France to set unilateral floor price for carbon emissions
The French government has committed to unilaterally set a carbon price floor for electricity producers in a move aimed at curbing coal-fired power generation and boosting renewables. The combination...
Paris Ratification and Arab World
In what became to be the largest ever signing ceremony at the United Nations headquarters in New York, representatives of over 170 countries gathered to sign the climate change agreement reached in...
Lebanon’s First Biennial Update Report (BUR) on Climate Change
The Climate Change Team at the Lebanese Ministry of Environment, with the support of the Global Environment Facility and the United Nations Development Programme, has produced Lebanon’s First...
Vulnerable Countries Stress Need for Urgent Action to Deliver on the Paris Agreement
The 43-member Climate Vulnerable Forum (CVF) on Friday joined other Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to take forward commitments to fully implement the...
Muslim Leaders Deliver Islamic Climate Change Declaration as Paris Agreement Makes History
The Islamic Climate Change Declaration will be presented today at the United Nations Headquarters to the President of the UN General Assembly, Mr Mogens Lykketoff. The occasion will also mark the...
A UNFCCC Tree for Paris and a Safer Climate Under the Linden in 2050
At Oberpleis, a village south of Bonn, in Germany, all the cherry trees are in full bloom. Compared to the opulence of their blossoms, two rows of small-leaf linden trees in a nursery look modest,...
100+ Companies Salute the Signing of the Paris Agreement and Call For Swift Action On Clean Power Plan
More than 100 companies, including leading global giants, expressed their support today for the Paris Agreement on climate change and called for swift action on the Environmental Protection Agency’s...
The #ParisAgreement could be the most important global accord of our generation. Here’s why
On April 22 – Earth Day – representatives from more than 100 countries will gather at the United Nations in New York to sign the Paris Agreement on climate change. It is expected to be the largest...
