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Colombo/ Xinhua/UNI: Sri Lanka's parliament Speaker Karu Jayasuriya said on Saturday that the country was dedicated to addressing climate change and taking all steps necessary to mitigate the crisis brought about by it. more
Climate emergency: City mayors are 'world's first responders', says UN chief

New York: City bosses are “the world’s first responders to the climate emergency” UN chief António Guterres declared on Friday, at an international mayors’ ...

UN commits to help Pacific island agriculture adapt and survive climate crisis

New York: The UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) pledged on Friday to work hand in hand with the people of the Pacific to improve nutrition, and mitigate the worst effects ...

Island nations on climate crisis frontline ‘not sitting idly by’

New York: Small island nations are “not sitting idly by” but are emerging as “frontrunners” in the fight against climate change according to Fekitamoeloa Katoa &ls ...

Earth's oceans and frozen spaces paying price for 'taking the heat of global warming'

New York: Our oceans and frozen spaces have been “taking the heat” for global warming for decades, climate experts said on Wednesday, warning that without a radical chang ...

Climate activist Greta Thunberg's UN Climate Action Summit speech leaves actor Leonardo DiCaprio impressed

New York:  Hollywood actor Leonardo DiCaprio was left so much touched by climate activist Greta Thunberg's touching address at the UN’s Climate Action Summit in New York on ...

Countries violate rights over climate change, argue youth activists in landmark UN complaint

New York: The failure of governments to act on the climate crisis, constitutes a violation of children’s rights, according to a landmark complaint presented to the UN Committee on t ...

Greta Thunberg tells world leaders ‘you are failing us’, as nations announce fresh climate action

New York: Speaking at the beginning of the UN’s Climate Action Summit on Monday, the 16-year-old acclaimed climate activist Greta Thunberg, was unsparing in her criticism of world l ...

Banks worth $47 trillion adopt new UN-backed climate, sustainability principles

New York, Sept 23 (IBNS): Banks collectively with more than $47 trillion in assets, or a third of the global industry, signed up on Sunday to new United Nations-backed responsible banking ...

Ahead of UN summit, leading scientists warn climate change ‘hitting harder and sooner’ than forecast

New York: Top climate scientists issued a report on Sunday showing that over the last several years, sea-level rise, planetary warming, shrinking ice sheets and carbon pollution have acce ...