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9 April, 2020

Chile launches the update of its emissions reduction commitment and measures to face climate change

The Environment Minister, Carolina Schmidt, asserted that the enhanced Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) lays the way for the country to advance at pace with the transition to a low-emission and climate-resilient economy, bringing significant social, environmental and economic benefits to improve standards of living. The Minister for Energy, Juan Carlos Jobet, stressed that “achieving Carbon […]
1 April, 2020

COP Bureau Reschedules Climate Change Discussions for October 2020

A decision was taken today by the COP Bureau to postpone the UN Climate Change meetings of the Subsidiary Bodies (SB52) until October 4-12, 2020, at the World Conference Centre in Bonn, Germany. Pre-sessional meetings will take place from September 28 to October 3, 2020. The decision by the Bureau took into consideration the guidelines […]
1 April, 2020

COP26 is postponed

The COP26 UN climate change conference set to take place in Glasgow in November has been postponed due to COVID-19. This decision has been taken by representatives of the COP Bureau of the UNFCCC (United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change), with the UK and its Italian partners. Dates for a rescheduled conference in 2021, […]
24 February, 2020

United Kingdom names Nigel Topping as High Level Climate Action Champion

On January 23, the designated presidency of COP26, United Kingdom, announced Nigel Topping as the new High Level Climate Action Champion. Topping joins the work being done by Gonzalo Muñoz, High Level Climate Action Champion of COP25, encouraging businesses, investors, organizations, cities, and regions to join the climate action, and coordinating this work with governments […]