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The world today is facing several crises. There is raging inflation in all the economies of the world and it is becoming more apparent that next year, there will be a global recession.

Dateline: November 7-18, 2022, Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt. Dignitaries from every country will be meeting to discuss climate change at COP27. Based upon early

More than eight out of ten parties to UNFCCC have adaptation planning instruments in place.

At the COP27 UN Climate Change Conference starting this weekend in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, the European Commission will call on all Parties to take urgent action to bring down greenhouse gas emissions and respect the commitments they made under the Paris Agreement and in the Glasgow Climate Pact adopted last year at COP26.

The world is currently experiencing a global energy crisis of unprecedented breadth and complexity, according to the International Energy Agency (“IEA”) in its annual World Energy...

Adapt or starve – UN Agricultural Fund calls for urgent climate finance for small-scale farmers

More than eight out of ten parties to UNFCCC have adaptation planning instruments in place Estimated adaptation costs are five to ten times greater than international adaptation finance flows to developing countries Unprecedented political will and long-term investments in adaptation are urgently needed

A multiyear drought in the Horn of Africa has put millions on the brink of starvation. The floods in Pakistan caused over USD 30 billion in damages and economic losses. Severe summer heat across the northern hemisphere brought destructive and deadly wildfires.

Nations are not doing enough to adapt to climate change, the UN Environment Programme’s Adaptation Gap Report 2022 concludes.

Three in five Britons think we can still avoid the worst effects of climate change, but that it will take drastic changes to do so