Global Issues News Headlines for “Climate Change and Global Warming”

COP31: National Oil Companies Must Lead Global Shift Away from Fossil Fuels, Says NRGI Expert

2026-11-14T13:52:22-08:00

ANTALYA, Türkiye, November 14 (IPS) - The shift away from fossil fuels is made more difficult by the powerful, often overlooked role of national oil companies. These companies are deeply embedded in their countries’ economies and political systems.

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When the rains fail: Preparing for drought in Central America

2026-11-14T04:00:00-08:00

Across Central America’s so-called Dry Corridor, farming families live at the mercy of the rains. In southwestern Honduras, Anastacio Martínez Gómez has spent most of his 73 years learning to work the land. But experience can only take him so far.

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‘Africa Cannot Burn Its Way Out of Its Waste Crisis’, Zero-Waste Advocates Say at COP31

2026-11-13T09:55:22-08:00

ANTALYA, Türkiye & NAIROBI, November 13 (IPS) - Plans to build waste incineration plants across Africa risk undermining efforts to curb methane emissions, zero-waste campaigners have warned, as world leaders and climate negotiators gather in Antalya, Türkiye, for the COP31 climate summit.

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GLOBAL GOVERNANCE: ‘A New World Order Is Going to Emerge, Whether We like It or Not’

2026-11-13T08:15:53-08:00

CIVICUS discusses the case for United Nations (UN) reform with Heba Aly, director of the Article 109 Coalition, an international civil society network that calls on states to review and update the UN Charter.

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COP31: Climate finance falls short as calls grow for polluters to pay

2026-11-13T04:00:00-08:00

From emotional appeals for climate justice to high-stakes negotiations over billions of dollars, finance dominated discussions at COP31 on Friday. UN Secretary-General António Guterres warned that even tripling adaptation funding for vulnerable countries would meet less than a third of their needs, as pressure mounted on wealthy nations and major polluters to pay their fair share.

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COP31: New initiative targets AI and reliable climate change information

2026-11-13T04:00:00-08:00

New guidance has been issued to ensure that people everywhere can obtain credible climate change information from artificial intelligence (AI) and understand how the technology impacts the environment.

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Growing Movement Boycotts Krill Products as CCAMLR Fails to Protect Antarctic Ecosystems

2026-11-12T18:18:14-08:00

UNITED NATIONS, November 12 (IPS) - On October 30, the 45th annual meeting of the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR-45) concluded in Hobart, Australia. After another year of negotiations without a consensus reached on Antarctic marine protection measures or krill fishing regulations, conservation groups are urging consumers and retailers to boycott all krill products.

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COP31: New Research Ties Extreme Weather to Mental Health Challenges in Africa

2026-11-12T09:54:40-08:00

ANTALYA, Türkiye & BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe, November 12 (IPS) - Floods. Extreme heat. Droughts. African communities have experienced it all and more.

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I Sustain My Accusation

2026-11-12T06:56:29-08:00

GENEVA, November 12 (IPS) - This is the final article in a four-part series with related titles, highlighting the responsibility of mainstream media and religious leaders for the world’s current appalling state and the calamities that may await future generations if proper measures are not taken in time. When megalomania is given a “human face,” historical facts are distorted, acts of aggression are whitewashed, unlawful wars are portrayed as vehicles of “democracy, human rights, and morality,” other people’s intelligence is undermined and mocked, bias overshadows international norms, and religion becomes an instrument of bigotry, I sustain my accusation:

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Protecting the Climate Means Protecting Territorial Rights

2026-11-12T06:16:56-08:00

ANTALYA, Türkiye, November 12 (IPS) - The world cannot claim to protect the climate and nature while opening Indigenous Peoples’ and local communities’ territories to industrial activities that threaten their rights, livelihoods and ways of life. Yet governments increasingly recognize these communities’ contributions to climate and biodiversity protection while authorizing mining, oil drilling, industrial agriculture and infrastructure projects that can undermine the very territories they safeguard.

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