By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network
NEW YORK (IDN) – Ex-President Pierre Buyoya of Burundi died December 18 in Paris where he was seeking medical treatment for Covid-19, according to relatives. ...
... goals and targets set out under the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Paris Climate Change Agreement.”
The way Forward
The World Economic Forum’s 2020 Global Risks Report (GRR), ranks ...
... major issues came to a head at COP25 that demonstrate this clearly: the question of finance for loss and damage, and rules on carbon markets under the Paris Agreement.
On the first, rich countries shamelessly ...
... Paris Agreement on climate change, have called for increased ambition at global level to close the gap between the commitments made so far and what would be necessary to meet the long-term global temperature ...
... pressures. They were defined in the great multilateral agreements reached in 2015: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the Addis Ababa Agenda for Action, and the Paris Agreement on climate change. ...
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For many, people, regions even countries this is already a matter of life and death.
This meeting is the most important gathering on climate change since the Paris Agreement was signed.
It is ...
... determine whether the Paris Agreement will succeed in combating climate change, he warns. Views are personal. This article first appeared on 'India Climate Dialogue' on 22 June 2018, and is being reproduced ...
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In total, 13 of its companies have now committed to cut their emissions in line with the Paris Climate Change Agreement goals by signing-up to a science-based target.
The Agreement aims at keeping ...
By SWAN
PARIS (IDN-INPS) – Fans of African art in France have been spoilt for choice this year, with an abundance of exhibitions around the country, particularly in the capital Paris
During the spring, Art ...
By Jaya Ramachandran
BONN (IDN) - The 28-nation European Union and 79 countries of the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Group have reaffirmed their commitment to the implementation of the Paris Climate ...
... insults, tirades and tantrums during his presidency, however, Trump reserved the worst and bitterest spite for the last.
Like he did on the Paris Accord on climate change, North Korea, and trade, the ...
... changes in security policies and announced moves such as a return to the Paris Climate Agreement, the revisiting of the JCPOA[23] and the reinforcement of a culture of peace and multilateralism based on ...
... United Nations with the aim of accelerating the implementation of the Paris climate agreement. Previous summits have been held in Paris in 2017, New York in 2018 and Nairobi in 2019.
In his address, ...
... on January 6 that was hypocritical and pathetic in comparison to the treatment of Black Lives Matter protesters endured in the summer of 2020. These rioters went wild for four hours in the Capitol and ...
... – a number that could be cut in half if the Paris Agreement on climate change is fully implemented.
And yet fossil fuels are still being subsidized: the full cost to societies of publicly financed subsidies ...
... to submit upgraded commitments by year's end to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions, straggling behind the schedule of accelerated climate ambitions set out in the Paris Agreement.
Zanjan’s work on ...
... and killings.
While the US populations have been shaken by the assault on Capitol Hill this week, Nairn argues, “this assault on the Capitol, is really nothing by comparison to what U.S. operations have ...
... in the next two decades—and by some measures, already is. For the sake of comparison, in 1980 the Soviet Union had a GDP that was about 40% that of the U.S., with the trendlines actually favoring the West. ...
... the 2015 Paris Agreement but then refused to be bound by the tepid agreements.
It is telling that countries such as Jamaica and Mongolia updated their climate plans to the United Nations before the end ...
... Joe Biden has announced that the United States will seek to rejoin the Paris Agreement early in his presidency.
These pledges now need to be translated into action. Yet at the time of writing, more than ...
By Jaya Ramachadran
PARIS (IDN) – The UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has urged adequate policies and actions to help the culture sector weather the crisis caused by the ...
... too, while nature keeps shrinking. The science-fiction scenario of an engineered planet is already here.
It seems a simple comparison, and yet is fiendishly difficult in practice. But this team has practice ...
... important and different skills and perspectives to the policy making table in comparison to their male counterparts. Women’s equality makes our planet safe and secure.
The United Nations has recognised ...
... of Parties (COP) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to venues such as Paris and Kyoto, then it is perfectly logical to convene the NPT review conference in Vienna.
The ...
Viewpoint by P.I. Gomes*
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago (IDN) – On December 10, 2020, marking five years since adoption of the landmark Paris Agreement of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change ...
... particularly Multilateral Development Banks, to ensure that their lending portfolios and operations are in line with achieving the goals of the Paris Agreement and Sustainable Development Goals, which ...
