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Youth urge adults to stop 'acting like children' on climate change
With children and young people increasingly at risk from extreme weather and out in the streets demanding faster action on global warming, efforts to respect and promote their rights in climate policy need to step up.
UN modernizes guidance for greenhouse emission estimates
A United Nations climate change panel updated on Monday guidelines for governments to estimate greenhouse gas emissions so the most up-to-date scientific research is included.
Finland wants EU to agree plan for net-zero carbon footprint
Finland wants the European Union to agree to achieve a net-zero carbon footprint by 2050, Environment Minister Kimmo Tiilikainen said on Monday as the bloc's ministers met to discuss a climate protection plan.
Costa Rica launches 'unprecedented' push for zero emissions by 2050
Costa Rica's president has launched an economy-wide plan to decarbonize the country by 2050, saying the Central American nation aims to show other nations what is possible to address climate change.
Ministers work around the clock to strengthen global climate deal
Ministers are working around the clock to complete and strengthen the rules for making a landmark agreement to combat climate change operational.
Climate talks work on fair way to phase out coal use
Governments attending climate talks in Poland are working to ensure economies and jobs are preserved in the shift away from coal-fired power generation.
Failure to agree climate deal rules would be suicidal: U.N. chief
Failure by countries to agree rules on implementing the 2015 Paris climate agreement aimed at curbing global warming would be suicidal, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says.