The summer’s heatwaves around the world have ushered in a spate of new and alarming reports on climate change. . . Heatwaves have claimed the lives of 80 people in…
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An impressive 177 countries have now signed the Paris climate deal. The first post-Paris meeting wrapped up recently in Bonn and today we look at the next steps and what…
Read articleThe Paris Climate Agreement has been widely hailed as a major diplomatic success and a good first step for world governments to ramp up their mitigation ambitions. As more than…
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In full swing this week are the crucial UN CoP21 climate change negotiations in Paris, aiming to broker a global agreement to cut greenhouse gas emissions which are warming the…
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EIA campaigners have prepared a briefing to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) for the 21st Conference of Parties (CoP21) currently taking place in Paris. Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs)…
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PARIS: After a five-day preparatory meeting in Paris, Parties to the Montreal Protocol failed to finalise a formal negotiation process for discussions on hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) but agreed to hold an…
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Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) are everywhere: in our cars, refrigerators, air-conditioners and the insulation in the walls of most buildings. They are also increasingly in our atmosphere, where they are important contributors…
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It’s only the first week of February but climate change is already shaping up to be the big issue of 2015. This year’s World Economic Forum in Davos, which took…
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This time last year, I was recovering from two full-on weeks at the annual climate summit – or CoP – which had just come to an end in Warsaw, Poland.…
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Countries edge towards global agreement on super greenhouse gases as obstacles melt PARIS: The international community has moved a step closer to a deal on eliminating hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) at a…
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