The market is focused on making money now and isn’t heeding urgent warnings about climate change, our columnist says.
Tag: United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
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U.S. and Other Rich Nations Are Cutting Climate Aid, Even as Risks Grow
Poor countries need far more money to adapt to climate change, according to a new United Nations report.
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China Is Winning in Solar Power, but Its Coal Use Is Raising Alarms
China is building as much clean energy capacity over four years as it had promised to build in 10 years, but continues to add coal-fired power plants.
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Pope Francis Implores the World to Save a Planet Near ‘the Breaking Point’
Eight years after his landmark letter on humanity’s obligation to protect the environment, Francis warns that there is still a lot to be done, and quickly.
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U.S. and China Aren’t Invited to speak at U.N.’s Climate Ambition Summit
The world’s two biggest polluters were not invited to speak at a United Nations meeting designed to highlight effective action against warming.