COP26
UN Chief calls for greater commitment to avert climate catastrophe
Noting that the 2021 a ‘crucial year’ for climate change, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said the world is far from achieving agreed goals to reduce global warming in line with the Paris Agreement on Climate Change and stressed the need for securing greater commitment to averting climate catastrophe.
Dhaka urges countries to be more ambitious on climate issues
Bangladesh has urged countries to be more ambitious on mitigation, adaptation, climate finance and the issue of loss and damage.
UK appoints Champion to support developing countries to deal with climate change
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has appointed the former Secretary of State for International Development, Anne-Marie Trevelyan MP, as the UK’s International Champion on Adaptation and Resilience for the COP26 Presidency.
Hasina's leadership to ‘amplify calls for decisive action’ on climate front
President-elect of the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) Alok Sharma has said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's leadership of the Climate Vulnerable Forum (CVF) is helping to amplify the calls from the most vulnerable countries for decisive and immediate action.
The world must support developing countries in tackling climate change
Climate change is a global problem that requires global solutions.
UK helps reduce over 30m tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions globally
Around 31 million tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions were reduced globally in the last nine years as a result of the UK intervention, equivalent to taking 6.7 million cars off the road for a year, according to new climate finance data.