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iPolitics By iPolitics. Published on Jan 18, 2021 12:53pm (Joe Biden/Twitter) The Lead President-elect Joe Biden plans to cancel the permit for the Keystone XL pipeline on his first day in office. A briefing note from Biden’s transition team included “Rescind Keystone XL pipeline permit” on a list of executive actions scheduled for Day 1 of Biden’s presidency. The news suggests that Canada has been unable to persuade the president-elect of the benefits of the pipeline-expansi...

PARIS: The world is falling short of promises made under the Paris climate deal to help the most vulnerable nations...

One Planet Summit begins, Great Green Wall has funding, among other news These are the most relevant environmental news of this week. / Photos: Pixabay LatinAmerican Post | Vanesa López Romero Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio tag. The fourth version of the One Planet Summit is held This January 11, the fourth version of the One Planet summit began, in which around 50 countries committed to protect 30% of the land and the sea over the next decade by implementing...

Date Time Step up climate change adaptation, says UN report As temperatures rise and climate change impacts intensify, nations must urgently step up action to adapt to the new climate reality or face serious costs, damages and losses, a new UN Environment Programme (UNEP) report finds. WMO Secretary-General Prof. Petter Taalas joined a high-level panel on 14 January to release the report, which finds that the pace of adaptation financing is indeed rising, but is outpaced by rapidly increasing a...