By: L.N. Reklai KOROR, Palau (Sept. 3, 2026) — “One point five to stay alive is not a slogan, it’s a lifeline,” Marshall Islands Climate Envoy Tina Stege told reporters this week, delivering a sobering assessment of a new UNEP report showing the world is on track to overshoot the 1.5-degree-Celsius warming threshold. Stege, who […]
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IPCC chief says 1.5°C threshold near as scientists push ahead with new Climate assessment
BONN, 11 JUNE 2026 (PACNEWS) — IPCC Chair Jim Skea has warned that the world is now approaching a point where exceeding 1.5 degrees Celsius of global warming is “almost inevitable,” while outlining major scientific work underway for the Seventh Assessment cycle of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Addressing the 18th Meeting of […]
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Countries step up ambition: Landmark boost to coffers of the world’s largest climate fund
PARIS, 28 OCTOBER 2019 (GCF)—The shared urgency of addressing climate change took an historic step forward Friday with 27 countries pledging to replenish the Green Climate Fund (GCF) by USD 9.776 billion for the next four years. The resources will help developing countries reduce greenhouse gas emissions and adapt to the negative effects of global […]