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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

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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.

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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.

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UN commends Costa Rica for decarbonization efforts

Alejandro Zúñiga -

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

Climate Change

‘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.

Climate Change

‘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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