US EditionClimate summit hears from countries suffering from harms, destruction linked to global warming
- On Friday, world leaders gathered on the edge of the Amazon in Belem for the United Nations climate summit, where officials from vulnerable countries delivered vivid testimony about hurricanes, floods and other harms.
- Officials warn time is running out to keep warming below the Paris Agreement benchmark of 1.5 degrees Celsius, and preliminary meetings ahead of Monday focused on forest protection and carbon markets.
- Attendees reported progress on two initiatives to support forests and carbon trading, with the European Union joining Brazil's Tropical Forest Forever Facility, which drew $5.5 billion in pledges to aid 74 developing countries.
- $300 billion pledged last year remains undelivered, prompting urgent appeals as Mia Mottley, Prime Minister of Barbados, said the loss-and-damage fund holds less than $800m amid Jamaica’s $7 billion damage.
- Earlier this week, the UN Environment Programme warned the world will likely exceed the 1.5C global warming threshold within a decade, even as Brazil approved moving a Petrobras drillship 160 kilometers from the rainforest.
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Climate summit hears from countries suffering from harms, destruction linked to global warming
Officials from countries most vulnerable to global warming offered vivid dispatches of life on the front line of the climate crisis Friday as world leaders gathered on the edge of the imperiled Amazon rainforest. Haitian diplomat Smith Augustin said his…
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BELÉM, Brazil (AP) — Officials from the countries most vulnerable to global warming offered on Friday crude accounts of life on the front line of a warming planet, while world leaders participated in the annual UN climate talks to oril
Climate summit hears from countries suffering from harms, destruction linked to global warming - OrissaPOST
Belem (Brazil): Officials from countries most vulnerable to global warming offered searing dispatches of life on the front line of a warming planet Friday, as world leaders gathered on the edge of the Amazon rainforest for the annual United Nations climate talks. Ahead of Monday’s official kickoff, officials have sought to build support for initiatives to protect forests and to streamline carbon markets, which seek to reduce the emissions that d…
Leaders at the Global Climate Summit Highlight the Rising Toll of Warming
BELÉM, Brazil -- In Spain, intense heat waves and floods have claimed thousands of lives in recent years. In Namibia, higher temperatures have resulted in drought and widespread hunger. And in Haiti, Hurricane Melissa, which was made more violent by…
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