PNP Desk

Upcoming COP28 summit must ‘respond decisively’ to gaps in global climate action

Upcoming COP28 summit must ‘respond decisively’ to gaps in global climate action

Ms. Mohammed, delivering opening remarks to a preparatory meeting, or Pre-Cop, being held in Abu Dahbi, underscored that the next UN climate summit was being convened at a critical moment in the fight against the climate crisis. The summit’s main outcome is under the so-called Global Stocktake, and it needs to respond decisively to the…

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Tackling climate mis/disinformation: ‘An urgent frontier for action’

Tackling climate mis/disinformation: ‘An urgent frontier for action’

Scientists agree that climate change is real and is caused by unsustainable human activity such as the burning of fossil fuels, yet certain actors continue to spread mis- and disinformation, creating harmful misperceptions that can stifle effective climate action. Climate action is one of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals. In a discussion Tackling mis/dis-information: An urgent…

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Commission of Inquiry finds further evidence of war crimes in Ukraine

World News in Brief: ICC slams ‘unacceptable threats’, DR Congo displacement, UNEP ‘Champions of the Earth’

ICC President Piotr Hofmański was presenting the independent court’s annual report to the UN in New York. The ICC was established in July 2002 under a treaty known as the Rome Statute and is based in The Hague, in the Netherlands. Mr. Hofmański noted that he himself, along with Prosecutor Karim Khan was on the list, which…

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