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Just 77 heads of state or government are scheduled to address the COP31 climate summit in Antalya, a third less than the COP28 peak
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Indonesia’s plan to mix in a little wood will give coal-fired power plants an excuse to operate for longer and raise deforestation pressures
The post Coal in a green mask: Indonesia’s co-firing plan will harm, not help, the climate appeared first on Climate Home News.
Board members from developed and developing countries disagreed over whether the decision should become a model for the fund in the long-term
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The fund’s importance will depend not only on how much reaches Indigenous Peoples and local communities, but on whether they can determine how the finance is accessed, governed and used
The post COP17 must settle who decides how Cali Fund money is disbursed appeared first on Climate Home News.
The government accepts that approving the Jackdaw field will weaken its climate reputation and downplays the legal weight of the International Court of Justice opinion
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COP31 sponsors should be screened for “climate integrity”. Yet Koç Holding has become a top partner while its oil refiner runs flat out and its climate targets slip
The post Turkish giant sponsoring COP31 cut climate goals then cashed in on oil boom appeared first on Climate Home News.
Emissions must by reduced by nearly 6% a year for the world to have a good chance of bringing global warming back down to the Paris Agreement limit, the Emissions Gap Report says
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More than 30 countries have failed to submit an NDC, but only three have repeatedly ignored the committee’s efforts to engage with them
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After governments again failed to agree a timeline, nearly 120 IPCC authors pledged to complete their assessment on time and with full scientific rigour
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To raise the money needed, governments should focus on redirecting subsidies that currently harm nature, while working on a new convention to recover the vast wealth drained by cross-border tax abuse
The post Protecting nature is a public duty, not a Wall Street profit opportunity appeared first on Climate Home News.
The Fund for Responding to Loss and Damage is expected to allocate funds to respond to Nepal’s floods at an extraordinary board meeting on Thursday
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The US wants the World Bank to expand its gas support while climate campaigners are pushing for it to end – its head spoke this week of limited backing for the fossil fuel
The post Under US pressure, World Bank says it will back gas “where appropriate” appeared first on Climate Home News.
Early completion of the next global climate science assessment reports risks excluding research from the Global South, which is key to ensuring the findings are fair
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A major UN report that will inform biodiversity negotiations in Armenia shows countries have made some progress but are still off track for a landmark goal to protect 30% of land and oceans by 2030
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Countries remain 70% off track to meet a goal to end deforestation by 2030, as progress in Latin America offset by failures in Africa
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Despite a spate of projects getting underway, the mood at an industry conference in London this week was low with government subsidies set to shrink
The post Carbon capture industry faces tough future, as UK raids green spending appeared first on Climate Home News.
Countries are redoubling efforts to link their grids to bolster energy security and reduce their dependence on fossil fuels – but many challenges remain
The post SE Asia speeds up plan for connected clean power grid after oil shock appeared first on Climate Home News.
Despite lobbying for an exemption, the UN regulator has for the first time made cookstove projects cover the risk that the trees they save are later destroyed
The post UN carbon market forces cookstove projects to protect against forest loss appeared first on Climate Home News.
The IPCC is meeting to decide the timing of its next major report, as some countries try to delay it and weaken the case for faster emissions cuts
The post Governments that support climate science must stand firm against naysayers appeared first on Climate Home News.
Repeated delays are raising questions about the bank’s momentum and whether it can mobilise investment to finance Africa’s oil and gas ambitions in an era of energy transition
The post Launch of Africa Energy Bank delayed again in blow to oil and gas hopes appeared first on Climate Home News.