Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon addresses High-level Meeting on Climate Resilience. UN Photo/Rick Bajornas Paris, France–(ENEWSPF)–30 November 2015 – Speaking at the opening of the United Nations climate change conference (COP21) which seeks to reach a new universal agreement to protect people and planet, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said a political moment[Read More…]
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Climate Talks Must Heed the Call of Pope Francis and the Multifaith Movement
Pope Francis addresses the 70th session of the U.N. General Assembly at U.N. headquarters, September 25, 2015. Source: AP/L”Osservatore Romano Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–November 30, 2015. As global leaders convene today at the opening of the Paris climate talks—officially known as the United Nations’ 21st Conference of the Parties—a new column from the Center for American[Read More…]
Studies Add to Mounting Evidence of Neonic Dangers
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 30, 2015. Last week, two studies were published that link neonicotinoid (neonic) insecticide exposure to detrimental effects in bees and butterflies. The first study, published in the international scientific journal Nature, found that bumblebees exposed to neonics suffered pollination services impairment that reduces their delivery to apple crops.[Read More…]
Remarks by President Obama at the First Session of COP21
Paris, France–(ENEWSPF)–November 30, 2015 – 12:47 P.M. CET PRESIDENT OBAMA: President Hollande, Mr. Secretary General, fellow leaders. We have come to Paris to show our resolve. We offer our condolences to the people of France for the barbaric attacks on this beautiful city. We stand united in solidarity not only[Read More…]
Pope Francis Calls for Strong Climate Agreement During Visit to UN Office in Nairobi
Pope Francis and UNEP Executive Director Achim Steiner at UN Headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya. 26 November 2015. Photo credit: UNEP/Adam Hodge KENYA–(ENEWSPF)–27 November 2015 – Pope Francis yesterday called on world leaders to seal a strong agreement at the upcoming UN climate change conference (COP21), stating that transforming current development[Read More…]
Children Will Bear the Brunt of Climate Change – UNICEF Report
A woman and her baby amid debris and other destruction caused by Super Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines. Photo: UNICEF/Jeoffrey Maitem GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–24 November 2015 – More than half a billion children live in areas with extremely high flood occurrence and 160 million in high drought severity zones, leaving them highly[Read More…]
Quebec to Restrict ‘High Risk’ Pesticides to Protect Pollinators and Public Health
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 24, 2015. The Canadian province of Quebec has announced plans for a major overhaul of its pesticide laws in order to protect pollinators, public health and the wider environment. Canadian provinces, particularly Quebec and Ontario, have long led the way in crafting common sense pesticide legislation that responds[Read More…]
UN Report Finds 90 Per Cent of Disasters are Weather-related
Climate-related disasters like flooding are on the rise. Photo:IRIN/Tung X. Ngo GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–23 November 2015 – A new report issued today by the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) shows that over the last 20 years, 90 per cent of major disasters have been caused by 6,457 recorded floods,[Read More…]
UN Must Include Soil Health in Climate Mitigation Strategies
Center for Food Safety goes to UN Climate talks to highlight potential of carbon sequestration through healthy soils WASHINGTON, DC –(ENEWSPF)–November 23, 2015—Center for Food Safety (CFS) is calling on world leaders to recognize agro-ecological agriculture as a core climate solution during the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change[Read More…]
Energy Department Announces Six Clean Energy Projects through Partnership with Israel
WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–November 23, 2015. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and Israel’s Ministry of National Infrastructure, Energy and Water Resources (MIEW) today announced $5.1 million for six newly selected clean energy projects as part of the Binational Industrial Research and Development (BIRD) Energy program. Today’s announcement represents the seventh[Read More…]
