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2006
- Wildlife Management Urgent in Climate-Changed World
Nairobi, 16 November 2006 - Climate change is and will increasingly have dramatic impacts on migratory species from whales and dolphins to birds and turtles a new report by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) says.
- UN Acts to Assist Africa Adapt to Climate Change and Better Access the CDM
Nairobi, 15 November 2006 - A bold new global initiative to secure a greater share of the international carbon finance market for the worlds poorest countries was announced today by two UN agencies at the climate convention talks in Nairobi.
- Public Private Partnerships Unlock Climate Cover for the Vulnerable
Nairobi, 14 November 2006 - Experts-- members of the United Nations Environment Programme’s Finance Initiative (UNEP FI)-- are warning that losses from extreme weather events linked to climate change are doubling every 12 years.
- Harvesting Rainfall a Key Climate Adaptation Opportunity for Africa
Nairobi, 13 November 2006 - The massive potential of rainwater harvesting in Africa is underlined in a new report released today at the climate convention talks in Nairobi.
- UNEP Launches Campaign to Plant a Billion Trees
Nairobi, 8 November 2006 - The vital importance of voluntary collective action in the fight against climate change is spotlighted today with the launch of a new campaign to plant a billion trees.
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- Climate National Parks, Ancient Artefacts, Monuments and Barrier Reefs at Risk from Global Climate Change
Nairobi, 7 November 2006 - Cultural and nature-based heritage sites-- from Charles Darwin’s favourite barrier reef in Belize and South Africa’s famous West Coast National Park to 600 year-old Thai ruins and archaeological sites in Scotland-- are increasingly threatened by climate change.
- Africa’s Acute Vulnerability to Climate Change Underlined in New Report
Nairobi, 5 November 2006 - The new report on impacts, vulnerability and adaptation in Africa, released by the Secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and based on data from bodies including the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) indicates that the continent’s vulnerability to climate change is even more acute than had previously been supposed.
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- Facing the Climate Change Challenge
In early November, nations meet in Nairobi, Kenya, for the next round of climate change talks under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and its Kyoto Protocol. [Français]
- Climate Change Threat to Pacific Ocean Mangroves
Nairobi, Apia, Honolulu, 18 July 2006 - Action is needed to conserve mangroves in the Pacific amid concern that rising sea levels, linked with climate change, are set to drown large areas of these precious and economically important ecosystems.
- Fighting Climate Change through Energy Efficiency
May 30 2006 - With world energy prices and climate-altering greenhouse gas emissions ballooning in tandem with a surge in energy demand from the hot economies of China, India and Brazil, the world has a major stake in the success of energy reduction efforts, particularly in those three countries, warn experts concluding a four-year international project.
- Norway to Host World Environment Day 2007
Oslo/Nairobi, 12 May 2006 – A Nordic country in the frontline of climate change has been chosen by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) to host the main celebrations of World Environment Day 2007.
- UN Environment Head Welcomes Climate Change Compliance Committee
Nairobi, 3 March 2006 --The launch of the compliance system for the Kyoto Protocol, the international treaty to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, was welcomed by Klaus Toepfer, Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
- New Report Links Renewable Energy to Climate Change Solutions
DUBAI/PARIS, 8 February 2006 - Renewable energy must play a major role in the global energy supply to meet the increasingly serious environmental and economic threats of climate change, according to a new report from the Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century (REN21).
2005
- IPCC Report on Carbon Capture and Storage Launched
Montreal, 22 September 2005 - Press Advisory Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) to launch report on “carbon dioxide capture and storage” , Montreal press conference on Monday, 26 September at 13h30 can be joined by teleconference and web cast.
- CO2 Storage May Minimize Climate Change
Montreal, 26 September 2005 - New IPCC report confirms that CO2 capturing and storage could play a major role in combating climate change – but only if key constraints are addressed.
- UN Climate Change Conference in Montreal: Creating a Climate of Cooperation
Montreal, 24 November 2005 - The eleventh session of the Conference of the Parties to the Climate Change Convention (COP 11) will be held in conjunction with the first session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (COP/MOP) in Montréal.
- Pacific Island Villagers First Climate Change "Refugees"
Montreal, 6 December 2005 - A small community living in the Pacfic island chain of Vanuatu has become one of, if not the first, to be formally moved out of harms way as a result of climate change.
- 2005 Breaks a String of Disastrous Weather Records
Montreal, 6 December 2005 - 2005 has witnessed the largest financial losses ever as a result of weather-related natural disasters an international climate change conference was told today. ( Wednesday 7 December 2005).
- Climate Change and Africa High on G-8 Agenda
6 July 2004 - As Leaders of the world's eight most industrialised nations start their meetings in Scotland, the twin issues of Climate Change and Africa, where the MDGs are proving hardest to achieve, remain the centre piece of the G-8 summit this year.
(Tuesday 5 July 2005)
- Global Finance Community Joins UN to Tackle Climate Change
Institutional investors managing USD 3.22 trillion back new call for action at 2005 Investor Summit on Climate Risk
New York, 10 May 2005 – An unprecedented grouping of pension funds, foundations, European investors and US state treasurers have joined today with the United Nations to back a new call for urgent action by the global investment community to tackle the threat of climate change.
(Tuesday 10 May 2005).
- New Report on How to Save the Ozone Layer while Combating Climate Change
Geneva, 11 April 2005 – After 20 years of protecting the ozone layer with a new generation of chemicals, governments are confronting the fact that these ozone-friendly substitutes for chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) also happen to be greenhouse gases that contribute to global warming.
(Monday 11 April 2005).
- Climate Change and Over Fishing Among Key Issues for the Pacific Islands
Pollution-busting Measures Needed to Protect Coral Reefs: Coastal Fish Stocks are Already Depleted London/Nairobi, 6 January 2005 – Global warming and the over exploitation of coastal fish stocks are among the biggest environmental threats to the health and wealth of the Pacific islands according to reports released today by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
(Thursday 6 January 2005).
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