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After five years, here are five things the Paris Agreement achieved ...
Sep 12, 2020 · The Paris Agreement has survived the US withdrawal and normalised net zero, but emissions are still rising and vulnerable people are suffering from climate disasters
Colombia to present proposal for new critical minerals pact at …
Oct 31, 2024 · Colombia to present proposal for new critical minerals pact at COP30, in effort to increase traceability of supply chains.
What does a Trump second term mean for climate action?
Jan 15, 2025 · With Donald Trump, a notorious climate change sceptic, poised to enter the White House for a second term, the climate world – from officials to campaigners and business executives – is bracing for the impact of his presidency. Trump, a Republican business mogul who has called climate change a ...
What was decided at the COP29 climate summit in Baku?
Nov 27, 2024 · Read our explainer on the key outcomes from the COP29 UN climate conference in Baku, Azerbaijan, where finance was at the centre.
COP29 Bulletin Day 9: Developing nations deride “$200bn” finance …
Nov 20, 2024 · This article will be updated throughout the day and an edited version will be sent out each evening as a newsletter – you can sign up here. In today’s bulletin: Large developing countries reject “$200 billion” climate finance figure Developing states: COP29 mitigation focus “totally imbalanced” Adaptation talks gridlocked over finance “Divide in …
Fossil fuel debts are illegitimate and must be cancelled
Apr 16, 2024 · The Spring Meetings of the World Bank and IMF offer an opportunity to convert fossil fuel debts into grants for renewable energy systems.
COP29: Five most dramatic moments from Baku's climate summit
Nov 29, 2024 · Over two weeks in November, more than 55,000 government negotiators, business representatives, activists and journalists gathered in Azerbaijan’s capital Baku for the annual conference of parties (COP) to the UN’s climate change convention (UNFCCC). They were joined on the opening days of COP29 by about 105 heads of state and government who made back-to-back speeches. Most, like UNFCCC ...
With climate finance, Africa can lead the green industrial revolution
Dec 11, 2024 · Climate finance can bridge the gap between lowest-cost and green options, as well as provide support for technical studies and help mobilise capital investment through long-term emissions reductions purchase agreements. The Africa Green Industrialisation Initiative and the Accelerated Partnership for Renewables in Africa, launched at COP28, are providing avenues for scaling up these nascent ...
What happened at COP16? Read the list of results
Mar 11, 2024 · COP16, the UN biodiversity summit, produces mixed results, with gains for Indigenous people and disagreement on finance