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¿Qué es la COP28 y qué significa para América Latina?
La COP28 es la cumbre climática de la ONU de este año, la 28ª Conferencia de las Partes (COP) de la Convención Marco de las Naciones Unidas sobre el Cambio Climático (CMNUCC). La reunión congregará a los 198 signatarios de la convención, que se reúnen cada año para debatir los esfuerzos para limitar el cambio climático y adaptarse a sus efectos. Todos los Estados miembros de la ONU más la Unión Europea son partes de la CMNUCC.
¿Qué es la COP28 y qué significa para América Latina?
La COP28 es la cumbre climática de la ONU de este año, la 28ª Conferencia de las Partes (COP) de la Convención Marco de las Naciones Unidas sobre el Cambio Climático (CMNUCC). La reunión congregará a los 198 signatarios de la convención, que se reúnen cada año para debatir los esfuerzos para limitar el cambio climático y adaptarse a sus efectos. Todos los Estados miembros de la ONU más la Unión Europea son partes de la CMNUCC.
Explainer: What is COP28 and what does it mean for Latin America?
COP28 is this year’s crucial UN climate summit, the 28th Conference of the Parties (COP) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The meeting will bring together the 198 signatories to the convention, which meet every year to discuss efforts to limit climate change and adapt to its effects. All UN member states plus the European Union are parties to the UNFCCC.
What is COP28, and what does it mean for South Asia?
COP28 is this year’s crucial UN climate summit, the 28th Conference of the Parties (COP) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The meeting will bring together the 198 signatories to the convention, which meet every year to discuss efforts to limit climate change and adapt to its effects. All UN member states plus the European Union are parties to the UNFCCC.
COP28: UAE minister, oil baron as president, funding woes – what to expect from the climate summit
COP28 is this year’s crucial UN climate summit, the 28th Conference of the Parties (COP) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. The meeting will bring together the 198 signatories to the convention, which meet every year to discuss efforts to limit climate change and adapt to its effects. All UN member states plus the European Union are parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.
COP28: What Does It Mean for South Asia?
Many environmental groups and commentators have expressed concern that COP28 being hosted by the UAE could result in weak outcomes. Photo: Martin Meissner/Alamy COP28 is this year’s crucial UN climate summit, the 28th Conference of the Parties (COP) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The meeting will bring together the 198 signatories to the convention, which meet every year to discuss efforts to limit climate change and adapt to its effects.
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Explainer: What is COP28?
COP28 is this year’s crucial UN climate summit, the 28th Conference of the Parties (COP) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The meeting will bring together the 198 signatories to the convention, which meet every year to discuss efforts to limit climate change and adapt to its effects. All UN member states plus the European Union are parties to the UNFCCC.
What is COP28, and what does it mean for South Asia?
COP28 is this year’s crucial UN climate summit, the 28th Conference of the Parties (COP) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The meeting will bring together the 198 signatories to the convention, which meet every year to discuss efforts to limit climate change and adapt to its effects. All UN member states plus the European Union are parties to the UNFCCC.
What is COP28, and what does it mean for South Asia?
COP28 is this year’s crucial UN climate summit, the 28th Conference of the Parties (COP) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The meeting will bring together the 198 signatories to the convention, which meet every year to discuss efforts to limit climate change and adapt to its effects. All UN member states plus the European Union are parties to the UNFCCC.
‘Reckless’: Global responses to UK prime minister’s climate backslide
The UK government’s recent decision to backtrack on previous green targets seems unwise. Not only will it damage global momentum and slow the progress of climate action, but it will also put the UK at a disadvantage in the global clean economy race. China believes that clean industries, such as renewable energy manufacturing, electric vehicles, and these industries’ long supply chains, are crucial for driving China out of its current economic slump and maintaining competitiveness in the future.
‘Reckless’: Global responses to UK prime minister’s climate backslide
On 20 September 2023, British prime minister Rishi Sunak, standing behind a lectern adorned with the slogan “long-term decisions for a brighter future”, announced a series of changes to cancel, delay or water down the UK’s climate policies.
‘Reckless’: Global responses to UK prime minister’s climate backslide
On 20 September 2023, British prime minister Rishi Sunak, standing behind a lectern adorned with the slogan “long-term decisions for a brighter future”, announced a series of changes to cancel, delay or water down the UK’s climate policies.
Plastics treaty edges closer with publication of ‘zero draft’
Marking a key milestone in work towards a legally binding global treaty to end plastic pollution, the United Nations Environment Programme has released a ‘zero draft’ of the treaty text. The draft is based on various proposals put forward by countries on what the treaty should contain, and was drafted by the Peruvian government in its capacity as chair of the intergovernmental negotiating committee (INC) for the treaty, with the support of the INC Secretariat.
