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The Global Resource Outlook 2024 makes it clear that moving to sustainable and responsible resource use and consumption will be essential to creating a just and liveable planet for all.

COP28 Director General Majid Al Suwaidi had said Saturday that along with the operationalisation of the loss and damage fund, the pledges on renewables and methane had already made this climate summit a success.

The world is fast approaching the critical warming threshold

Progress on climate adaptation is slowing, while the world is heading for a temperature rise far above the global average temperature, say reports recently released by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).

As countries try to hammer out a response to climate change at the COP28 talks in Dubai, here are some key figures about how fossil fuels have warmed our world. - Methane -  Methane is the second largest contributor to global warming after CO2, and is responsible for around 30 percent of the rise in global temperatures since the industrial revolution, according to UNEP. Around 40 percent of human-driven methane emissions are from agriculture -- which includes gas burped out by livestoc...

Gaza’s water, soil and air have been devastated. And reconstruction will add to the carbon emissions.

Over 5,000 hospitals in India, the highest number in any country, are at high risk of shutdowns due to extreme weather events if fossil fuels are not phased out by the end of the century, according to a study by XDI. Worldwide, one in 12 hospitals face a similar risk. The study analysed the impact of climate hazards on over 200,000 hospitals globally and found that 71% of the hospitals at risk were in low- and middle-income countries. The report called for a rapid phase-out of fossil fuels to mi...

As COP28 starts in Dubai, here are the issues expected to take centre stage.

As leaders gather at COP28 in Dubai to discuss the climate crisis and negotiate commitments to address it, we consider one of the most important numbers: 1.5C.

As COP28 looms, it is revealed a 75% gap in fashion players onboarding suppliers with their green ambitions could cost the planet dearly.