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How Azerbaijan locked up climate and social justice advocate ahead of COP29. 4 November 2024. Azeri economist Farid Mehralizada has argued that his country’s reliance on fossil fuels is unsustainable and dangerous – he is now in prison ahead of the climate summit in Baku. What Trump got wrong on China, coal and climate.
Despite solar surge, world off track for COP28 renewable energy …
5 days ago · A “record” 473 gigawatts of renewable power capacity was added globally in 2023, but the growth rate remains insufficient and needs to climb to 16.4% a year to meet the 2030 target, IRENA’s report said. The agency added that annual investments in renewables are just over a third of the $1.5 trillion needed each year until 2030, despite ...
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Megan Rowling is the editor of Climate Home News, taking over in February 2024 after nearly two decades as a journalist with the Thomson Reuters Foundation (TRF), developing its award-winning coverage of climate change. She has written extensively on international climate politics and finance, with a focus on the developing world, for which she won a UN Correspondents’ Association award in 2016.
Which countries have not ratified the Paris climate agreement?
Aug 13, 2020 · Two large oil exporting nations are among three countries that have not yet ratified the 2015 Paris climate agreement. Iran and Libya – both among the 14-member Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) – as well as Yemen have not ratified the agreement. The deal has been formally endorsed by 194 of 197 nations, including all G20 ...
Verra boss steps down after criticism of its carbon credits
May 23, 2023 · The head of the world’s biggest carbon credits certifier is set to step down as the organisation enters the “next phase” after receiving criticism over the quality of its products. The CEO of Verra, David Antonioli, has announced he will leave his post after 15 years during which the company issued over one billion carbon credits, in ...
US election: Climate experts react to Donald Trump’s victory
Nov 6, 2024 · Todd Stern, former US climate envoy. Speaking before the election, Todd Stern – who was former President Barack Obama’s chief climate negotiator, including on the Paris Agreement – said that if Trump blocks efforts to cut his country’s CO2 emissions, it “will be very disappointing – to put it mildly”. But, he added, “the machine ...
What happened at COP16? Read the list of results
Published on 03/11/2024, 11:26am. UN biodiversity summit produces mixed results, with gains for Indigenous people and disagreement on how to raise and manage funding for nature protection. COP16 participants celebrate the establishment of the Subsidiary Body for Indigenous Peoples, in Cali, Colombia, on November 2, 2024.
Key UN report supports Pacific plan for shipping emissions levy
Aug 8, 2024 · By Joe Lo. Pacific governments say an official UN report shows their push for a levy on all shipping emissions – with the revenues redistributed to poorer nations – is fairer, cheaper and more effective than other green options under consideration. The report, overseen by a steering committee of 32 governments and published by the ...
Why we need to keep climate COPs inclusive
Oct 9, 2024 · We recognize the need for balanced and equitable participation – especially from the Global South – and the need to limit the influence of fossil fuel and other corporate lobbies aimed at inhibiting rapid progress towards climate goals. But neither of these necessarily means less people overall participating in COPs – although there can ...
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