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COP29 Bulletin Day 3: Finance text balloons and Brazil presents …
4 days ago · Campaigners have also raised concerns over where the MDB’s climate cash actually ends up and on what terms it is provided. In a report published this week, NGO Recourse said that the lenders’ definition of climate finance is “far from as extensive and stringent as required”, allowing for “troubling and high emitting projects”, like …
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COP29 must deliver on the world’s energy transition promises 5 November 2024. COP28 agreed a transition away from fossil fuels – and COP29 must follow up on this, as well as agreeing an ambitious goal for climate finance for developing countries
In numbers: reports dive into the state of the climate in 2024
6 days ago · The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) titled this year’s Adaptation Gap Report “Come hell and high water”, underscoring the need to step up efforts to make economies and societies more resilient to climate change impacts. It also highlights the devastating consequences the world could face at the 2.6-3.1 degrees Celsius of warming projected this century without larger cuts to greenhouse ...
COP29: We need to adapt to climate chaos now
Nov 8, 2024 · “In this rapidly changing world, adaptation is no longer a distant goal; it is an immediate necessity that requires urgent investments because delays in meeting adaptation finance needs lead to increasing costs of inaction, reaching limits of adaptation and increasing loss and damage,” said Adaptation Fund Head Mikko Ollikainen.
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COP29 must deliver on the world’s energy transition promises. COP28 agreed a transition away from fossil fuels – and COP29 must follow up on this, as well as agreeing an ambitious goal for climate finance for developing countries
Six takeaways from 2023’s climate change news - Climate Home …
Dec 28, 2023 · The road to Dubai had been equally bumpy. The G7 saw fights over gas and coal with hosts Japan attempting to push controversial strategies like ammonia co-firing.. The G20 in Delhi offered a dress rehearsal of what was to expect at Cop with broad agreement over renewables and bitter disputes over fossil fuels.. In the background, Sultan Al Jaber, oil executive turned Cop president, garnered ...
Despite solar surge, world off track for COP28 renewable energy …
Nov 10, 2024 · The world is not yet doing enough to meet a goal to triple renewable energy capacity by 2030 despite “record” growth last year, the first official review of the global commitment made at the COP28 climate summit has warned.
The US and China’s resurgent climate cooperation is a big deal
Sep 11, 2023 · After a tense year, the steady defrost in the US-China relationship and the expected face-to-face meeting of President Joe Biden and President Xi Jinping next week in San Francisco offers tantalising hope on climate action.. As President Biden said at this year’s United Nations General Assembly, progress on some issues hinges on their common efforts and “nowhere is that more critical than ...
IPCC's input into key UN climate review at risk as countries clash
Aug 5, 2024 · Governments have again failed to agree on a schedule for producing key climate science reports as deep divergences blocked progress at a meeting of the U.N.’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) last week.