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Ambitious partnerships on climate action are taking root and bearing fruit

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It is no surprise then that the World Economic Forum Global Risks Report 2021 identifies climate action failure, extreme weather and biodiversity loss, alongside infectious diseases, as the top global risks for the next decade in terms of impact and likelihood. As with COVID-19, perhaps so with climate? Pull Quote.

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Alok Sharma: 'I want to urge all businesses to join the Race to Zero Coalition'

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COP26 President Alok Sharma's speech yesterday to the Let's Build Back Better event hosted by the British High Commission in Wellington. Thank you to the British High Commission for organising this event. koutou katoa. English translation: Greeting, greetings, greetings to you all). degree target.

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A deforestation roadmap that leaves a lot to be desired

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In my eyes, that certainly doesn't merit a big COP announcement. Grasslands, shrublands, peatlands and other carbon and biodiversity-rich ecosystems are also being plowed up too. While the roadmap has 2025 plans for ending deforestation, it lacks cut-off dates for land conversion. I thought we'd be doing better than this by now.

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'Climate action is finally coming home on African soil': COP27 closes with historic deal on climate Loss and Damage

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Peaking emissions by 2025 is not in this text," he said. This COP caused deep frustrations but it wasn't for nothing," she said. "It This particularly challenging COP brings one piece of hope, especially for the most vulnerable people, with an agreement to set up a Loss and Damage fund," Chiara Martinelli, director at CAN Europe.

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Alok Sharma: We want to see all nations committing to reaching net zero emissions as soon as possible

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Other former COP Presidents, such as Laurent Fabius. These events will put human life at risk. It will devastate nature and biodiversity. billion people have been affected by disasters, 90 per cent of which have been caused by weather and climate related events. billion over the period from 2021 to 2025.

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Collective interest should spur us to deliver at COP27

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Where people's ability to feed their families becomes precarious and extreme weather and diseases wipe out livelihoods, people may be forced from their homes, and civil unrest may ferment, events that can undermine fragile government, and reverberate around the globe. Yet every country at COP has agreed to phase-down coal power.

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Ambitious partnerships on climate action are taking root and bearing fruit

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It is no surprise then that the World Economic Forum Global Risks Report 2021 identifies climate action failure, extreme weather and biodiversity loss, alongside infectious diseases, as the top global risks for the next decade in terms of impact and likelihood. As with COVID-19, perhaps so with climate?