Acordul COP30 expune fragilitatea unității climatice pe fondul retragerii SUA

24 November 2025

În cele din urmă, reprezentanții a aproape 200 de țări au ajuns la un acord. Însă conținutul acestuia și procesul haotic care a dus la adoptarea sa spun la fel de multe despre diviziunile lumii cât și despre hotărârea sa de a combate împreună schimbările climatice, potrivit observatorilor, delegaților și susținătorilor climatului. Acordul final a ... Mai mult

COP30 outcome: slow progress, but insufficient to meet climate crisis urgency

23 November 2025

“At COP30, despite our persistent efforts and the European Parliament’s clear mandate on mitigation and the phase-out of fossil fuels, we faced a unified BRICS–Arab front and a Presidency unwilling to match our level of ambition, and we must regret that the final outcome did not go further. Still, we secured acknowledgment of the response ... Mai mult

COP30: How Ghana is reducing its carbon footprint

11 November 2025

In northern Ghana’s Yiwagu community, farming has long been the backbone of local livelihoods. But in recent years, harvests — especially of shea nuts — have dwindled. Locals blame the decline on erratic rainfall and rising temperatures, symptoms of a changing climate. In response, the ethnic minority community has turned to traditional conservation practices. Local ... Mai mult

Lula urges action as COP30 climate talks kick off in Amazon

11 November 2025

Last year’s UN climate summit in Baku, Azerbaijan, opened with the country’s president, Ilham Aliyev, calling oil — the fossil fuel that, alongside gas and coal, drives global warming — a “gift of God.” The opening statements at this year’s COP30 climate gathering, held on the edge of the Amazon rainforest in Belem, struck a ... Mai mult

Trump is not going to COP30 in Brazil, but America is

11 November 2025

Washington will not be sending a top-level team to this year’s COP climate summit in Belem, Brazil. The global community expected as much from a president who has pulled the United States out of the Paris Agreement for the second time, slashed funding for renewable energy, championed fossil fuel projects and told world leaders at ... Mai mult

COP30: ‘Climate conference of truth’ in Brazil?

11 November 2025

Two cruise ships are bobbing quietly in the specially expanded port near the city of Belem in northern Brazil on the edge of the Amazon. They will serve as alternative accommodation for more than 10,000 participants at this year’s climate conference. Between 40,000 and 50,000 people, including heads of state and government from almost 200 ... Mai mult

COP30: ‘Climate conference of truth’ in Brazil?

10 November 2025

Two cruise ships are bobbing quietly in the specially expanded port near the city of Belem in northern Brazil on the edge of the Amazon. They will serve as alternative accommodation for more than 10,000 participants at this year’s climate conference. Between 40,000 and 50,000 people, including heads of state and government from almost 200 ... Mai mult

Nigeria: Ken Saro-Wiwa’s fight against pollution lives on

10 November 2025

The late Nigerian writer and teacher Ken Saro-Wiwa put the disastrous oil extraction in the Niger Delta on the international agenda and dispelled the notion that oil would bring prosperity to Nigeria. “If we had a proper system, they would find that there is not so much oil money around anyway,” Saro-Wiwa told DW in ... Mai mult