Paris

Four major cities move to ban diesel vehicles by 2025

The mayors of Paris, Mexico City, Madrid and Athens say they are implementing the ban to improve air quality.

They say they will give incentives for alternative vehicle use and promote walking and cycling.

The commitments were made in Mexico at a biennial meeting of city leaders.

Kim Kardashian held at gunpoint in Paris hotel room

Her husband, rapper Kanye West, abruptly left his set early at the Meadows Festival in New York on Sunday night after learning of the news.

"Kim Kardashian West was held up at gunpoint inside her Paris hotel room this evening, by two armed masked men dressed as police officers," a spokesperson said.

"She is badly shaken but physically unharmed."

A Paris police official confirmed that there was a robbery involving Kardashian but she was unharmed, and that an investigation was underway.

PNG ratifies Paris climate change agreement

The undertaking was made possible through a vote in parliament today, which saw 63 MPs vote in favour of the instruments of ratification.

This means the acceptance or approval accounting in total for 1.08 per cent of the greenhouse gas emissions.

PNG through the Environment, Conservation and Climate Change Minister John Pundari will deposit its instruments of ratification in the UN Depository next month in New York, during the High level United Nations General Assembly.

Pokana stands by Pundari’s travel talk

Pokana made this response after media reports surfaced about PNG delegation to Paris.

He confirmed that the Minister’s wife was not paid any travel allowance; “even the Minister himself did not get his travel allowance from the Office of Climate Change and Development (OCCD).”

“There were not enough funds all their expenses like accommodation, food and taxes were paid for by the Minister privately, I can confirm that,” he stated

After Paris, a call for fossil fuel industries to pay for their climate damage

The declaration says even keeping warming to 1.5˚C, as more than 190 governments have agreed to,  will not stave off some climate impacts already being felt by the most vulnerable nations. 

Voices of the Pacific - some regional reflections

The agreement includes several key elements that are of particular importance to the Pacific region, including recognition for pursuing a temperature goal of 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre industrial levels, a strengthened mechanism for loss and damage, and the provision for scaled up and simplified access to climate finance for small island developing states.

History pact to slow global warming is celebrated in Paris

The "Paris agreement" aims to keep global temperatures from rising another degree Celsius (1.8 Fahrenheit) between now and 2100, a key demand of poor countries ravaged by rising sea levels and other effects of climate change.

Solomon Islands negotiator encouraged by draft Paris Outcome

“The most important thing for the Pacific is that most of our key positions - below 1.5 degrees limit in global temperature rises, loss and damage, five year commitment, adaptation and financing are cemented in the proposed agreement, said Ambassador Beck.

Going forward, the challenge on our ministers is to ‘manage and defend these key asks to ensure that whenever these issues come up in the negotiations, they are not diluted but strengthened.’

Obama says parts of climate deal must be legally binding

Obama's stand won praise at the U.N. climate conference from those who want a strong agreement to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the burning of coal, oil and gas. But it could rile conservatives in Washington, especially if he tries to put the deal into effect without seeking congressional approval.

World leaders gather to try to save earth from overheating

The meeting was aimed at producing the most far-reaching pact yet to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions and avert environmental havoc.

"We should ask what will we say to our grandchildren if we fail," British Prime Minister David Cameron said as the U.N. climate summit opened under heavy security on the outskirts of Paris, two weeks after the extremist attacks that left 130 people dead. "Instead of making excuses tomorrow, let's take action today."