John Kerry, Biden s top climate envoy. | U.S. Embassy
While President Joe Biden’s top climate envoy John Kerry told world leaders at a virtual climate summit that the U.S. will fulfill its commitment to provide financial support to developing countries as they grapple with the deadly consequences of a warming planet, campaigners are urging the U.S. to follow the lead of European Union officials who on Monday pledged to stop subsidizing fossil fuels and instead invest in a just transition toward clean energy.
“Ending government support for fossil fuels is a no-brainer,” Laurie van der Burg of Oil Change International said Monday in a statement responding to the EU’s newly stated commitment to phasing out dirty energy subsidies and helping to fund a global push toward renewable energy. “Globally, governments are still propping up fossil fuels with huge sums of public money, behavior that is incompatible with keeping global warming below 1.5ºC.”
World Leaders Reach for Climate Adaptation Strategies
THE HAGUE, The Netherlands, January 26, 2021 (ENS) – As Earth’s climate heats up, a new international coalition is forming to tackle the impacts of global climate change, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced Monday. Johnson was speaking at the virtual Netherlands-hosted Climate Adaptation Summit - the first global summit focused solely on adaptation and resilience.
The two-day virtual Climate Adaptation Summit brought many of the world’s top greenhouse gas emitting countries together to tackle climate issues. Jan. 25, 2021 (Photo courtesy CAS 2021)
The Climate Adaptation Summit, linked with the annual World Economic Forum that opened in Davos, Switzerland on Monday, concentrated on finding solutions to adapt to the effects of climate change, such as more frequent and damaging hurricanes and typhoons, extreme rainfall, drought, heat, wildfires, extinctions, melting glaciers and rising sea levels.
Johnson launches coalition to tackle climate change impacts Follow Newsd On
London, Jan 25 (IANS) British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday launched the Adaptation Action Coalition, a new international coalition to tackle the impacts of climate change.
Johnson launched the coalition in a virtual address to the Netherlands-hosted Climate Adaptation Summit, the first-ever global summit focused solely on adaptation and resilience.
Developed by the UK in partnership with Egypt, Bangladesh, Malawi, the Netherlands, Saint Lucia and the United Nations, this new coalition will work to turn international political commitments made through the United Nations Call for Action on Adaptation and Resilience into on-the-ground support for vulnerable communities.
New Global Coalition launched to address impacts of Climate Change
Prime Minister Boris Johnson will launch the Adaptation Action Coalition, a new international coalition to tackle the impacts of climate change.
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25 January 2021
Prime Minister Boris Johnson is set to announce a new international coalition to tackle the impacts of climate change.
In a virtual address to the Netherlands-hosted Climate Adaptation Summit, the first ever global summit focused solely on adaptation and resilience, the Prime Minister will launch the Adaptation Action Coalition.
Developed by the UK in partnership with Egypt, Bangladesh, Malawi, the Netherlands, Saint Lucia and the United Nations, this new Coalition will work to turn international political commitments made through the United Nations Call for Action on Adaptation and Resilience into on-the-ground support for vulnerable communities.
Bangladesh will be part of UKâs coalition over climate change
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DHAKA, Jan 25, 2021 (BSS) â The United Kingdom (UK) in partnership with Bangladesh, Egypt, Malawi, the Netherlands, Saint Lucia and the United Nations is set to announce a new international coalition to tackle the impacts of climate change.
In a virtual address to the Netherlands-hosted Climate Adaptation Summit, the first ever global summit focused solely on adaptation and resilience, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will launch the Adaptation Action Coalition, a British High Commission press release said here today.
This new Coalition will work to turn international political commitments made through the United Nations Call for Action on Adaptation and Resilience into on-the-ground support for vulnerable communities.