Why we should pull down the UN's artificial divide between …
Oct 21, 2024 · An Lambrechts is a s enior campaign strategist at Greenpeace International; Cyril Kormos is f ounder and executive director of Wild Heritage; and Virginia Young is director of the International Forests and Climate Programme at the Australian Rainforest Conservation Society.. Biodiversity and the climate are inextricably linked. As we lose or degrade ecosystems and their plants and animals, we ...
COP29 Bulletin Day 12: Carbon market rules adopted after walkout …
Nov 23, 2024 · This paragraph 53, part of a decision accompanying the Paris Agreement, says countries intend to continue their existing $100bn a year collective goal through 2025 and shall set an NCQG from that floor “in accordance with” Article 9.3 of the agreement.. Article 9.3 notes that “as part of a global effort”, developed countries …
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Nine of our best climate change stories from 2024 23 December 2024. Analysis This year we investigated governments, corporations and NGOs in the climate space, and brought you on-the-ground reporting from Africa, Asia and the Middle East
COP29 Bulletin Day 9: Developing nations deride “$200bn” finance …
Nov 20, 2024 · Large developing countries reject “$200 billion” climate finance figure An amount of around $200-300 billion being discussed privately as the international government finance provision towards the new climate finance goal (NCQG) – the main outcome expected at COP29 – has been strongly ...
Shell accused of trying to wash hands of Nigerian oil spill mess
Feb 13, 2024 · The Nosda says over 95% of these spills to sabotage or theft of the oil. This is a big illegal business in the region. But Shell is legally responsible for the leaks, a headache which is pushing them to want to sell up.
Modi, Macron, Xi and Biden among leaders yet to request COP29 …
Oct 21, 2024 · While the speakers’ list is not yet closed, the number asking for a slot this year is fewer than the 137 who had done so by a similar deadline before COP28 in Dubai last year. In the end, more than 150 heads of state and government were at COP28. COP29 is expected to be lower-profile than COP28, with about half as many …
UN approves carbon market safeguards to protect environment …
Oct 10, 2024 · The UN’s new carbon market will have a compulsory mechanism that aims to prevent developers of carbon credit projects from breaching human rights or causing environmental damage with their activities – a first for the UN climate process.
Aid agencies grapple with climate adaptation in fragile states
Nov 15, 2024 · Since its last major famine more than a decade ago, Somalia has received well over a billion dollars a year in humanitarian aid. But that spending – aimed at meeting immediate basic needs for food and water in the conflict-ravaged Horn of Africa country – has not reduced demands for help, which are instead rising as climate change brings more frequent and severe floods and droughts.
COP29 Bulletin Day 10: Draft finance text missing numbers, more …
Nov 21, 2024 · Countries lament “unworkable” texts as COP29 enters “endgame” As a plenary session – called a “Qurultay” according to local tradition – got underway for countries to give their views on the new texts, the Azeri presidency noted in its statement that COP29 is “now in the endgame”, adding “we believe that a breakthrough in Baku is in sight”.
COP29 aims to boost battery storage and grids for renewables
Sep 19, 2024 · Hughes said “the real challenge” will be ensuring that storage is installed on a global basis to support the adoption of renewables. The IEA expects that the vast majority of battery storage is likely to be in China and in advanced economies.. The IEA has said that rolling out battery storage “will require action from policy makers and industry, taking advantage of the fact that battery ...