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Climate activists march through the streets of Glasgow, Scotland, on November 5, 2021. (AP Photo/Jon Super)
November 15, 2021, 11:41 am
The Glasgow climate conference failed us, and the planet, big time
Without rich nations committing to phase out fossil fuels and without funding to help the developing world, humanity faces a grim future
By Sue Surkes
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson listens to a question during a press conference at the La Nuvola conference center for the G20 summit in Rome, October 31, 2021. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
October 31, 2021, 9:16 pm
G20 disappoints on key climate target as global hopes turn to Glasgow confab
UK’s Boris Johnson calls latest commitments to limiting global warming ‘drops in a rapidly warming ocean’; UN chief says he leaves Rome ‘with my hopes unfulfilled’
By Alice Ritchie and Alvise ARMELLINI
Leaders of the G20 pose for a photo by the Trevi Fountain during an event for the G20 summit in Rome, October 31, 2021, laying the groundwork for the climate conference opening the same day in Glasgow. (Jeff J Mitchell/Pool Photo via AP)
October 31, 2021, 5:14 pm
Leaders of major polluters China and Russia notably absent from climate confab
As things stand ‘there is a serious risk that Glasgow will not deliver,’ warns UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, calling reports of progress ‘an illusion’
By Agencies and TOI staff
From left, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Italian Premier Mario Draghi, French President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson stand at the Trevi Fountain during an event for the G20 summit in Rome, October 31, 2021. (Roberto Monaldo/LaPresse via AP)
October 31, 2021, 3:56 pm
G20 commits on carbon neutrality, but keeps terms vague
World’s biggest economies agree to reach target ‘around mid-century,’ will end funding for foreign coal use, but without plan for phasing it out domestically
By Nicole Winfield, Karl Ritter and DAVE MCHUGH
Emissions rise from the smokestacks at the Jeffrey Energy Center coal power plant as the suns sets, near Emmett, Kansas, United States, September 18, 2021. (Charlie Riedel/AP)
October 20, 2021, 6:00 pm
UN: Study shows fossil fuel extraction plans would far exceed climate limits
Report shows governments intend to produce over double the amount of fuels by 2030 than allowed under Paris pact to keep global temp increase under 1.5°C by end of the century
By Agencies
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