... across the planet, showing it’s possible to radically slash our production of CO₂. If the world meets the most ambitious goals of the Paris Agreement and keeps global temperature increases below 1.5oC, ...
... is wary of Chinese exports gaining more market access in comparison to other countries getting access to Chinese markets, and therefore the negotiations and the role of origin aspects would be major nagging ...
... Rector, University of Antwerpen, Belgium; Seppe Deckers, University of Ghent, Belgium; Pino Schirripa, Universita di Roma, Italy; Eloi Ficquet, Ecole des hautes études en science sociales, Paris; Pablo ...
... time, conspiracy theories said the flu originated in China. The fact remains that the spread of the pandemic and deaths resulting from the flu were meagre in China in comparison to other regions. With ...
... pressure.
President-elect Joe Biden on November 4 promised to re-join the Paris agreement and he has declared addressing climate change “the No 1 issue facing humanity” and promised $2 trillion in climate ...
... all Trump’s disasters in international affairs as they are well known. He has withdrawn from the idea of international cooperation, from the Paris agreement on climate, from the World Health Organization, ...
... impact U.S. foreign and military, as well as domestic policies. This opens both opportunities and challenges.
While we can cheer that Biden intends to join the Paris Climate Agreement, the military-industrial ...
... Trump has shown animus to numerous world bodies and agreements, withdrawing from the World Health Organization (WHO) the Paris Agreement on climate change, the nonbinding Global Compact on Migration, the ...
... he opposed the Second Gulf War against Iraq. As vice-president, he opposed the war in Libya. He has promised to restore US membership of the Paris Accord on climate change, which Trump hates. He will want ...
... near Paris, on October 16, after showing cartoons of the prophet Muhammad to his pupils, “and to all the teachers in the world who take risks to educate our children".
Meanwhile, Erna Solberg, Prime ...
... through any of the multiple channels available to him, instead of waiting till the next day to promise a futile investigation.
Comparisons are pointless, and even a disservice to the memory of the dead ...
... of a pervasive narrative in global health that portrays industrialised countries as “advanced” in comparison with the “backward” or “poor” developing world, as described by Edward Said in his foundational ...
... held in 2022.
“They feel that if they cannot get independence through the Noumea Accord, they would like bilateral talks with Paris on the way forward,” he adds. “What could be expected is a flurry of ...
... and poorly maintained infrastructure, many Nigerians have had to seek their fortunes abroad," Folarin observes.
In comparison, Folarin said "Smaller nations such as Ghana, Rwanda, Ivory Coast, Qatar and ...
... with New Delhi, Paris and Canberra as the critical nodes, to counter China’s assertiveness. During a visit to Australia in May 2018, before flying to India, Macron nailed the necessity for security collaboration ...
... East?
If Trump is re-elected it is going to get worse, perhaps much worse
Dear reader, don’t shake your head if you are reading this in Paris, Berlin, Madrid or Stockholm as if there is nothing your ...
... of US, Chinese and Indian expansion in the region. It provides a comparison of two eras of globalization, both of which paid scant respect to the rights of people in small nations by the big global powers. ...
... Weapons Convention. A few months ago, Russia was one of the very last countries to ratify the 2015 Paris Agreement, yet has no plans to do anything about decarbonization.
The U.S., having pulled out ...
(Forests, desertification, land degradation & biodiversity)
... recovery, the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals, the 2063 Agenda and the Paris Agreement in our respective countries.
They called on all partners to provide sustained and multifaceted ...
... horses, pigs, dogs & roses. Why on earth wouldn’t it work for humans? Facts ignore ideology.”
The comparison of human “races” to dog breeds is so pervasive that it should be answered comprehensively, ...
... freedom and a priority for technology and innovation to secure development is the key.
A comparison between the two countries between 1970 and 2017 viz. Chile and Venezuela provides an important lesson. ...
... quite like this.
In October 1991 Cambodia’s factions and the representatives of 19 nations met in Paris to sign the Peace Accords. Bush’s secretary of state James Baker told the conference “What makes ...
... steel and concrete panels may impress visitors from New York and Paris but how will they fare in Senegal’s warm, dry climate? Huge windows tend to invite uncomfortable heat.
“People are going to have ...
... adopted financing plans in three key areas. They aim to address the challenge of diminished fiscal space and debt vulnerability; to ensure sustainable recovery, consistent with the ambitions of the Paris ...