APEC Peru 2024 was held from 15 to 16 November 2024, and PM Wong offered to host the 2030 meeting at the closing of this year’s summit. This international forum has 21 member economies, which collectively account for almost half of all global trade and commerce.
Tag: Climate Change
UN weather agency warns greenhouse gases surged to new highs in 2023
UN weather agency warns greenhouse gases surged to new highs in 2023
Scientists warn the world is on the brink of an irreversible climate disaster
Scientists say world is on the brink of an irreversible climate disaster
Temasek marks 50th anniversary by setting aside SGD 100 million in Concessional Capital for Climate Action
Temasek said in a media release: “The battle for net zero will be won or lost in Asia, which hosts more than half of the world’s population and contributes more than half of global carbon emissions. Yet the region faces unique structural constraints and challenges that hinder the pace of progress.”
Climate Change concern: ‘Graveyard of glaciers’ lays bare existential threat of melting ice
Iceland’s glaciers are retreating fast
3 million people and countless animals struggle to survive in flooded Bangladesh
A depression (a system that brings in copious rainfall) in the Bay of Bengal has led to the current deluge with rivers in two basins — the north-eastern Meghna Basin and south-western Chattogram (Chittagong) Hills Basin — flowing above the danger mark.
US official Alessandra Carreon says steps like transportation electrification, transition to clean energy will help in combating climate change
US official Alessandra Carreon feels steps like transportation electrification, transition to clean energy will help in combating climate change
Earth’s hottest June month recorded, shows EU data
June is now the hottest month recorded
India can play “bigger role” in climate action by hosting COP33: Environmentalist Sunita Narain
PM Modi, in his address at the 28th Conference of Parties (COP28) in Dubai in December 2023, had offered to host the UN Climate Conference in India in 2028.
Indian-origin anti-oil activist in UK sprays orange powder on Stonehenge; arrested on the spot
“Either we end the fossil fuel era, or the fossil fuel era will end us,” said Rajan Naidu, in a statement released by Just Stop Oil.
