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Climate change is one of the most pressing issues that the world is collectively facing at the moment. It is contended that strengthening the global response is pertinent to combat the threat of climate change.
1 The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) adopted in 1992 that entered into force on 21 March, 1994, primarily aims to prevent anthropogenic interference in the earth’s climate system and stabilize Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions. With this aim, the Conference of Parties meets every year to assess progress and review documents by countries on their plans to combat climate change.
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(Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Joe Biden must place environmental justice at the heart of his plans to tackle climate change by tailoring policies to address the global inequalities at the root of the crisis, guests in a Reuters Next panel said on Thursday.
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Biden has pledged to return the United States to a leadership role in climate diplomacy by rejoining the 2015 Paris accord, and spend $2 trillion on projects to decarbonize the economy while creating thousands of jobs.
The United States’ role as the world’s biggest historical emitter of planet-warming gases gave the country a special responsibility to remedy the disproportionate impact of climate change on developing countries, marginalized communities, women and indigenous peoples, participants from campaign groups said.
Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - A large coalition of Southeast Alaska Native Tribes and communities, small businesses, and conservation organizations has filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration for exempting the Tongass National Forest from the federal Roadless Rule.
Earthjustice and the Natural Resources Defense Council filed the lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Juneau on behalf of the Organized Villages of Kake, Saxman, the Hoonah Indian Association, the Ketchikan Indian Community, the Klawock Cooperative Association, the Women s Earth and Climate Action Network, the Boat Company, Uncruise, Alaska Longline Fishermen s Association, Southeast Alaska Conservation Council, Natural Resources Defense Council, Alaska Rainforest Defenders, Alaska Wilderness League, Center for Biological Diversity, Sierra Club, Defenders of Wildlife, National Audubon Society, Wilderness Society, Greenpeace, Inc. the National Wildlife Federation and Environment America.