united nations
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China Just Made A Major Carbon Neutrality Promise
As a way to avoid making commitments to address climate change, U.S. leaders will often make the bad faith argument that their actions aren’t as important as those of the world’s top carbon emitter, China. Well, America, I hate to break it to you, but China just massively upped its climate commitments. Your move.
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UN Calls for Investigation Into Trump’s Arctic Drilling Plan, Citing Likely Human Rights Abuses
The Trump administration’s plan to lease Alaska’s coastal plain for oil and gas drilling has hit a tiny snag: It could be a human rights violation. The United Nations is calling for an investigation into whether the policy violates the International Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination due to its impact…
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The UN Just Made It Easier for Airlines to Pollute
A United Nations council of 36 countries has agreed on a major change to the main global scheme addressing the climate impact of aviation, a move expected to remove requirements for airlines to offset emissions for several years.
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UN Climate Talks Are Delayed, And Maybe That’s Good
It’s official: the United Nations (UN) climate talks are postponed.