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Guterres: COVID-19 recovery offers ‘chance to change course’
The process of recovery from the coronavirus pandemic offers the chance to change course, and put humanity on a path on which it is...
The new geopolitics of China’s climate leadership
Since 2014, China has embarked on a new era of confident, independent international policy activism under President Xi Jinping – the origins of which...
The Modernity of Climate Diplomacy
Proposition of Modernity
International climate diplomacy may appear to the observer as a newly forged and unknown process compared to other well-established diplomatic affairs. Still...
The Interconnectedness Between Covid-19 And International Environmental Law
Authors: Harsh Mahaseth and Pranjal Risal*
There is a link between human health and that of animals and the environment but this phenomenon has been worsened...
World could lose coral reefs by end of century
Every one of the world’s coral reefs could bleach by the end of the century, unless there are drastic reductions in greenhouse-gas emissions, the...
Vietnam can learn from COVID-19 crisis to address its environmental challenge
Vietnam is expected to grow by almost 3 percent in 2020 while the world economy is expected to contract at least by 4 percent...
Five years on, the Paris Climate Accord needs political will more than ever
December 12, 2020 marked five years since the signing of the historic Paris Climate Agreement, or the Paris Accord. A total of 196 countries...
Revitalizing a Global Fight Climate Change Together
Authors: Xu Guoying & Zhao Qingtong
Since the 1960s, the effects of global climate change have alarmed the peoples over the world. It includes unprecedented...
Six environmental trailblazers honoured as UNEP Champions of the Earth
The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) today announced six laureates of the 2020 Champions of the Earth award, the UN’s highest environmental honour. The Champions...
UN makes progress on ‘greening the blue’
In 2019, the UN system continued to make steady progress towards reducing its environmental footprint, recording decreases in emissions and implementing advanced environment management systems.
According...