EU Environmental Council agrees to speed up Paris Agreement
The Council agreed to speed up the process of ratification of the Paris Agreement. This agreement sets the framework for global action on climate change.
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Paris COP21: Agreement reached on climate change
The universal agreement’s main aim is to keep a global temperature rise this century well below 2 degrees Celsius and to drive efforts to limit the temperature increase even further to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels.
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Sustainable transport on top of the Paris COP21 agenda
Negotiators and delegates acknowledged that transportation has the highest growth in carbon dioxide emissions of any industrial sector during the fourth day of the historic Paris summit.
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Climate change adaptation in Europe: tracking progress and sharing know-how
Where do countries stand in terms of tracking climate change adaptation in their territories? A new report by the European Environment Agency provides an overview of national monitoring, reporting and evaluation (MRE) systems in European countries.
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Paris COP21: World leaders under pressure
Representatives of 195 countries are expected to arrive this week in Paris to participate in a major UN climate change conference, known as the Conference of the Parties.
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Global mobilizations ahead of the Paris COP21 conference
Dozens of cities around the globe and thousands of people will participate in the global march on November 29th at noon, to demand sustainable solutions in order to tackle climate change.
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