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The European Commission has proposed a 90% cut to net emissions by 2040 but has dropped specific targets for farming
The post EU floats 90% emissions target but drops green farming measures appeared first on Climate Home News.
As the backlash against laws protecting nature intensifies across Europe, public pressure has helped push forests centre stage in Poland
The post While Europe’s green backlash grows, Poland tells different story appeared first on Climate Home News.
To compete with China, India wants to make solar panels from scratch. But dependence on its rival for key components make it a tough task
The post India wants its own solar industry but has to break reliance with China first appeared first on Climate Home News.
The oil and gas giant offset part of its emissions with over a million credits from Chinese projects suspended because of integrity concerns
The post “Shameful”: Shell uses carbon credits under investigation to meet climate targets appeared first on Climate Home News.
Their failure to agree risks delaying help for victims of climate disasters in developing countries
The post Rich nations miss loss and damage fund deadline appeared first on Climate Home News.
Podesta will lead US international climate diplomacy alongside his current job overseeing the rollout of domestic clean energy subsidies
The post John Podesta replaces Kerry as top US climate diplomat appeared first on Climate Home News.
Analysts said Saudi Arabia’s government may be losing faith that the world wants to keep buying more of its oil
The post Saudi Arabia cancels plan to raise oil pumping cap appeared first on Climate Home News.
Giorgia Meloni has unveiled a long-awaited plan for African development named after Enrico Mattei, founder of oil and gas giant Eni.
The post Italy launches ‘ambiguous’ Africa plan fuelling fears over fossil fuels role appeared first on Climate Home News.
Rich nations always say they need their parliaments approval for climate finance at Cops – now is the time to start
The post For Cop29 to succeed, rich nations must get their parliaments to agree more finance now appeared first on Climate Home News.
Food and plants dumped into US landfills are rotting and warming the planet but “weak” regulations have not been improved
The post Biden misses chance to tackle “huge” US landfill emissions appeared first on Climate Home News.
The Biden administration is freezing approvals of new LNG export permits as climate considerations take centre stage.
The post US government pauses new gas export terminals in ‘historic win’ for climate appeared first on Climate Home News.
In the first story of our Clean Energy Frontier series, we go to Zimbabwe, which is betting on the booming lithium industry to spur economic growth
The post Zimbabwe looks to China to secure a place in the EV battery supply chain appeared first on Climate Home News.
A group celebrating the sabotage said they opposed the pipeline out of solidarity with marginalised people in the USA
The post After gas pipeline sabotage, German activists claim solidarity against US gas export terminals appeared first on Climate Home News.
Azerbaijan’s state oil and gas firm promises a green push but a lack of climate policies and plans to expand gas production are causing scepticism
The post Cop29 host Azerbaijan launches green energy unit to sceptical response appeared first on Climate Home News.
The $1.8 million Centre for International Police Cooperation will be built in the Brazilian Amazon city of Manaus and funded by the Norwegian-backed Amazon Fund
The post Amazon nations to tackle rainforest crime together in donor-funded new office appeared first on Climate Home News.
Saudi, India and China led opposition against a proposal to link the IPCC’s assessment cycle with the global stocktake, sources told Climate Home.
The post Governments fail to agree timeline for climate science reports in fraught IPCC talks appeared first on Climate Home News.
Azerbaijan appointed 28 men and zero women to a key group tasked with organising the upcoming climate summit in the country
The post The all-male Cop29 committee is a big step backwards for climate appeared first on Climate Home News.
Renewable energy schemes make up four-fifths of Kyoto-era projects hoping to keep selling offsets under Article 6, sparking concerns over the credibility of the new market.
The post Junk offset sellers push to enter new UN carbon market appeared first on Climate Home News.
For a quarter-century, fossil fuels were absent from Cop climate agreements – so how had they become so ubiquitous at Cop28?
The post How fossil fuels went from sidelines to headlines in climate talks appeared first on Climate Home News.
The all-male group in charge of the climate summit organisation includes oil and gas executives and controversial government officials
The post Azerbaijan appoints fossil fuel execs and scandal-hit officials to all-male Cop29 committee appeared first on Climate Home News.