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Climate talks test global resolve on warming

AFP - June 6, 2022

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Climate change creating new virus hotspots ‘in our backyard’

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Costa Rica Launches Its First National Plan for Climate Change Adaptation

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Deforestation, climate change making outdoor work unsafe: study

Acceleration of global warming ‘code red’ for humanity

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The world must brace itself for worse -- potentially much worse -- to come as the climate changes, the report made clear.

President Alvarado meets with leader of upcoming UN climate talks

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President Carlos Alvarado met this week with Alok Sharma, the British politician who will preside over the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference, known as COP26.

UN commends Costa Rica for decarbonization efforts

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António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations, commended Costa Rica for its ongoing decarbonization efforts.

Costa Rica celebrates U.S. support of global environmental plan

Alejandro Zúñiga -

U.S. President Joe Biden on Wednesday signed an Executive Order that, in part, commits the country to taking bold steps regarding environmental conservation.

Costa Rica receives $54.1 million from Green Climate Fund for reducing emissions

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Costa Rica thus became the first country in Central America to receive resources from the Green Climate Fund.

Authorities tell Ponderosa Adventure Park to stop animal reproduction, feeding tours, selfies

Alejandro Zúñiga -

Ponderosa Adventure Park, previously known as África Mía under a different owner, celebrated the birth of its first giraffe in 2009.

Costa Rica to participate in UN General Assembly this week

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President Carlos Alvarado will participate this week in the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly, the Costa Rican Presidency says.

Protect 30% of planet by 2030: UN Nature rescue plan

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Global warming has begun to take a toll, with far worse impacts on the not-so-distant horizon, experts say.

‘Nature is our life insurance,’ says Costa Rica’s Minister of Environment

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Costa Rica's main objective: to protect 30% of the Earth's natural spaces by 2030, an initiative that begins to be known as #30x30.

‘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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