At the UN climate summit in Katowice, Poland, an agreement was reached a day later than planned on the Paris climate agreement in 2015. The nearly 200 participating countries were...
The persistent American support for fossil fuels has again caused a collision with environmentalists yesterday at the climate summit in Katowice. An event where US officials praised earth and shale gas was disrupted by loud protest.
A protest march for a better climate policy has mobilized about 65,000 people in Brussels. The attendance figure is an estimate of the Belgian police. The procession moved from the North Station in the capital to the Cinquantenaire, where speeches and performances were held.
Despite the alarming report from the UN climate panel IPCC, the European Union is not tightening its objectives for the time being. The EU environment ministers were distributed during consultations in Luxembourg, but left open the possibility for tightening.
The European Commission intends to significantly increase the official climate targets of the European Union. The EU wants a 20 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030. Now it is still 40 percent compared to the 1990 figures.
Overtime for the participants in the world climate conference in Bonn, Germany. The planned end on Friday afternoon has not been met. But in the early Saturday morning the news came that the renewal of the Paris climate agreement has come a lot closer.
