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Natural Hazards Don’t Always Spell Disaster: UN Risk Reduction Chief

11/10/2019 Don Wallace

Tsunamis are rare, but when they strike, they are the deadliest and most costly of natural hazards. With half of the world’s…

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Posted in: Climate, Policy Filed under: Adaptation, Coastal Populations, International Policy, Oceans, UN

Climate Experts Pledge To Scale Up High-Altitude Fight Against Mountain Melt

11/01/2019 Don Wallace

In a call for action at the end of this week’s High Mountain Summit to tackle the global warming causing glaciers to…

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Posted in: Climate, Policy Filed under: Cryosphere, International Policy, UN, Water Shortage, WMO

Spain Agrees To Host Key Climate Talks After Chile Pulls Out

10/31/2019 Don Wallace

Madrid has offered to hold the next United Nations climate talks, the leaders of Spain and Chile announced on Thursday.…

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Posted in: Climate, Policy Filed under: COP25, International Policy, UN

Key Climate Change In Limbo As Deadly Protests In Chile Erupt

Don Wallace

Protestors in Chile, enraged by low wages and pensions, rising costs of living and even by the impacts of climate change on…

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Posted in: Climate, Policy Filed under: COP25, International Policy, UN

UN Climate Change Statement on COP25

Don Wallace

Statement by UN Climate Change Executive Secretary Patricia Espinosa Earlier today, I was informed of the decision by the Government…

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Posted in: Climate, Policy Filed under: COP25, International Policy, UN

Unrest In Chile Prompts Cancellation Of U.N. Climate Conference

Don Wallace

Chilean President Sebastián Piñera announced Wednesday that Chile would not host the United Nations (UN) climate talks that were set…

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Posted in: Climate, Policy Filed under: COP25, International Policy, UN

UN Summit Tackles Climate Change-Induced Threat To Mountain Water Supplies

10/29/2019 Don Wallace

The world’s mountain and glacier regions are facing unprecedented challenges due to climate change, imposing a crippling effect on the…

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Posted in: Climate Filed under: International Policy, UN, Water Shortage

Actions Not Words: What Was Promised At The UN’s Landmark Climate Summit?

09/24/2019 Don Wallace

UN Secretary-General warned leaders not to come to his landmark Climate Action Summit with beautiful speeches, but to present concrete plans for…

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Posted in: Climate, Policy Filed under: International Policy, UN, UN Secretary General

At U.N. Climate Summit, Few Commitments And U.S. Silence

Don Wallace

The United Nations Climate Action Summit on Monday was meant to highlight concrete promises by presidents, prime ministers and corporate executives to…

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Posted in: Climate, Policy Filed under: International Policy, UN, UN Secretary General

“How Dare You!” Greta Thunberg Rebukes World Leaders

Don Wallace

After rallying 4 million people into the streets on Friday in the biggest global climate strike yet, Swedish teenager Greta…

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Posted in: Climate, Policy Filed under: Greta Thunberg, International Policy, UN, UN Security Council

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