Bangladesh will be part of UKâs coalition over climate change
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DHAKA, Jan 25, 2021 (BSS) â The United Kingdom (UK) in partnership with Bangladesh, Egypt, Malawi, the Netherlands, Saint Lucia and the United Nations is set to announce a new international coalition to tackle the impacts of climate change.
In a virtual address to the Netherlands-hosted Climate Adaptation Summit, the first ever global summit focused solely on adaptation and resilience, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will launch the Adaptation Action Coalition, a British High Commission press release said here today.
This new Coalition will work to turn international political commitments made through the United Nations Call for Action on Adaptation and Resilience into on-the-ground support for vulnerable communities.
Kerry regrets US absence from climate fight
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The Hague (AFP)
New US climate envoy John Kerry said he regretted his country s absence from the fight against climate change under Donald Trump, at a online summit of world leaders on Monday.
President Joe Biden s pointman on the issue committed the United States to efforts to make communities more resilient to the effects of climate change, the focus of the meeting hosted by the Netherlands.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Macron and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson also pledged their support for the cause in video statements to the Climate Adaptation Summit.
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