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UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres says the world is racing toward a climate change disaster and dismissed the global response as woefully inadequate. He says current climate policies are taking the world to a 2.8-degree temperature rise by the end of the century. "That spells catastrophe. Yet the collective response remains pitiful," Guterres tells a news conference. SOUNDBITE
Four key climate change indicators all set new record highs in 2021, Brigitte Perrin, Head of Strategic Communication at the World Meterological Organization, outlines at a press conference presenting its "State of the Global Climate in 2021" report. Greenhouse gas concentrations, sea level rise, ocean heat and ocean acidification all set new records last year, the United Nations' weather and climate body says in the report. IMAGES
During a speech at the London School of Economics (LSE) ahead of the COP26 climate conference, US Special Envoy for Climate John Kerry emphasises the importance of accelerating efforts to combat climate change 'now', highlighting that 'mathematics and physics' and not 'ideology' should be driving the push. SOUNDBITE
Nearly 200 nations start online negotiations to validate a UN science report that will anchor autumn summits charged with preventing climate catastrophe on a planetary scale. IMAGES
Hundreds of ecologists take to the streets of the Argentine capital Buenos Aires to protest against large-scale mining and fracking, on the occasion of World Water Day. IMAGES
- Official selection, Act on climate change edition (2015) - Director : Puneet Arora - Country : India The 15th edition of the Mobile Film Festival is now open! A special edition in partnership with Youtube Creators for Change and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC) The rules are simple : 1 Mobile • 1 Minute • 1 Film • 1 Theme : ACT NOW on climate change Submit your films until Oct 16th, 2019 on http://www.mobilefilmfestival.com/ Win 46 000 € grants to produce your film! Follow the Mobile Film Festival on : Facebook : http://bit.ly/2eV1ZSc Twitter : http://bit.ly/2favT9X Instagram : http://bit.ly/2eV1Y0 YouTube : http://bit.ly/Watch-MFF2018 LinkedIn : shorturl.at/gFMO8
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