COP21: Grassroots organizations spotlight women's voices at UN climate conference

Dec 09, 2015, at 03:36 pm

New York, Dec 9 (Just Earth News/IBNS): Dozens of non-governmental organizations rallying outside the United Nations climate change conference (COP21) in Paris on Tuesday voiced the importance of bringing more women to the forefront of discussions, both in terms of who is negotiating the new climate agreement and what will be written within its pages.

UN agencies weigh in on climate change impacts ahead of Paris conference

Nov 28, 2015, at 02:12 pm

New York, Nov 28 (Just Earth News/IBNS): In the weeks leading up to the United Nations climate change conference (COP21), which begins in Paris on Monday and aims to reach a new universal climate agreement, many of the Organization’s agencies and programmes announced their latest climate-related findings, bringing to light new data, major concerns, and underlining existing and potential opportunities to preserve the planet.

Ban welcomes election of chief of UN-backed climate panel ahead of Paris conference

Oct 08, 2015, at 01:19 pm

New York, Oct 8 (IBNS): United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has welcomed the election of Lee Hoesung of the Republic of Korea as Chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Hoesung will guide the Panel’s work of assessing the science related to climate change.

Talks on climate change reveal broad support for durable deal in Paris: Ban

Sep 28, 2015, at 01:51 pm

New York, Sept 28 (IBNS): Secretary General Ban Ki-moon reported on Sunday that ahead of an upcoming United Nations climate conference in Paris, world leaders have voiced broad support for reaching a durable agreement that will accelerate investments in clean energy and spur a global, low-carbon transformation well before the end of the century, consistent with a below 2 degrees Celsius pathway.