Environment

High hopes as world leaders meet to agree global survival plan

The expected approval of a new worldwide development deal later this week gives hope that nations can work together to eradicate poverty and protect the environment. All 193 UN member states will formally agree the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable...

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Fossil fuel companies face landmark national human rights complaint on climate change

Typhoon survivors and civil society groups in the Philippines Tuesday delivered a complaint to the Commission on Human Rights of the Philippines (CHR) calling for an investigation into the responsibility of big fossil fuel companies for fuelling...

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COP 21: environment MEPs adopt mandate for Paris climate talks

In a resolution adopted by 55 votes to 5, with 8 abstentions, the committee also says a share of the EU's carbon market allowances should be earmarked for climate finance and the aviation and shipping sectors should initiate measures to curb their...

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Sumatran rhino likely to go extinct unless action is taken urgently, warns IUCN

Listed as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™, the Sumatran rhino is now presumed extinct in the wild in Malaysia, as announced last month in the journal Oryx. Over the last 50-100 years, the Sumatran rhino has become...

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