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☆ Analysis: COP27 loss and damage fund heralds 'new dawn for climate justice'
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-20 | by ( Megan Rowling | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +8 min

Yeb Saño, head of Greenpeace Southeast Asia, said the fund's approval "marks a new dawn for climate justice." While the loss and damage fund would not be enough to deal with growing climate losses, "it is a much-needed political signal to rebuild broken trust" between rich and poor nations, he said in a video statement. Their opposition was rooted in fears of being held financially liable for the impacts of their historically high greenhouse gas emissions. FOSSIL FUELS MISSINGPolitical figures had urged countries at COP27 to set aside geopolitical fights in order to keep climate action on track. Manuel Pulgar-Vidal, global climate and energy lead for environmental group WWF, who presided over COP20 in Peru, said leaders had missed the chance in Egypt to speed up the rapid and deep emissions cuts essential to limit climate damage.

☆ From Pacific to Red Sea: climate court action gathers wave of support
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-18 | by ( Valerie Volcovici | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

[1/2] Climate activists stand next to banners as they take part in a protest during the COP27 climate summit, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, November 18, 2022. As climate change has accelerated the rise of sea levels, Vanuatu and other low-lying island states and coastal communities face particular risk from storms and flooding. An advisory opinion by the court would not be binding in any jurisdiction, but could underpin future climate negotiations by clarifying what financial obligations countries have on climate change, and define it as a human rights issue. At a demonstration on Wednesday rallying support for the ICJ to take an advisory opinion, some of the law students were joined by allies from different countries. An ICJ opinion would send a clear signal to governments that hesitate to take decisive action at climate talks, said Solomon Yeo from the Solomon Islands, another Pacific island law student.

☆ What to watch on Friday at COP27
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-18 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt, Nov 18 (Reuters) - The official events at the COP27 climate talks are winding down ahead of the scheduled end date on Friday, but the negotiations for a final deal are dragging on. Countries remain deeply divided over many important issues, with the talks threatening to extend into the weekend. On Friday, watch for glimmers of agreement on sticking points, which include funding for countries being ravaged by climate impacts and how much scrutiny countries should face in their domestic actions for delivering on climate targets. Meanwhile, negotiators working on a separate track to nail down details around global carbon offset trading may announce incremental progress made so far. For daily comprehensive coverage on COP27 in your inbox, sign up for the Reuters Sustainable Switch newsletter hereReporting by Katy Daigle; Editing by Lisa ShumakerOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

REUTERS/Nacho Doce/File PhotoSHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt, Nov 17 (Reuters) - The COP27 climate summit in Egypt must establish a fund to help countries cope with the irreparable damage caused by climate disasters, ministers representing developing nations said on Thursday, warning that anything less would thwart the U.N. summit's chances of success. Talks about creating - or at least committing to create - a "loss and damage" fund were put on the agenda for the first time in nearly three decades of COP climate summits where poorer nations have urged richer countries to act. "Anything less than establishing a loss and damage fund at this COP is a betrayal of the people who are working so hard to clean up this environment," said Molwyn Joseph, Antigua and Barbuda's environment minister. He was speaking at a news conference of ministers representing groups of developing countries in the U.N. climate talks. The first draft of a possible deal document for COP27 published earlier on Thursday mentions loss and damage, but it does not include details for actually launching a fund.

☆ Sinking Pacific island nation issues historic call for treaty to phase out fossil fuels
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-08 | by ( Sam Meredith | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt — The South Pacific island nation of Tuvalu on Tuesday urged countries at the COP27 climate summit to establish a global treaty to phase out the use of fossil fuels. "We, therefore, unite with a hundred Nobel Peace Prize laureates and thousands of scientists worldwide and urge world leaders to join the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty to manage a just transition away from fossil fuels." Tuvalu follows in the footsteps of its Pacific neighbors in making the call for a fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty. The statement Tuesday comes at a time of growing momentum for calls to end fossil fuel production worldwide. Oil and gas giants, meanwhile, have reported record profits at a time of high energy costs and a cost-of-living crisis.

☆ Explainer: COP27: What is 'Loss and Damage' compensation, and who should pay?
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-06 | by ( Kate Abnett | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

That has intensified developing country demands for a special "Loss and Damage" fund. But with rich countries resisting such calls, the issue has been stalled for years. Loss and damage funding would be different, in compensating costs that countries can't avoid or "adapt" to. Vulnerable countries and campaigners have argued that rich countries that caused the bulk of climate change with their historical emissions should now pay. Meanwhile, climate-vulnerable countries are seeking contributions for a pilot loss and damage funding facility.

