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Action, not cynicism
Oped, Postbag, Published on 30/11/2024
» Re: "Pricey policies to curb climate change 'dead'", (Opinion, Nov 28).
Multilateral climate action the only way
Oped, Mukhtar Babayev, Published on 22/11/2024
» Our world is at a critical juncture. The devastating effects of global warming are increasingly evident, and the crisis is deepening. To mitigate it, we must urgently reduce global greenhouse gas emissions. Failing to act now will only increase the human and economic toll.
Save Mother Earth
Oped, Postbag, Published on 15/11/2024
» Re: "Toxic smog level get worse in Delhi", (World, Nov 14) & "World leaders in Baku for COP29", (World, Nov 13).
Global warming and the burning issue of money
Oped, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 14/11/2024
» It's hard to imagine a less plausible venue for the annual UN-sponsored conference on climate than the dictatorial petrostate of Azerbaijan. Baku, the capital, has a walled medieval centre that's worth a day or two, but offshore the shallow Caspian Sea is littered with a century's worth of old and new oil wells.
COP29: Justice for Global South?
Oped, Venkatachalam Anbumozhi, Published on 12/11/2024
» The 29th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP29), which is scheduled to take place in Baku, Azerbaijan, from Nov 11 to 22, is a pivotal opportunity to accelerate climate action. With record-high global temperatures affecting the developing countries of the Global South and extreme weather events impacting communities worldwide, COP29 will bring together leaders from governments, businesses, and civil society to advance concrete solutions to the defining crisis of our time.
What's going on with Armenia and Azerbaijan?
Oped, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 30/09/2020
» It's probably Azerbaijan that started the shooting in this latest round of fighting with neighbouring Armenia. Which is not to say that it's all Azerbaijan's fault.