Paris Agreement

Paris aims for the most sustainable Olympic Games to date. Organizers acknowledge that the plan is not perfect

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PARIS (AP) — Of all the decisions Paris Olympics organizers made about where to hold which sport, sending surfing competitions to the other side of the world — in the Pacific waters of Tahiti — provoked the strongest reaction . Tahitians and others protested the construction of a new observation tower on Teahupo’o Reef, fearing … Read more

Why the COP28 climate summit mattered, and what to look out for in 2024

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Reading the long final agreement from the United Nations COP28 climate conference in December 2023 will take you a long way before you find a strong, active verb. The lengthy recitation of climate impacts notes “with concern” and sometimes “significant concern” about glaring gaps in countries’ current policies. But while countries voluntarily committed to action, … Read more