UNICEF Warns Gaza Children without Water and Sanitation
‘Barely a drop to drink’: children in the Gaza Strip do not access 90 per cent of their normal water use Water and sanitation services are at the point of collapse with large-scale disease outbreaks looming,
Published : 20 December 2023
Historic CoP28 deal agrees to ‘transition away’ from fossil fuels
Historic CoP28 deal agrees to ‘transition away’ from fossil fuels Delegates at the UN conference agree to ‘historic package’ of climate measures, although ‘phase out’ phrase omitted. Delegates at the United Nations CoP28 climate talks in Dubai
Published : 13 December 2023
Australia Preparing to Burn More Fossil Fuels
Australia is preparing to burn – more fossil fuels Australia’s government struggles with climate contradictions as it commits to damaging fossil fuel projects. Australians are used to seeing messages with advice on preparing for bushfires and other
Published : 13 December 2023
CoP28: Key outcomes agreed at the UN climate talks in Dubai
CoP28: Key outcomes agreed at the UN climate talks in Dubai Nearly every country in the world has agreed to “transition away from fossil fuels” – the main driver of climate change – at the CoP28 climate summit
Published : 13 December 2023
UNGA Calls for Immediate Humanitarian Ceasefire in Gaza
Two days after the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, an overwhelming majority of the UN Member States adopted a resolution in today’s General Assembly Emergency Special Session, calling for an immediate
Published : 12 December 2023
Activists stage rare UAE protest at CoP28
Activists stage rare UAE politics protest during CoP28 climate summit DUBAI—A small group of demonstrators staged a very rare protest in Dubai on Saturday in the CoP28 U.N. climate summit site to demand the release of pro-democracy activists
Published : 09 December 2023
CoP28 Delivers: What, Who and How They’re Pledging
Who is pledging climate finance at COP28, and how much? At this year`s U.N. climate summit, countries, development institutions and businesses are pledging more money for everything from the energy transition to health care initiatives, technology investments,
Published : 06 December 2023
Open Letter to ICC Assembly of State Parties re: Prosecutor’s Engagement on the Situation in Palestine
Open letter to the Assembly of State Parties regarding the ICC Office of the Prosecutor’s engagement with the Situation in Palestine For the background to this letter, see the Annex beneath the signatures below. We, the undersigned scholars and
Published : 06 December 2023
@ CoP28, India Refuses Curbs on Energy Use
Jacob Koshy, The Hindu India will not be bound by curbs on energy use: Environment Secretary At COP28, India was conspicuously absent from a list of 118 countries signed on to a pledge to triple installed renewable energy capacity by 2030. India has also reiterated its right to
Published : 03 December 2023
