UN Climate Conference Archives

Climate activists splash fake ‘blood and oil’ on exhibits at the Egyptian Museum of Barcelona

News Desk14th November 202221st November 2022

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Climate activists splashed a viscous liquid representing ‘blood and oil’ over the glass case housing a replica mummy at Barcelona’s Egyptian Museum on Sunday in

Museums ‘deeply shaken’ by activists ‘severely underestimating’ fragility of art

News Desk11th November 202214th November 2022

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Officials at Madrid’s Prado Museum have drawn up a declaration signed by dozens of the world’s top museums which denounces that environmental activists who attack

Drought-stricken countries, led by Spain & Senegal, to share expertise

News Desk8th November 202214th November 2022

8th November 202214th November 20221232

At the initiative of Spain and Senegal, leaders from over 25 countries and 20 organisations launched the International Drought Resilience Alliance on Monday, to accelerate action

Spain opts out of COP26 pledge on petrol and diesel cars target

Steph Osborn14th November 202118th November 2021

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Spain has decided not to sign up to ending the manufacture and sale of petrol and diesel cars by 2035, whilst 31 other countries attending

100 leaders pledge to end deforestation and cut methane emissions by 30% by 2030

News Desk2nd November 20218th November 2021

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Dozens of countries have joined a United States and European Union pledge to cut emissions of methane – the most potent greenhouse gas – by 30%

‘Important opportunity lost’ as climate conference concludes in Madrid

News Desk15th December 201919th December 2019

15th December 201919th December 20191502

The UN Climate Change Conference, known as COP25, concluded in Madrid on Sunday, yet the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called it a ‘lost opportunity’. ‘I am

Greta Thunberg accuses world leaders of ‘clever accounting and creative PR’

News Desk11th December 201915th December 2019

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The Swedish teenager activist, Greta Thunberg, speaking at the COP25 climate conference in Madrid, has accused world leaders and CEOs of using ‘clever accounting and creative

Greta Thunberg joins climate protestors in Madrid

News Desk7th December 201912th December 2019

7th December 201912th December 20191897

Greta Thunberg, the 16 year old Swedish climate activist, joined thousands of protestors in Madrid on Friday to demand urgent action on climate change from

Culture

Version of ‘Support’ sculpture warns of rising sea levels at COP25

Features4th December 20197th October 2020

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A 3m version of Lorenzo Quinn’s monumental sculpture ‘Support’ is on display at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP25) in Madrid to remind participants of rising sea

Business Travel & Tourism

COP25 focus: travel and tourism must transform to survive and thrive

News Desk4th December 201916th February 2021

4th December 201916th February 20213024

The travel and tourism sector, with its significant economic and social benefits, has no choice but to transform to survive and thrive in the face of climate

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