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Climate change creating new virus hotspots ‘in our backyard’

AFP - April 28, 2022

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Thunberg denounces COP26 deal, UN chief warns ‘catastrophe’ close

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Costa Rica participates in COP26: ‘Last, best hope’ to meet 1.5C target

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Climate change could cause 216 million to migrate, World Bank warns

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‘Do it for our children,’ parents plead at UN climate meet

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Costa Rica's President Carlos Alvarado made climate change personal.

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United States formally starts withdrawal from Paris climate accord

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Trump has cast the climate accord as elitist, saying when announcing his decision that he was "elected to represent the citizens of Pittsburgh, not Paris."

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Global climate meetings in Costa Rica close with call for further action

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Attendees at the Costa Rica event proposed the end of fossil fuel subsidies, the preservation of nature and the promotion of clean and renewable energy as a path for this new model.

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In Costa Rica, experts discuss how to use nature to face climate crisis

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Participants raised the need to look in nature for mechanisms to contain global warming.

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Costa Rica joins New Zealand and others in unique commercial-climate initiative

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Formal talks are expected to begin next year with the hope that the project will eventually acquire international treaty status.

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Watch: President Carlos Alvarado speaks at Climate Week in New York City

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President Alvarado discussed Costa Rica's role in the fight against climate change.

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The planet loses 40 soccer fields worth of forests every minute

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In just 10 years the planet has lost 945,345 km2 of natural forests, a little over the total size of Venezuela.

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A little funding and a lot of ideas on how to decarbonize Costa Rica

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President Carlos Alvarado acknowledged that the plan can’t work if it doesn’t work for the middle class.

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Chile to replace Brazil as 2019 UN climate summit host

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Costa Rica will host the annual "pre-COP" meeting of ministers a few months before the main event.

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United Nations: Countries must triple contributions to reach global climate goals

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The report shows that in 2017, greenhouse gas emissions increased again after three years of stability.

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