☆ COP27: World on track to increase emissions 10.6% by 2030 - UN report
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-26 | by ( Gloria Dickie | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

The UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change says a 43% reduction in emissions by 2030 is needed to limit warming to 1.5 Celsius above pre-industrial temperatures. "At the UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow last year, all countries agreed to revisit and strengthen their climate plans," said Simon Stiell, executive secretary of UN Climate Change in a statement. "The fact that only 24 new or updated climate plans were submitted since COP26 is disappointing." The latter, which sees most emissions come from deforestation and peatland clearance, now says it will cut emissions levels by at least 31.89% by 2030. Last year's UN assessment found countries were on track to up emissions by 13.7% by 2030.

"U.S. prosperity and security depend on the Pacific region remaining free and open," it said, noting that Pacific island countries faced urgent challenges, most notably from the climate crisis, but also heightened geopolitical tensions. Leaders and representatives from 14 Pacific island states are taking part in the summit. read moreThe official also said Biden would designate career diplomat Frankie Reed as the first U.S. envoy to the Pacific Islands Forum. The U.S. strategy document says the United States would partner with Pacific islands to help them adapt to and manage the climate crisis, an "existential threat" to their lives, health, and livelihoods. Strategic competition in the Pacific intensified dramatically this year after China signed a security agreement with the Solomons, prompting warnings of militarization of the region.

Leaders and representatives from 14 Pacific island states are taking part in the summit. Washington and its allies want to boost maritime security and island states' communication links with countries like Japan, Australia and India, he said. SOLOMON ISLANDS TIES TO CHINAIn a statement on the first day of the talks, Henry Puna, secretary general of the Pacific Islands Forum, said he was confident the islands and the United States "can, and ... will secure and build a partnership." Sogavare has repeatedly appeared to snub the United States, heightening Washington's concerns. Wednesday's talks included a session hosted by U.S. special presidential envoy for climate John Kerry, who praised Pacific island leaders for a more ambitious global climate target than agreed at the 2015 Paris climate summit.

REUTERS/Akhtar SoomroUNITED NATIONS, Sept 23 (Reuters) - Countries on the front lines of the climate crisis are fed up. Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif asked world leaders why his people were paying the price of global warming. "We renew our call to the world to declare total war on this century's greatest challenge: the climate change monster. Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said the least responsible for climate change are suffering the most. And yet, we are the fourth most vulnerable country to climate change," he told the U.N. gathering.

☆ Noua listă a țărilor cu risc epidemiologic; Grecia, Italia, Spania rămân pe lista verde
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-25 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +3 min

Sursa foto: ProfimediaNoua listă a țărilor cu risc epidemiologic; Grecia, Italia, Spania rămân pe lista verdeGuvernul a actualizat lista țărilor cu risc epidemiologic, în funcție de incidența cazurilor de COVID-19, pe coduri – verde, galben și roșu. Marea Britanie rămâne în zona roșie, din cauza variantei Delta de coronavirus, care se răspândește acolo cu repeziciune. Pe lista verde rămân Spania, Italia, Grecia. Persoanele care au trecut prin infecția cu COVID-19, cele vaccinate și cele care au test negativ sunt scutite de carantină, transmite Digi24. Din lista galbenă fac parte Emiratele Arabe Unite, Panama, Malaysia, Georgia, Tunisia, Sint Maarten, Guyana, Cuba, Capul Verde, Irak, Insulele Virgine Britanice, Insulele Virgine ale Statelor Unite, Sri Lanka, Zambia.

