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President Joe Biden

21 Jan 2021

US President Joe Biden’s move to rejoin the 2015 Paris Agreement hailed

Joe Biden has said he wants to put the US on track to net zero emissions by 2050 but has yet to detail what regulatory tools he intends to use to achieve that goal Washington formally left the Paris accord last year but its role as a heavyweight in global climate negotiations had already stalled with the 2016 election of President Trump Trump cast doubt on climate science and asserted that the accord was an economic burden

08 Oct 2018

Mankind at risk: Global temperatures to rise by 1.5º Celsius by 2030-2052

There has already been a rise of 1C since the mid-1800s as industrialisation lifted emissions of CO2, the main greenhouse gas blamed for climate change.

15 Nov 2017

Policies of India and China to offset US inaction on climate change, says study

China was on track to over-achieve its pledge+ under the Paris Agreement to peak its carbon emissions by 2030.

31 Oct 2017

Countries need to take action to limit global warming: UN Environment

At least 200 countries need to take urgent action to meet the goals of the 2015 Paris Agreement to limit global warming.

Emmanuel Macron

24 May 2017

France's Emmanuel Macron to try to convince Donald Trump to back Paris accords - diplomats

A newcomer to international diplomacy, Macron travels to Brussels for a NATO summit before heading to Sicily for G7 summit.

07 Mar 2017

Global warming: Arctic sea ice may vanish this century despite climate action, warn scientists

The 2 degrees Celsius target may be insufficient to prevent an ice-free Arctic, James Screen and Daniel Williamson of Exeter University in Britain wrote in the journal Nature Climate Change after a statistical review of ice projections.

17 Oct 2016

Rich nations say on track for promised $100 billion climate finance

Rich countries said on Monday they were on track to keep a promise to provide developing nations with $100 billion a year to tackle climate change by 2020, up from an estimated $62 billion in 2014.

Paris climate deal

16 May 2016

Governments seek rules for Paris climate deal; temperatures soar

NASA said at the weekend that last month was the warmest April in statistics dating back to the 19th century, the seventh month in a row to break temperature records.

Paris climate deal

13 Dec 2015

India cheers as Paris delivers ''historic'' climate accord

India immediately welcomed the pact, saying it was balanced and addressed most of its concerns.

Paris climate deal

13 Dec 2015

Ready to help countries implement climate pact: World Bank

World Bank President Jim Yong Kim on Saturday welcomed the historic global climate agreement reached in Paris, saying the World Bank was ready to help countries deal with climate change.

Paris climate deal

13 Dec 2015

Paris climate talks by the numbers

Tonnes of greenhouse gas produced by the conference, equal to the annual carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions of 4,420 cars over the course of a year.

Paris climate deal

13 Dec 2015

Scientists welcome climate pact but still alarmed

Climate scientists Saturday welcomed a pact to battle global warming as a major political advance, but warned of a gaping hole -- the lack of a detailed roadmap for cutting greenhouse gases that cause the problem.

Paris climate deal

13 Dec 2015

Highlights of the proposed UN climate accord

The agreement identifies climate change as "an urgent and potentially irreversible threat to human societies and the planet".

Paris climate deal

12 Dec 2015

Planned UN climate deal blow to fossil fuels: Green groups

A global accord to tame global warming at UN talks in Paris on Saturday will be a huge blow to the fossil-fuel business, Greenpeace and other prominent environment groups predicted.

Paris climate deal

12 Dec 2015

Tears, cheers and selfies as climate pact sealed in Paris

The roughly 2,000 ministers, negotiators and activists in the cavernous plenary hall on the outskirts of the French capital took to their feet in a joyous uprising as their French hosts beamed onstage.

Paris climate deal

12 Dec 2015

World 'met the moment' with historic climate accord: Barack Obama

President Barack Obama on Saturday praised the "strong" and historic" accord hammered out in Paris, which he said could mark "a turning point for the world" on climate change.

Paris climate deal

12 Dec 2015

Time to turn words into climate action: IMF chief

"The Paris Agreement is a critical step forward for addressing the challenge of global climate change in the 21st century," Lagarde said in a statement.

Paris climate deal

12 Dec 2015

Engineering climate: From pariah to saviour?

Once dismissed as dangerous science fiction, schemes to stave off global warming by re-engineering Earth`s climate may well gain in traction as a result of the Paris agreement.

Paris climate deal

12 Dec 2015

Know: How the world found common ground in landmark climate accord

After four years of global negotiations, two weeks of intense talks and more than a few sleepless nights, climate officials from almost 200 nations meeting in Paris are on the cusp of a landmark accord to arrest climate change.

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