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Climate Action Network reacts to the decision by Chile to withdraw as host of COP25
30 Oct 2019
[ In Spanish below ] 30 October 2019: Climate Action Network (CAN) has noted the decision by the Chilean government not to host the UN Climate Summit COP25 that was scheduled to take place between 2 and 13 December in Santiago de Chile. We stand in solidarity with the people of Chile in their ongoing […]
Green Climate Fund pledging summit: Civil society groups react to outcome
25 Oct 2019
Pledges now add up to $US 9.7 billion but countries must continue to fill the coffers through the replenishment period to meet the needs of vulnerable people and for global efforts to tackle climate crisis 25 October, Paris: The Green Climate Fund (GCF) Pledging Conference concluded here today with pledges now totaling US$9.7 billion. By doubling on […]
IPCC Report: Timely, ambitious and enduring political action needed to halt devastating impacts of climate crisis on oceans and ice systems
25 Sep 2019
Scale of threat to these ecosystems and communities dependent on them requires rapid and unprecedented action to stop emissions and to help people adapt 25 September, Monaco: The latest IPCC Special Report on the Oceans and the Cryosphere (SROCC) lays out the full extent to which the world’s marine life, oceans, glaciers, mountains, polar ecosystems are being disrupted by […]
Major Emitters Failed People at the UN Climate Action Summit in New York, Civil Society said
24 Sep 2019
Major Emitters Failed People at the UN Climate Action Summit in New York, Civil Society said. The Climate Action Network calls out rich major emitters that failed to commit to ambitious climate action at the UN Climate Action Summit Monday 23 September 2019 New York- The UN Climate Action Summit in New York opened with […]
Press Release: The UN Climate Action Summit Must Be A Game Changer for Climate
19 Sep 2019
Civil society expects world leaders to come with stronger emission targets, processes to build resilience and tackle climate impacts, and commitments to shift the trillions that will enable poor countries to cope with loss and damage and set forth the energy transition Thursday 19 September 2019 Tele-press briefing recording: https://climateactionnetwork.zoom.us/recording/share/xU4AV5pNO1aGcopxEGP09oDaiw0KJTg7xooWVJRGxiwIumekTziMw New York – Our house […]
Media Advisory – On Thursday 19 September 12:00 noon EST – Civil Society set Expectations for the United Nations Climate Action Summit to be held in New York
17 Sep 2019
Tele-press briefing on expectations for the United Nations Climate Action Summit held in New York on 23 September 2019 *** https://climateactionnetwork.zoom.us/j/273420927 *** Thursday 19 September 2019 12:00 noon New York local time (Eastern Standard Time) | 16h00 UTC/GMT | 17h00 London | 18h00 Berlin. Tweet questions to @CANIntl Climate Action Network (CAN) will host an […]
Civil society calls for end of coal in Asia, stronger climate targets and more commitments on finance
4 Sep 2019
04 September, BANGKOK: As fires ravage vast swathes of forests, sea levels rise, oceans warm up and floods and cyclones become more frequent and severe, civil society representatives from Climate Action Network in Southeast Asia, South Asia, Japan and Australia called on world leaders to halt the climate crisis by ending all new coal-fired power […]
Countries Must Double Pledges During Green Climate Fund (GCF) Replenishment
29 Aug 2019
Thursday 29 August 2019: As the Green Climate Fund (GCF) – the world’s largest multilateral fund for action on climate change – is holding its second consultation on the first replenishment in Ottawa, civil society welcomes the announcements by those countries including Germany, France, the United Kingdom and Norway that have doubled their pledges in local […]
Climate Action Network – response to fires in the Amazon rainforests
24 Aug 2019
23 August 2019: The fires burning in the Amazon rainforest are a crisis on a catastrophic scale that is a result of putting profit and political gains ahead of the planet. Satellite images showed over 75,000 fires- an 84% increase since 2018 when the Bolsanaro government in Brazil started steamrolling aggressive and destabilising policies. These […]
New IPCC study on land and climate change must spur renewed political conviction to stop climate breakdown
8 Aug 2019
Geneva, 8 August 2019: The IPCC Special Report on Climate Change and Land released today is another stark reminder that we are in an ecological and climate emergency. This report– coming after the IPCC Special Report on 1.5C and the IPBES Global Assessment Report on Biodiversity — brings together the best available science on how […]