Persons: Saint Kitts, Saint Vincent, Gre nadine, Sao Tome Organizations: El Locations: Grecia, Italia, Spania, România, Seychelles, Uruguay, Mongolia, Columbia, Maldive, Bahrain, Namibia, Argentina, Suriname, Kuweit, Oman, Saint, Nevis, Brazilia, Paraguay, Costa Rica, Chile, Trinidad si Tobago, Botswana, Bolivia, Africa de Sud, Britanie, Nepal, India, Emiratele Arabe Unite, Panama, Malaysia, Georgia, Tunisia, Sint Maarten, Guyana, Cuba, Capul Verde, Irak, Insulele Virgine Britanice, Insulele Virgine, Statelor Unite, Sri Lanka, Zambia, Iran, Republica Dominicană, Peru, Federația Rusă, Kârgâzstan, Honduras, Portugalia, Andorra, Belarus, Bahamas, Guatemala, Monaco, Letonia, Kazahstan, Turcia, Cipru, Olanda, Irlanda, Danemarca, Filipine, Ecuador, Slovenia, Venezuela, Suedia, Belgia, Franța, Timorul de Est, Iordania, Qatar, Afghanistan, Gibraltar, Lituania, Thailanda, Bonaire, Saba, Jersey, El Salvador, Insulele Feroe, Luxemburg, Palestina, Norvegia, Statele Unite ale Americii, Libia, Cambodgia, Arabia Sauditaă, Indonezia, Estonia, Guam, Aruba, Saint Lucia, Canada, Uganda, Elveția, Muntenegru, Croația, Belize, Armenia, Austria, Bhutan, Ucraina, Slovacia, Germania, Mexic, Polinezia Franceza, Insulele Cayman, Serbia, Rwanda, Bangladesh, Jamaica, Eritreea, Puerto Rico, Curaçao, Bulgaria, Cehia, Liban, Ungaria, Japonia, Finlanda, Republica Moldova, Mauritius, Zimbabwe, Haiti, Liechtenstein, Liberia, Eswatini, Uzbekistan, Lesotho, Algeria, Bermuda, Taiwan, Mauritania, Bosnia, Herțegovina, Insulele Turks si Caicos, Coreea de Sud, Polonia, Azerbaidjan, Macedonia de Nord, Groenlanda, Egipt, Papua Noua Guinee, Maroc, Kenia, Noua Zeelandă, Republica Democrată Congo, Gabon, Sierra Leone, Kosovo, Pakistan, Congo, Myanmar, Angola, Guernsey, Vietnam, Barbados, Senegal, Israel, Dominica, Albania, Singapore, Malta, Nicaragua, San Marino, Malawi, Burundi, Djibouti, Brunei Darussalam, Ghana, Togo, Guineea Bissau, Madagascar, Gambia, Laos, Sudan, Somalia, Australia, Benin, Mali, Yemen, Nigeria, Niger, Burkina Faso, Republica Centrafricană, Wallis, Futuna, Islanda, Guineea Ecuatoriala, Insula Man, Sao, Principe, Camerun, Antigua si Barbuda, Insulele Mariane de Nord, Etiopia, Comore, Ciad, Anguilla, Siria, Tadjikistan, Guineea, Coasta de Fildeș, Mozambic, Sudanul de Sud, Republica Populara Chineza, Grenada, Insulele Falkland, Vatican, Insulele Marshall, Micronezia, Montserrat, Noua Caledonie, Insulele Solomon, Tanzania, Vanuatu, Sahara

Cei care vin din zonele galbenă și roșie trebuie să stea în carantină la intrarea în România. Persoanele care au trecut prin infecția cu Covid-19, cele vaccinate și cele care au test negativ sunt scutite de carantină. De asemenea, scutirea de carantină este valabilă și pentru copiii sub 3 ani, fără condiții, și pentru cei cu vârste între 3 și 16 ani, dacă au un test Covid negativ. În plus, sunt scutiți de carantină cei care stau mai puțin de 3 zile pe teritoriul României. Din lista galbenă fac parte Emiratele Arabe Unite, Panama, Malaysia, Georgia, Tunisia, Sint Maarten, Guyana, Cuba, Capul Verde, Irak, Insulele Virgine Britanice, Insulele Virgine ale Statelor Unite, Sri Lanka, Zambia.

