Climate & Environment

“Things are going downhill with the new government”, said one gold miner when detained by Brazil’s federal police

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The US election and negotiations on a new global finance target are the most important things for the climate in 2024

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Fossil fuel fights, finance struggles, a resurgent relationship, and much more. We recap the most impactful international climate developments in 2023.

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An Indonesian official said it would levy $310 million in fines on growers of palm oil on land which should be forest

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Test your international climate news knowledge with our quiz!

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If we want to reduce the event’s emissions and make it more inclusive, then it must be easier to navigate and network

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While Israel’s attack on Gaza featured prominently, Sudan’s civil war and its climate links were largely ignored at Cop28

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Donations meant to preserve the Amazon rainforest may be spent paving the road, which critics say will worsen the forest’s destruction

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The US and EU couldn’t agree on common rules for bilateral carbon trades in Dubai, leaving a vacuum for voluntary certifiers

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With the EU ambivalent and small island states absent, Russia’s call for “transitional fuels” – read gas – made it into the Cop28 agreement

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Rich countries must cut carbon faster and provide funding to fix the unfairness getting baked into climate talks

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Developing nations got agreement to set targets for food and water security, but rich nations were unwilling to plug a huge funding gap

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The EU and allies rejected proposed carbon trading rules that followed a “light-touch” approach favoured by the US

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The final Cop28 text was regarded as historic by delegates, including the US, EU and small islands, but most agree there’s still work ahead

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One day into overtime at Cop28, countries agreed to transition away from fossil fuels in energy systems: a first for the UN climate process

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China and India are on track to triple renewable capacity this decade, but were put off by anti-coal language and cost concerns

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A big part of the $83 billion “mobilised” at Cop28, Alterra is primarily a profit-seeking fund with some development goals

The post What is Alterra, the UAE’s $30 billion green investment fund? appeared first on Climate Home News.

While most attention is on fossil fuels, the US is blocking progress on an adaptation playbook, a matter of life or death for many Africans

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