders can act
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Date posted on August 5, 2021
The insect apocalypse: ‘Our world will grind to a halt without them’
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Date posted on July 25, 2021
EU announces comprehensive climate change plan
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Date posted on July 20, 2021
Citing need for inclusivity, climate change body revamps expert panel
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Date posted on July 9, 2021
by Gaea Katreena Cabico (Philstar.com), 9 Jul 2021 MANILA, Philippines (Updated 5:31 p.m.) — The Climate Change Commission is replacing its panel of climate experts in a move it says is meant to improve regional and sectoral representation in the body.
Rising seas, flooding may put 1.54M people in Manila City at risk by 2030 — report
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Date posted on July 1, 2021
IPCC steps up warning on climate tipping points in leaked draft report
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Date posted on June 25, 2021
Glaciers all over the world are shrinking fast—see for yourself
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Date posted on June 24, 2021
23 June 2021 – Looming climate impacts: 10 takeaways from draft UN report
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Date posted on June 23, 2021
Climate talks resume online as pressure to act grows
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Date posted on May 31, 2021
(Agence France-Presse), 31 May 2021 PARIS, France — For the first time since 2019 and following a flurry of net-zero pledges from the world’s largest emitters, UN climate negotiations resume Monday in a virtual format less than six months before the crunch COP26 summit.
Investors, court deliver ‘stark warning for Big Oil’ on climate
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Date posted on May 27, 2021
Activist investor ousts at least two Exxon directors in historic win for pro-climate campaign
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Date posted on May 26, 2021
PH vows 75% cut in emissions by 2030
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Date posted on April 19, 2021
By Jhesset O. Enano, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 19 Apr 2021 The Philippines has vowed to slash its greenhouse gas emissions by 75 percent by 2030, but it will rely on foreign aid and resources to reach the lion’s share of its commitment, according to the country’s first-ever submission of its mitigation plans to the United…
ADB: Climate finance a priority in recovery
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Date posted on April 4, 2021
(The Philippine Star), 4 Apr 2021 MANILA, Philippines — Economies in Asia Pacific, including the Philippines, should prioritize accessing climate finance as they rebound from the pandemic and move toward the new normal.
Economists weigh in on the merits of net-zero climate goals: survey
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Date posted on March 30, 2021
What can consumers do to help solve the climate change crisis?
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Date posted on February 8, 2021
Can climate change action lead to better inclusion?
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Date posted on January 29, 2021
25 things we need to do to help save the planet after COVID-19
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Date posted on January 27, 2021
Climate change will be sudden and cataclysmic. We need to act fast
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Date posted on January 19, 2021
A global-scale scandal in climate finance
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Date posted on January 2, 2021
ByBEN KRITZ, Manila Times, 2 Jan 2021 Have you noticed how much development in climate change mitigation and adaptation the Philippines, considered one of the most environmentally at-risk countries in the world, has been able to achieve, thanks to funding from developed countries?
3 charts that show which countries and which sectors emit the most greenhouse gas
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Date posted on December 22, 2020
The world is on track to warm by 3 degrees Celsius
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Date posted on December 10, 2020