COVID-19 Air Quality Report
<p>Coinciding with the 50th anniversary ofEarth Day, this report investigates the impact COVID-19 lockdowns have had on global particulate pollution levels.As lockdowns were implemented in response to
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Climate Summit: World leaders told to 'step up ambition'
The widow of Nelson Mandela punctured the self-congratulatory mood of the UN summit on Tuesday, saying world leaders had failed to rise to the challenge of climate change. "There is a huge mismatch between
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Emissions From India Will Increase, Official Says
In a blow to American hopes of reaching an international deal to fight global warming, India’s new environment minister said Wednesday that his country would not offer a plan to cut its greenhouse gas
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Climate meet: Focus on ‘right to grow’
As the much awaited Climate Summit opened in New York on Tuesday with a strong appeal from UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon for action from one and all to protect the world, India is expected to make a
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Climate summit advances towards Paris deal
Despite the absence of India and Australia, a majority of prime ministers and presidents did as Mr Ban had asked. They came to New York with pledges of action. The French promised a billion dollars
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Liberia signs 'transformational' deal to stem deforestation
Liberia is to become the first nation in Africa to completely stop cutting down its trees in return for development aid. Norway will pay the impoverished West African country $150m (£91.4m) to stop
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UN climate summit pledges to halt the loss of natural forests by 2030
The Nature Climate Change journal has reported that Indonesia lost 840,000 hectares of natural forest in 2012 compared to 460,000 hectares in Brazil despite their forest being a quarter of the size of
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CO2 emissions set to reach record high in 2014
LONDON: Ahead of the New York Climate Summit, researchers have revealed that carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, the main contributor to global warming, is set to rise again in 2014 - reaching a record high
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Climate protesters arrested in march on Wall Street
Dozens of protesters were arrested on Monday during a demonstration in New York City to denounce what organizers say is Wall Street's contribution to climate change. Hundreds of protesters had earlier
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New York and New Jersey Getting U.S. Aid to Protect Transit Networks Against Storms
With the two-year anniversary of Hurricane Sandy approaching, federal officials announced on Monday that New York and New Jersey will receive about $3.3 billion to prepare their transportation networks
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New York declaration on forests: action statements and action plans
This document summarizes the wealth of announcements on forests at the UN Secretary-General’s Climate Summit, including the New York Declaration on Forests, its associated voluntary Action Agenda, and