As the climate change summit has unveiled on Monday in Paris, China, one of the major players in the fight against climate change, has made tangible contribution to the ambitious task of addressing global climate change over recent years.
Australia's Foreign Minister Julie Bishop on Monday defended the "redirection" of at least 720 million U.S. dollars of aid to help fund climate-change schemes for Australia's less affluent Pacific neighbors.
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday sent strong signals at the ongoing Paris climate change conference, warning against mentality of zero-sum game, expressing resolve in fulfilling Beijing's commitments and showing willingness to advance international cooperation.
Children will bear the brunt of climate change as more than half a billion children live in areas with extremely high flood occurrence and 160 million in high drought severity zones, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) reported ahead of the 21st United Nations climate change conference, known as COP21.
Tens of thousands of Italians joined the Global Climate March 2015 with a rally in Rome on Sunday, urging world leaders to act courageously against climate change.
The Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) ended in Malta on Sunday with an agreement on new measures to tackle climate change and combat radicalisation.
Around 6,000 to 7,000 people demanded measures to protect the climate in a demonstration held in Amsterdam on Sunday, one day before the opening of the United Nations climate change conference in Paris.
Optimism has mounted for the upcoming Paris climate change conference, with "a powerful, ambitious and legally binding deal" expected to be reached to deal with climate change after 2020.
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) released new guidelines on Tuesday to assist countries in better conserving and sustainably using genetic resources for food and agriculture in times of climate change.
Rapid, breakneck and even reckless: Just a few of the words commonly used to describe China's growth in the last few decades, but for the next five years, the word on every China watchers's lips will simply be "green".
President Xi Jinping and his French counterpart Francois Hollande issued a joint statement on climate change in Beijing on Monday, vowing to promote a working program to accelerate pre-2020 efforts in mitigation, adaptation and support during the Paris climate summit.
Kevin Rudd, former prime minister of Australia and the president of the Asia Society Policy Institute, said he was confident that countries would be able to reach an agreement to tackle climate change during their meeting in Paris late this year.
At the Climate Leaders Summit in Los Angeles on Tuesday and Wednesday, about two dozens of China and U.S. local governments announced their ambitious plans to combat the climate change.
Her all-out efforts quickly caught the attention of the Bangladesh people who have felt the pinch of climate change over the last years.
Dealing with the effects of climate change is an uphill battle that involves all nations, big and small, rich and poor. During his upcoming state visit to the United States in late September, Chinese President Xi Jinping and his U.S. host Barack Obama are likely to exhibit even stronger aspiration and resolution to help our planet, together with other countries, win the make-or-break battle.
Australia and New Zealand might be asked to leave the Pacific Islands Forum or face a walkout by other leaders if they do not support stronger action on climate change, Kiribati's president hinted on Tuesday.
China and the European Union (EU) issued a joint statement on climate change during their leaders' meeting on Monday.
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