Persons: Saint Kitts, Saint Vincent, Gre nadine, Sao Tome Organizations: El Locations: România, României, Seychelles, Uruguay, Mongolia, Columbia, Maldive, Bahrain, Namibia, Argentina, Suriname, Kuweit, Oman, Saint, Nevis, Brazilia, Paraguay, Costa Rica, Chile, Trinidad si Tobago, Botswana, Bolivia, Africa de Sud, Britanie, Nepal, India, Emiratele Arabe Unite, Panama, Malaysia, Georgia, Tunisia, Sint Maarten, Guyana, Cuba, Capul Verde, Irak, Insulele Virgine Britanice, Insulele Virgine, Statelor Unite, Sri Lanka, Zambia, Iran, Republica Dominicană, Peru, Federația Rusă, Kârgâzstan, Honduras, Spania, Portugalia, Andorra, Belarus, Bahamas, Guatemala, Monaco, Letonia, Kazahstan, Turcia, Cipru, Olanda, Irlanda, Danemarca, Grecia, Filipine, Ecuador, Slovenia, Venezuela, Suedia, Belgia, Franța, Timorul de Est, Iordania, Qatar, Afghanistan, Gibraltar, Lituania, Thailanda, Bonaire, Saba, Jersey, El Salvador, Insulele Feroe, Luxemburg, Palestina, Norvegia, Statele Unite ale Americii, Libia, Cambodgia, Arabia Sauditaă, Indonezia, Estonia, Guam, Aruba, Saint Lucia, Canada, Uganda, Elveția, Muntenegru, Croația, Belize, Armenia, Austria, Bhutan, Ucraina, Italia, Slovacia, Germania, Mexic, Polinezia Franceza, Insulele Cayman, Serbia, Rwanda, Bangladesh, Jamaica, Eritreea, Puerto Rico, Curaçao, Bulgaria, Cehia, Liban, Ungaria, Japonia, Finlanda, Republica Moldova, Mauritius, Zimbabwe, Haiti, Liechtenstein, Liberia, Eswatini, Uzbekistan, Lesotho, Algeria, Bermuda, Taiwan, Mauritania, Bosnia, Herțegovina, Insulele Turks si Caicos, Coreea de Sud, Polonia, Azerbaidjan, Macedonia de Nord, Groenlanda, Egipt, Papua Noua Guinee, Maroc, Kenia, Noua Zeelandă, Republica Democrată Congo, Gabon, Sierra Leone, Kosovo, Pakistan, Congo, Myanmar, Angola, Guernsey, Vietnam, Barbados, Senegal, Israel, Dominica, Albania, Singapore, Malta, Nicaragua, San Marino, Malawi, Burundi, Djibouti, Brunei Darussalam, Ghana, Togo, Guineea Bissau, Madagascar, Gambia, Laos, Sudan, Somalia, Australia, Benin, Mali, Yemen, Nigeria, Niger, Burkina Faso, Republica Centrafricană, Wallis, Futuna, Islanda, Guineea Ecuatoriala, Insula Man, Sao, Principe, Camerun, Antigua si Barbuda, Insulele Mariane de Nord, Etiopia, Comore, Ciad, Anguilla, Siria, Tadjikistan, Guineea, Coasta de Fildeș, Mozambic, Sudanul de Sud, Republica Populara Chineza, Grenada, Insulele Falkland, Vatican, Insulele Marshall, Micronezia, Montserrat, Noua Caledonie, Insulele Solomon, Tanzania, Vanuatu, Sahara

Cel puţin 1.002.938.540 de doze au fost injectate în 207 de ţări sau teritorii, conform acestui bilanţ întocmit pe baza datelor oficiale. Mai mult de jumătate din total (58%) au fost administrate în trei ţări: Statele Unite (225,6 milioane), China (216,1 milioane) şi India (138,4 milioane). Dar, raportat la populaţie, Israelul este liderul, circa şase din zece israelieni fiind deja complet vaccinaţi, relatează AFP, citată de Agerpres. În timp ce doza cu numărul 500 de milioane a fost administrată după patru luni, la 25 martie, a durat mai puţin de o lună pentru a dubla datele. Ţările cu venituri mici se mulţumesc deocamdată cu 0,2% din doze.

Persons: El Organizations: Israelul, Agerpres, Emiratele Arabe Unite, OMS, Banca Mondială, Moderna, Sputnik Locations: Statele Unite, China, India, Emiratele Arabe, Chile, Bahrein, Uruguay, Maltei, Ungariei, Franţa, Germania, Italia, Spania, Africa, Tanzania, Madagascar, Burkina Faso, Ciad, Burundi, Republica Centrafricană, Eritreea, Oceania, Vanuatu, Samoa, Kiribati, Asia, Coreea de Nord, Caraibe, Haiti, Oxford

☆ În prezent, peste un miliard de doze de vaccin anti-COVID au fost administrate în toată lumea
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-25 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +2 min

În prezent, peste un miliard de doze de vaccin anti-COVID au fost administrate în toată lumeaPeste un miliard de doze de vaccinuri anti-COVID-19 au fost administrate la nivel global, la mai puţin de cinci luni de la începerea primelor campanii de vaccinare în masă, în luna decembrie a anului trecut. Cel puţin 1 002 938 540 de doze au fost injectate în 207 de ţări sau teritorii, conform acestui bilanţ întocmit pe baza datelor oficiale. Mai mult de jumătate din total (58 %) au fost administrate în trei ţări: Statele Unite (225,6 milioane), China (216,1 milioane) şi India (138,4 milioane). Dar, raportat la populaţie, Israelul este liderul, circa şase din zece israelieni fiind deja complet vaccinaţi, relatează AFP, citată de AGERPRES. În timp ce doza cu numărul 500 de milioane a fost administrată după patru luni, la 25 martie, a durat mai puţin de o lună pentru a dubla datele.

Persons: El Organizations: Israelul, AGERPRES, Emiratele Arabe Unite, OMS, Banca Mondială, Moderna, Sputnik Locations: Statele Unite, China, India, Emiratele Arabe, Chile, Bahrein, Uruguay, Maltei, Ungariei, Franţa, Germania, Italia, Spania, Africa, Tanzania, Madagascar, Burkina Faso, Ciad, Burundi, Republica Centrafricană, Eritreea, Oceania, Vanuatu, Samoa, Kiribati, Asia, Coreea de Nord, Caraibe, Haiti, Oxford

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