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The basics As things stand, COP26 will be hosted by the U.K. and held in the Scottish city of Glasgow between Nov. 1 and 12, 2021. It was originally due to take place in Nov. 2020, but was rescheduled because of the coronavirus pandemic. COP stands for Conference of the Parties — in other words, countries — while the number 26 refers to the fact it will be the 26th summit. The European Union is considered a "party" to the Paris Agreement in its own right, as are its 27 member states. The U....

14 April 2021 Share The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has a clear mandate, but the climate crisis and the economic impact of the pandemic mean that, on behalf of its Member States, it needs to have a more visible presence than has traditionally been the case, its director general said yesterday during the  World Nuclear Fuel Cycle forum, which is being held this week by the US Nuclear Energy Institute and World Nuclear Association. Speaking as part of the forums first session - E...

Global leaders recognise clean energy’s huge economic potential. Now they need to act Energy and climate leaders from more than 40 countries who took part in the IEA-COP26 Net Zero Summit last week called on countries to work more closely together to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and stave off a potentially catastrophic rise in global temperatures. But they also emphasised that major international efforts to boost clean energy policies and investment can bring more immediate benefits: massi...

Net zero targets and carbon-neutrality pledges by governments and policymakers are just pie in the sky. That’s the suggestion from Raj Kumar Singh, India’s Minister of Power, New and Renewable Energy, who spoke at the International Energy Agency (IEA)’s COP26 Net Zero Summit about how far these targets seem to be amid the ‘climate disaster’ the planet faces. He said: “We are facing a disaster of gigantic proportions. What we hear is that by 2050 or by 2060 countries will become carb...

06 April 2021 Share The post-COVID economic recovery and the clean energy transition present a huge opportunity from which all nations can benefit, delegates at the IEA-COP26 Net Zero Summit agreed. Over 40 countries, covering more than 80% of global GDP, population and carbon emissions, took part in the event on 31 March to identify how to work together to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement. They included the USA, which re-joined the 2015 climate accord earlier this year. (Image: IEA) The ...

Press Release – UN News The world needs a major breakthrough to slow the pace of climate change and build resilience to protect the most vulnerable from increasingly severe and frequent climate impacts, the deputy UN chief told a crucial high-level meeting on Wednesday, … The world needs “a major breakthrough” to slow the pace of climate change and build resilience to protect the most vulnerable from increasingly severe and frequent climate impacts, the deputy UN chief told a crucial h...

By Emmanuel Addeh in Abuja and Dike Onwuamaeze The World Trade Organisation (WTO) has forecasted that Africa’s share of the volume of the world’s merchandise export and import will increase by 8.1 per cent and 5.5 per cent respectively in 2021. It also projected a 2.6 per cent Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for the continent in 2021 and 3.8 per cent for 2022. The predictions were made in Zurich, Switzerland, yesterday by the Director-General of the WTO, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, during the vir...

Thu 01st April 2021 | 12:20 AM UNITED NATIONS, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 1st Apr, 2021 ) :The world needs "a major breakthrough" to slow the pace of climate change and build resilience to protect the most vulnerable from increasingly severe and frequent climate impacts, UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed told a crucial high-level meeting Wednesday, looking ahead to Novembers UN Climate Change Conference, also known as COP26. With countries across the world having agreed thro...

01 April 2021 The International Energy Agency (IEA) has published Seven Key Principles for Implementing Net Zero to ensure "dramatic acceleration of progress towards clean growth and resilience". The document, which has so far been welcomed by 20 countries, was published following the IEA-COP26 Net Zero Summit yesterday. Announcing the Paris-based agencys plan to release this guidance after the summit, IEA Executive Director Fatih Birol said: "As part of the summit, we at the International...