Plastics treaty edges closer with publication of ‘zero draft’
Marking a key milestone in work towards a legally binding global treaty to end plastic pollution, the United Nations Environment Programme has released a ‘zero draft’ of the treaty text. The draft is based on various proposals put forward by countries on what the treaty should contain, and was drafted by the Peruvian government in its capacity as chair of the intergovernmental negotiating committee (INC) for the treaty, with the support of the INC Secretariat.
Pointing out culprits of Mekong’s problems is not our mission: MRC Secretariat CEO
The 4th Mekong River Commission Summit, held in Vientiane on 4-5 April 2023, saw heads of state and ministers from Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam come together to discuss the sustainable development of Southeast Asia’s greatest river.
Pointing out culprits of the Mekong's problems is not our mission
The 4th Mekong River Commission Summit, held in Vientiane on 4-5 April 2023, saw heads of state and ministers from Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam come together to discuss the sustainable development of Southeast Asia’s greatest river.
Key takeaways for Latin America from the global wildlife summit
10 min read Most of the international trade in shark fins will be regulated for the first time, while a slew of new protections for Latin American turtles, frogs, and stingrays that are caught in the wild and sold as pets in Europe, the U.S., and Asia will be brought into force following a global wildlife summit held in Panama, which concluded on Friday.
Five key takeaways for Latin America from global wildlife summit
The majority of the international trade in shark fins will be regulated for the first time and a slew of new protections for Latin American turtles, frogs and stingrays that are caught in the wild and sold as pets in Europe, the United States and Asia will be brought into force following a global wildlife summit held in Panama which concluded on Friday.
Cinco puntos clave para América Latina en la cumbre sobre vida silvestre
La mayor parte del comercio internacional de aletas de tiburón estará regulado por primera vez, y una serie de nuevas protecciones para las tortugas, ranas y rayas latinoamericanas que se capturan y venden como mascotas en Europa, Estados Unidos y Asia entrarán en vigor tras una cumbre mundial sobre la vida silvestre celebrada en Panamá que concluyó el viernes.
Wildlife trade summit ends with increased protections for South Asian species
A global wildlife summit has concluded with a suite of new protections for South Asian species, with decisions made to either ban or regulate international trade. Held in Panama City from 14-25 November, the 19th Conference of Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, or CITES CoP19, saw signatory governments convene in Latin America for the first time in 22 years.
Wildlife trade summit increases protections for South Asian species
A global wildlife summit has concluded with a suite of new protections for South Asian species, with decisions made to either ban or regulate international trade. Held in Panama City from 14-25 November, the 19th Conference of Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, or CITES CoP19, saw signatory governments convene in Latin America for the first time in 22 years.
World’s governments vote to ‘transform’ oversight of shark fin trade
Representatives of the world’s governments have agreed to regulate global trade in all hammerhead and requiem shark species at a meeting of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Fauna and Flora (CITES) currently underway in Panama City. Once in effect, this ruling will mean the majority of the global shark fin trade will be regulated under the CITES agreement, which aims to ensure wildlife trade is traceable and sustainable, and does not lead to species’ extinction.
Explainer: Why CITES matters for marine species
What is CITES? What is CITES? CITES is an agreement regulating the international trade in certain species of wild animal and plant. It is thanks to CITES that international commercial trade in many high-profile wildlife products – such as big cat skins, elephant ivory and rhino horn – is banned. CITES (or the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora) came into effect in 1975, with 10 signatory states (or parties).
What is CITES, and why does it matter for South Asia?
What South Asian species are on the agenda at CITES COP19? White-rumped shama Malaysia and Singapore have jointly submitted a proposal to CITES COP19 to add the white-rumped shama to Appendix II. This long-tailed relative of the familiar magpie-robin occurs across much of South and Southeast Asia, from India and Nepal to Borneo. Thanks to its beautiful song, it is a sought-after species in the cage bird trade, particularly in Indonesia.
What is CITES, and why does it matter for South Asia?
• What is CITES? • How old is it? • • • • What is CITES? CITES (or the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora in full) is an agreement that regulates the movement across international borders of certain species of wild animal and plant. It is thanks to CITES that international commercial trade in many high-profile wildlife products – such as big cat skins, elephant ivory and rhino horn – is banned.
Second draft revision of China’s Wildlife Protection Law ‘a big step backwards’
Time changes things, and never more than during a pandemic. On 10 February 2020, in the early days of Covid-19, the legislative work committee of China’s National People’s Congress Standing Committee announced it was adding a revision of the Wildlife Protection Law to its to-do list. Some days previously, research showing how animals such as pangolins can be hosts for coronaviruses had caused great public concern – and an unprecedented consensus on the importance of wildlife protection.
