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The UN Paris climate summit, or COP21, is a conference at which it is hoped 195 countries will agree a plan of action to tackle climate change. This year the summit will, for the first time in over 20 years of UN negotiations, aim to achieve a legally binding and universal agreement on climate, with the aim of keeping global warming below 2°C.
- ‘If climate becomes … one of the weapons in the bilateral back and forth, we’re cooked,’ John Kerry, the US special presidential envoy for climate, says
- Kerry says that China and Russia are not moving quickly enough on climate goals, while acknowledging roadblocks in the US
Only 43 per cent of industrial companies in China have taken action to tackle greenhouse gas emissions even though 73 per cent believe Beijing’s carbon neutral goal will impact business, survey says.
Talks begin on Monday to summarise a huge report detailing how to stop carbon pollution overheating the planet; This is ‘about the large-scale transformation of all major systems’, said climate economist.
While billions of people and ecosystems least able to cope are being hit hardest by climate change, trillions of dollars worth of assets will be exposed to risks from storms and rising sea levels by 2100, scientists said.
Readers discuss the effects of the birthday party scandal and Cathay Pacific’s treatment, the need for upright behaviour by public officials, and Hong Kong’s climate change efforts.
The city’s targets for reducing emissions fall short of what is recommended to ensure global temperatures rise no more than 1.5 degrees Celsius, according to an NGO.
Going into the Glasgow summit, China sought a ‘powerful, balanced and inclusive result’, including on the concerns of developing countries, adviser says.
Deciphering China’s relationship with coal is key to understanding the nation’s path towards carbon neutrality, particularly as the economy’s addiction to the fossil fuel runs up against President Xi Jinping’s carbon neutrality pledge.
Chinese climate envoy Xie Zhenhua says the target of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees is a hurdle in Glasgow negotiations.
China’s central bank unveils a lending facility at more than half the market interest rate to subsidise funding for low carbon-emission projects.
In 2013, Beijing was blanketed in smog and relying on fossil fuels to drive its economy.
China’s ambassador to the UN Zhang Jun says countries needed to make ‘firm commitment and continued actions’ in tackling climate change.
Hard work needed to catch up after the US under Donald Trump ‘gave up’ on 2015 Paris Agreement, says top Chinese climate negotiator Xie Zhenhua.
While world leaders meet at COP26 in Glasgow to discuss the fate of the planet, growers in China are surveying the damage from extreme weather this summer.
In a written statement to the COP26 summit, Xi Jinping called on countries to focus on ‘concrete actions’ and harness innovations in science and technology to ‘accelerate the green transition’.
Here are some of the key issues that will be discussed at the UN climate summit in Scotland, which started Sunday and is scheduled to run to November 13.
Final statement from Rome summit recognises that the 1.5C target will have a much lower impact than 2C but does not go beyond Paris agreement goals.
Minister urges action as summit’s finance plan shows developed nations’ pledge of US$100 billion a year in climate funds by 2020 is three years behind schedule.
Framework restates country’s goals for 2025 and 2030 and comes just ahead of the UN climate summit in Glasgow.
Harsh measures to meet Beijing’s energy consumption and emissions targets have drawn the ire of international manufacturers and caused costs to spike in many industries.
