Tag: UN
U.S. will change course on climate change policy: Former EPA transition head
U.S. may withdraw from UN Framework Convention on Climate Change By Nina Chestney LONDON, Jan 30 (Reuters) – The United States will switch course on climate change and pull out of a global pact to cut emissions, said Myron Ebell, who headed U.S. President Donald Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) transition team until his inauguration. […]
U.S. Energy Department balks at Trump request for names on climate change
Energy Department request left staff unsettled By David Shepardson WASHINGTON, Dec 13 (Reuters) – The U.S. Energy Department said on Tuesday it will not comply with a request from President-elect Donald Trump’s Energy Department transition team for the names of people who have worked on climate change and the professional society memberships of lab workers. The […]
France, UN tell Trump action on climate change unstoppable
Inaction on climate change “dangerous for peace” By Aziz El Yaakoubi and Nina Chestney MARRAKESH, Morocco, Nov 15 (Reuters) – France and the United Nations on Tuesday stepped up warnings to U.S. President-elect Donald Trump about the risks of quitting a 2015 global plan to combat climate change, saying a historic shift from fossil fuels […]
Ships more at risk after first Somali pirate attack in years
UN report on Somali pirate attacks says progress on fighting piracy “fragile and reversible” By Jonathan Saul LONDON, Nov 8 (Reuters) – Merchant vessels sailing through busy shipping lanes between Somalia and Yemen may be underestimating the risk of piracy and terrorism following two attempted attacks last month, maritime officials say. More than 40 per […]
UN airline emissions pact gets cold welcome from EU lawmakers
EU has own airline emissions scheme for internal flights By Julia Fioretti BRUSSELS, Oct 7 (Reuters) – European Union lawmakers decided to keep the bloc’s own airline emissions trading scheme for intra-European flights after the United Nations agreed a deal to curb aviation pollution but left open a decision on eventually including international flights. EU lawmakers say […]
Paris climate accord to go into force – but faces test of enforcement
India ratified Paris climate accord over weekend By Alister Doyle OSLO, Oct 3 (Reuters) – A global agreement on climate change is set to win enough ratifications by signatory nations this week to go into force in November, heralding a harder phase of turning promises into cuts in greenhouse gas emissions. The 2015 Paris […]
‘Honeymoon over’, rules for UN climate pact may take two years
UN climate pact negotiators begin work on rule book By Alister Doyle BONN, Germany, May 26 (Reuters) – A first United Nations meeting on implementing a 2015 global agreement to combat climate change showed it could take two years to work out a detailed rule book for a sweeping shift from fossil fuels, delegates said. […]
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