Second draft revision of China’s Wildlife Protection Law ‘a big step backwards’
Time changes things, and never more than during a pandemic. On 10 February 2020, in the early days of Covid-19, the legislative work committee of China’s National People’s Congress Standing Committee announced it was adding a revision of the Wildlife Protection Law to its to-do list. Some days previously, research showing how animals such as pangolins can be hosts for coronaviruses had caused great public concern – and an unprecedented consensus on the importance of wildlife protection.
अंतर्राष्ट्रीय बाघ दिवस: बढ़ रही है बाघों की आबादी लेकिन संरक्षण में काम है बाकी
चीनी राशि चक्र के मुताबिक साल 2022 ‘बाघों का वर्ष’ है। इसके पहले साल 2010 ‘बाघों का वर्ष’ रह चुका है। उस साल 13 देशों ने मिलकर रूस के सेंट पीटर्सबर्ग में बाघों के भविष्य से जुड़ा एक अहम और ऐतिहासिक फैसला लिया था। 2010 ग्लोबल टाइगर समिट का ये मकसद था कि अगले ‘बाघों का वर्ष’ आने तक वो इनकी वैश्विक आबादी को दुगना कर देंगे। इसकी अनुमानित संख्या करीब 3200 थी। अब जब आखिरकार ‘बाघों का वर्ष’ आ चुका है, समय आ चुका है कि हम ये सवाल पूछें कि क्या इस संदर्भ में हमें कोई कामयाबी मिल पाई है?
UN meeting sets sights on global plastics treaty
This month, in Nairobi, the world’s governments will discuss the path towards the first global treaty to tackle plastic pollution. But with multiple proposals on the table, the scope and ambition of a future treaty hangs in the balance.
UN meeting sets sights on global plastics treaty
In Nairobi this month, the world’s governments will discuss the path towards the first global treaty to tackle plastic pollution. But with multiple proposals on the table, the scope and ambition of a future treaty hangs in the balance.
UN meeting sets sights on global plastics treaty
In Nairobi this month, the world’s governments will discuss the path towards the first global treaty to tackle plastic pollution. But with multiple proposals on the table, the scope and ambition of a future treaty hangs in the balance.
Can the UN Environment Assembly secure a treaty on plastic pollution?
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Clouded leopards may be rarer than tigers in mainland Asia
A new assessment of the mainland clouded leopard’s conservation status has estimated the global population to be between 3,700 and 5,580 mature individuals. The lower end of this estimate would make the big cat rarer than the tiger, of which 4,000 are estimated to survive in the wild. The mainland clouded leopard, found from the foothills of the Nepal Himalayas eastwards to southern China and south to Malaysia, is a rarely seen carnivore that spends much of its life in trees.
चित्ती वाले तेंदुओं एशिया में बाघों की तुलना में दुर्लभ हो सकते हैं
मुख्यभूमि पर चित्ती वाले तेंदुए के संरक्षण की स्थिति को लेकर एक नये अनुमान की मानें तो इनकी वैश्विक आबादी 3,700 और 5,580 के बीच है। ये आंकड़े परिपक्व चित्ती वाले तेंदुओं के हैं। इस अनुमान के निचले बिंदु से स्पष्ट है कि अब, बाघ- जिनके जंगलों में 4,000 का अनुमान है- की तुलना में बिग कैट, दुर्लभ बन सकती है। नेपाल, हिमालय की तलहटी से पूर्व की ओर दक्षिणी चीन और दक्षिण में मलेशिया तक मुख्य भूभाग में तेंदुआ शायद ही कभी देखा जाने वाला मांसाहारी है, जो अपना अधिकांश जीवन पेड़ों के बीच बिताता है। यह...
Clouded leopards may be rarer than wild tigers across mainland Asia
A new assessment of the mainland clouded leopard’s conservation status has estimated the global population to be between 3,700 and 5,580 mature individuals. The lower end of this estimate would make the big cat rarer than the tiger, of which 4,000 are estimated to survive in the wild. The mainland clouded leopard, found from the foothills of the Nepal Himalayas eastwards to southern China and south to Malaysia, is a rarely seen carnivore that spends much of its life in trees.
‘We Don’t Believe In Net-Zero At The Moment’ – Pakistan’s Top Climate Official At COP26 - India Ahead
In the opening days of COP26 in Glasgow, headlines focused on a slew of long-term commitments, with more than 100 countries pledging both to cut methane emissions by 30% and to end deforestation by 2030. But just as important for the world’s long-term climate trajectory are the development decisions made this decade by countries which are not yet major emitters.
Pakistan doesn’t believe in net-zero, says Malik Amin Aslam, Imran Khan’s top climate official
In the opening days of the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, headlines focused on a slew of long-term commitments, with more than 100 countries pledging both to cut methane emissions by 30% and to end deforestation by 2030. But just as important for the world’s long-term climate trajectory are the development decisions made this decade by countries that are not yet major emitters.
