A teenager’s future in Zambia dangles precariously on the fraying threads of environmental turmoil. Grade six student Leah, 16, described how climate change could “shatter” her education. The animated youngster is sometimes forced to miss school for up to two weeks when intense flooding during the rainy season makes the […]
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The World Bank logo is seen at the 2023 Spring Meetings of the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund in Washington, U.S., April 13, 2023. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/ File photo Acquire Licensing Rights DUBAI, Dec 1 (Reuters) – World Bank President Ajay Banga said on Friday the development lender […]
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Ask most people what the annual U.N. climate talks are and the likely answer will be: “Huh?” Ask those who do know and the answer may be: “Why should I care?” The negotiations, called Conference of Parties, are nearly two weeks long and in […]
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — International climate talks turned to a power game on Friday as dozens of world leaders including the Saudi crown prince and India’s prime minister were to speak, but two of the world’s most powerful men — President Joe Biden of the U.S. and China’s […]
Uganda’s first wildlife vet Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka works to save the country’s endangered mountain gorillas, whose habitat is being eroded by climate change. She is the founder and CEO of Conservation Through Public Health, an NGO that promotes biodiversity conservation by enabling people, gorillas and other wildlife to co-exist, while improving […]
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Pressure to phase out fossil fuels mounted Thursday on the oil company chief who took over fragile international climate negotiations that opened in Dubai on Thursday in what some say are contradictory dual roles. United Nations and climate talks leaders might have relieved some of […]
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The world just took a big step toward compensating countries hit by deadly floods, heat and droughts. Nearly all nations on Thursday finalized the creation of a fund to help compensate countries struggling to cope with loss and damage caused by climate change, seen as […]
By Rebecca English Published: 12:03 GMT, 30 November 2023 | Updated: 12:40 GMT, 30 November 2023 King Charles has been given biodiversity gifts by an Amazonian tribe at a Dubai hotel joined by Foreign Secretary Lord Cameron for the Cop28 summit. Charles, 75, joined a Commonwealth and Nature reception at the hotel hosted […]