U.S. Climate Chief Calls On Africa To Slash Emissions

U.S. Climate Chief Calls On Africa To Slash Emissions

“It is true that 20 countries – including the United States — are now responsible for 80 percent of all emissions. It is also true that 48 countries in sub-Saharan Africa are responsible for only 0.55% of total emissions,” Kerry said in a speech at the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment (AMCEN).

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Many African nations argue that they wouldn’t curb investment in fossil fuels which are vital to allowing hundreds of millions of people access to electricity. The developed nations, for their part, are calling on Africa to help curb emissions, but no concrete plans have been proposed to help developing nations, including those in Africa, with increased funding to fight climate change.

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China: the “yellow peril”, really?

China: the “yellow peril”, really?

The West’s wasted crisis

A year that began hopefully is ending grimly. Western political elites, unable (and perhaps unwilling) to turn a deadly pandemic and climate crisis into a life-preserving opportunity, have only themselves to blame.

The West’s wasted crisis

Will the Military Industrial Complex Permit Good Relations Between the U.S. and China?

Will the Military Industrial Complex Permit Good Relations Between the U.S. and China?

U.S. shale has a message for the Biden administration: Ask us to increase oil production, not OPEC

U.S. shale has a message for the Biden administration: Ask us to increase oil production, not OPEC

China and Solutions to Climate Change

China and Solutions to Climate Change

How the Israeli occupation ravages the environment in Palestine

A possible Israel-Bill Gates working group on climate change ignores Tel Aviv’s appalling record of destruction of Palestinian wells, poisoning of trees and demolition of entire ecosystems to make space for Israel’s apartheid wall, says RAMZY BAROUD

How the Israeli occupation ravages the environment in Palestine

Microsoft founder Bill Gates warns of bioterrorist attacks and urges world leaders to use ‘germ games’ to prepare in interview with Jeremy Hunt

Microsoft founder Bill Gates warns of bioterrorist attacks and urges world leaders to use ‘germ games’ to prepare in interview with Jeremy Hunt

The nice thing is a lot of the R&D we need to do to be ready for the next pandemic are things like making vaccines cheap, having big factories, eradicating the flu, getting rid of the common cold, making vaccines just a little patch you put on your arm, [are] things that will be incredibly beneficial even in the years when we don’t have pandemics.

Cows and cars should not be conflated in climate change debates

Cows and cars should not be conflated in climate change debates

Draconian new legislation set to shut down protest at Scottish Parliament ahead of COP26

Campaigners have condemned controversial new legislation designed to shut down protests outside the Scottish parliament building in Edinburgh, warning new police powers will have a “chilling effect” on the right to protest. The timing of this new legislation – just months before COP26 arrives in Scotland – is significant.

Draconian new legislation set to shut down protest at Scottish Parliament ahead of COP26