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10 years after the Paris Agreement, world leaders are letting go of its most famous goal

On the first day of this year’s United Nations climate summit, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva promised attendees that this conference would be different. The 30th annual Conference of ...

Paris Agreement has curbed deadly heating, but not by enough

Extreme heat, driven by climate change, is linked to half a million deaths per year. Scientists say meeting current goals to ...
CNN

Countries reach ‘historic’ agreement to tackle future pandemics, WHO says

Members of the World Health Organization reached an agreement to prepare the world for future pandemics after more than three years of negotiations, the organization said early on Wednesday. The ...
Reuters

Australia says U.S. return to Paris Agreement, WHO under Biden would be welcome

SYDNEY, Nov 9 (Reuters) - Australia would welcome President-elect Joe Biden restoring the United States to the Paris climate accord, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Monday, speaking as he faced ...
Reuters

World Health Organization members vote in favour of global pandemic agreement

GENEVA, May 19 (Reuters) - Members of the World Health Organization voted emphatically in favour of a potentially groundbreaking global treaty on improving pandemic preparedness at the World Health ...