'We Don’t Believe In Net-Zero at the Moment': Top Pakistan Climate Official
Malik Amin Aslam, Pakistan’s special assistant to the prime minister on climate change, at COP26. Photo: IAEA Imagebank/Flickr, CC BY 2.0 Unlike India and Nepal, Pakistan has not announced a net-zero pledge year. Pakistan has previous committed to cut 50% of projected emissions and achieve 60% renewable energy by 2030. Many questions remain about the feasibility and implementation of these goals.
‘We don’t believe in net-zero at the moment’ - Pakistan’s top climate official at COP26
At COP26, The Third Pole spoke with the PM's climate aide Malik Amin Aslam about turning Pakistan’s climate pledges into reality. In the opening days of COP26 in Glasgow, headlines focused on a slew of long-term commitments, with more than 100 countries pledging both to cut methane emissions by 30 per cent and to end deforestation by 2030. But just as important for the world’s long-term climate trajectory are the development decisions made this decade by countries which are not yet major emitters.
Conservation in Nagaland by indigenous-led project preserves rare wildlife
The mountainous state of Nagaland in northeast India lies in one of the most biodiverse areas on Earth. More than half of the state is still covered by forest. With only one small national park and two wildlife sanctuaries, 88% of Nagaland’s forests are owned and managed by the communities who live alongside them.
How China's Wildlife Trade Legislation Permits Commercial Trade in Protected Wild Animal Species
Type Research Report Information The China Quarterly , First View , pp. 1 - 14 Copyright Copyright © The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of SOAS University of London. References Challender, Dan, Sas-Rolfes, Michael, Ades, Gary, Chin, Jason, Sun, Nick, Chong, Ju Lian, Connelly, Ellen et al. 2019a. “Evaluating the feasibility of pangolin farming and its potential conservation impact.” Global Ecology and Conservation 20, p.e00714.
How China's Wildlife Trade Legislation Permits Commercial Trade in Protected Wild Animal Species
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China's new wildlife law doesn't go far enough to stop another pandemic Original
Aron White is a wildlife campaigner and China specialist at the Environmental Investigation Agency, a non-profit based in London which documents and campaigns against environmental destruction around the world. The opinions expressed in this commentary are his. View more opinion articles on CNN. (CNN)The biodiversity crisis -- the rapid and escalating disintegration of the living systems upon which we all depend -- has in many ways been overshadowed in 2020.
Despite some welcome good news, tigers continue to be seriously impacted by illegal trade - EIA
Global Tiger Day 2020 was celebrated around the world on Wednesday and saw a string of tiger-focused stories emerge from Asia, many of them encouraging, such as increases in wild tiger numbers in South Asia and signs of wild tiger presence in an area of western Thailand where they had not been seen for years.
EIA: China’s tiger farms are a threat to the species
In a thickly forested mountain valley in north-east China in 1986, eight tigers emerged from transport containers to find themselves in new and unfamiliar territory. Born in American zoos, these tigers had recently been shipped to China on the understanding that they would form the basis of a new captive breeding programme, to benefit the conservation of the species. Instead, they were to become the founding population of China’s first commercial tiger farm.
As long as China has its tiger farms, wild tigers in Asia are on borrowed time
In 1986, in a thickly forested mountain valley in north-east China, eight tigers emerged from transport containers to find themselves in new and unfamiliar territory. Born in American zoos, these tigers had recently been shipped to China on the understanding that they would form the basis of a new captive breeding programme, to benefit the conservation of the species. Instead, they were to become the founding population of China’s first commercial tiger farm.
Why China's tiger farms are a threat to the species
In 1986, in a thickly forested mountain valley in north-east China, eight tigers emerged from transport containers to find themselves in new and unfamiliar territory. Born in American zoos, these tigers had been shipped to China on the understanding that they would form the basis of a new captive breeding programme, to benefit the conservation of the species. Instead, they were to become the founding population of China's first commercial tiger farm.
China’s tiger farms are a threat to the species
In 1986, in a thickly forested mountain valley in north-east China, eight tigers emerged from transport containers to find themselves in new and unfamiliar territory. Born in American zoos, these tigers had recently been shipped to China on the understanding that they would form the basis of a new captive breeding programme, to benefit the conservation of the species. Instead, they were to become the founding population of China’s first commercial tiger farm.
China’s tiger farms are a threat to the species
In 1986, in a thickly forested mountain valley in north-east China, eight tigers emerged from transport containers to find themselves in new and unfamiliar territory. Born in American zoos, these tigers had recently been shipped to China on the understanding that they would form the basis of a new captive breeding programme, to benefit the conservation of the species. Instead, they were to become the founding population of China’s first commercial tiger farm.
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