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Climate change: World now sees twice as many days over 50C

Published on: September 15, 2021
07:28

London, Sep 15 (Prensa Latina) The increased number of extremely hot days every year as the temperatures reaches 50oC has doubled since the 1980s, a global BBC analysis has found.

Cuban Foreign Minister calls for actions to address climate change

Published on: September 10, 2021
11:42

Havana, Sep 10 (Prensa Latina) Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez highlighted this Friday the urgency of facing the effects of climate change with concrete actions, in view of the accelerated increase in the planet's temperature.

Biden unveils plan for solar power to produce 45% electricity by 2050

Published on: September 9, 2021
07:43

Washington, Sept 9 (Prensa Latina) The Biden administration on Wednesday released a report showing how the United States could boost its use of solar power as much as 45% of US electricity use by 2050, an effort that could help the country meet goals to limit climate change, a study revealed.

Climate change to increase world economic damage sixfold

Published on: September 9, 2021
00:15

London, Sep 9 (Prensa Latina) Global warming might increase economic damage in the world sixfold, due to the impacts of climate change on health, savings and labor productivity, local media reported.

Panama, Chile for tackling climate change

Published on: September 8, 2021
14:48

Buenos Aires, Sept 8 (Prensa Latina) Panamanian President Laurentino Cortizo on Wednesday ratified his country's commitment to the planet and the reduction of global warming, when speaking at the Latin American Summit on this topic.

President Biden calls for bold actions on climate change

Published on: September 8, 2021
08:02

Washington, Sep 8 (Prensa Latina) President Joe Biden on Tuesday called for actions on climate change as he paid a visit to New Jersey, one of the nine states hit by Hurricane Ida.

UN chief warns about global temperature rise

Published on: September 7, 2021
07:31

United Nations, Sep 7 (Prensa Latina) The planet is dangerously close to reaching the internationally agreed threshold of 1.5 degrees Celsius of temperature increase, the UN Secretary-General (UNSG) António Guterres warned on Monday.

China calls US to strengthen climate cooperation

Published on: September 2, 2021
09:08

Beijing, Sep 2 (Prensa Latina) China on Thursday called the United States to strengthen climate cooperation in the Paris Agreement and together provide solutions to the problems affecting the planet, as a result of the impact of increasingly extreme phenomena.

US envoy for climate change visits China again

Published on: August 31, 2021
07:52

Beijing, Aug 31 (Prensa Latina) China has informed on Tuesday that US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate Change John Kerry is visiting the country again to explore with his local counterpart, Xie Zhenhua, the possibilities of cooperation in this issue.

Madagascar is prone to the first famine due to climate change

Published on: August 31, 2021
02:15

Antananarivo, Aug 31 (Prensa Latina) Madagascar is going through its worst drought in the last 40 years and is prone to suffer a famine of catastrophic proportions, according to the report of a specialized UN agency circulated here on Monday.

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