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The biennial United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Conference of Parties (COP26) is scheduled to begin on October 31 in Glasgow, UK.

The first ever scientific assessment of the amounts of greenhouse gases emitted from and absorbed by forests in UNESCO World Heritage sites has found

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KISORO, Uganda — It’s been three decades since the Ugandan government evicted the Batwa people, an Indigenous group commonly known as Pygmies, from their forest lands. The reason for their displacement was to create national parks aimed at protecting biodiversity and promoting tourism. The conservation areas that sprang up in this southwestern corner of Uganda […]

With barely four days to go for start of the annual climate change conference, COP26, India on Wednesday held a meeting with Brazil wherein the two nations agreed to "protect the interests of developing nations".The annual Conference ...

Indigenous leaders from around the world are heading to the COP26 United Nations climate summit this weekend, where one of the main topics on their agenda will be highlighting community land tenure as an often-overlooked way to mitigate climate change. Research demonstrating that granting Indigenous peoples and forest communities formal titles to their lands as […]

Three main takeaways that financial players should take into account.

The Indian delegation also plans to bring up the point of fairness and climate finance during the 6th Conference of Parties (COP26) in Glasgow from 31 October to 12 November.

A number of multilateral organizations and development banks on Monday issued a Global Joint Initiative on the Partnership of Biodiversity and Finance, calling for close collaboration between biodiversity conservation and financing, particularly in addressing urgent needs on this front.

China's ambassador to the United Nations said on Friday that conferences held in China this month on biodiversity and green-themed transport provide new starting points for efforts toward innovation-driven development.