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After Japan joined the high ambition coalition against plastics production, the US is now the only major developed country not a member
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Donor countries promised only a third of the $7bn the UN was appealing for to provide humanitarian aid to drought-stricken Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia.
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Billions of dollars are pouring into tech-based solutions to suck carbon dioxide from the atmosphere but the UNFCCC says they are unproven and pose unknown risks.
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Campaigners say the $32m loan to dairy firm Alvoar Lacteos could damage forests in Brazil
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Campaigners are challenging the UK government over its assessment of environmental impacts of a trade deal with Australia
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The South African government has told cash-strapped power company Eskom it can’t invest in new electricity generation
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The carbon credit certifier has both grown rapidly and faced mounting integrity accusations during outgoing CEO’s tenure.
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Brazil’s new president Lula is set to improve on the climate target set by his far-right predecessor Jair Bolsonaro, Reuters sources say
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The call sparked accusations of “climate apartheid” as it does not differentiate between rich and poor nations
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Despite a multi-billion dollars clean energy transition deal, South Africa expects to keep coal plants running for longer while it battles electricity blackouts.
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A multi-billion dollar reparations scheme has been proposed for fossil fuel companies to atone for the damage caused by their greenhouse gas emissions
The post Study: Fossil fuel firms owe $209bn a year for climate damage appeared first on Climate Home News.
While President Lula’s environment minister Marina Silva supported the decision, Lula ally Randolfe Rodrigues vowed to oppose it
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The group will “provide guidance and counsel” to the Cop28 presidency this year and beyond
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The mastermind of Germany’s energy transition, Patrick Graichen has been accused of cronyism in the appointment process of a think-tank.
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Rich nations’ leaders need to uphold their commitment to a clean and sustainable energy future.
The post G7 leaders must fulfil their promise to stop funding fossil fuels appeared first on Climate Home News.
Consumer watchdogs around the world are giving increasingly short shrift to offsetting-based company claims that their products are ‘carbon neutral’
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France will spend €500m a year on tax credits for wind and solar power, heat pumps and batteries funded by a tax rise on carbon-intensive fuels
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The UAE’s climate envoy Sultan Al-Jaber called for a “phase out of fossil fuel emissions” rather than fossil fuels
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