“We strive to lead.”
~ Ministers and High Level representatives, members of the Climate Vulnerable Forum (the international partnership of countries that are disproportionately affected by the impacts of climate change), pledging to green their economies as their contribution towards achieving net carbon neutrality and 100 per cent renewable energy. Marrakech, Morocco on 18 November 2016.
You can find the full communique here.
A little over a decade ago, the Himalayan region was considered by the IPCC a 'black hole for data'. Small steps have been taken since then, but now scientists hope recent border clashes and the pandemic will not derail the limited progress made on research cooperation over the past decade.
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