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The CEO of the Climate Investment Funds has been picked to head the Green Climate Fund as its board faces its first complaint case
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A Vietnam government partner suggested that even Hanoi is unaware of the details of the energy transition package
The post Vietnam’s energy transition deal is a ‘black box’, partner warns appeared first on Climate Home News.
Last year was marked by a record-breaking heatwave and China’s weather agency has warned of more this year, as the climate crisis escalates
The post China warns of more floods and heatwaves in 2023 appeared first on Climate Home News.
As formal negotiations get into the finer details, Cop28 should bring more focus – and accountability – to action in the real economy
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Colombia will get the first pay-out of a $300m Climate Investment Funds pot for transmission lines, batteries, EV chargers and green hydrogen
The post Colombia gets $70m from new global renewable integration fund appeared first on Climate Home News.
Almost 80% of the more than 80,000 residents working in Ermelo are employed by Eskom and Transnet, the state-owned energy and transport companies
The post Coal communities fear South Africa’s clean energy transition appeared first on Climate Home News.
India wants to become a leader in green hydrogen production and to develop huge solar projects in the Ladakh region of the Himalayas
The post India announces $4.3 billion investment in clean energy appeared first on Climate Home News.
Campaigners have warned the exemption risks setting an incentive for increased logging in Europe’s corner of the Amazon forest.
The post France seeks EU loophole for French Guiana to power space sector with biofuels appeared first on Climate Home News.
Comment: Taiwan’s industry is responsible for more than half of its emissions but the government’s new climate policies have no specific plan to tackle them.
The post Taiwan’s failure to clean up industry endangers its net zero pledge appeared first on Climate Home News.
After a series of multinational oil companies ruled themselves out of the controversial projects, the government pushed back bidding at the last minute
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The European Union plans to ban bottom-trawling in marine protected areas by 2030 but the fishing industry is resisting the measures
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Azerbaijan accuses Armenia of deforesting the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region, but satellite data tells a different story
The post Azerbaijan weaponises conservation law in conflict with Armenia appeared first on Climate Home News.
The Green Climate Fund is making cutbacks to its project portfolio, while the US fails to deliver on a years-old funding pledge
The post Africa objects to US chairing UN climate fund, citing unpaid $2bn appeared first on Climate Home News.
Polling carried out before the floods showed that two-thirds of Nigerians have not heard of climate change.
The post Despite killer floods, Nigerian presidential frontrunners dismiss climate change appeared first on Climate Home News.
Cape Verde owes around $150m to the Portugese state – but Portugal says it will write off the debt if the African island nation spends the money on environmental measures
The post Portugal agrees to swap Cape Verde’s debt for environmental investment appeared first on Climate Home News.
Wood Mackenzie research was used to justify UK support for a gas megaproject in Mozambique and a new coal mine, in government and in court
The post WoodMac wins: The consultancy giving cover to fossil fuel projects appeared first on Climate Home News.
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Brazil’s new government is already having an impact on deforestation in the Amazon rainforest, an environmental enforcement agent claimed
The post Brazil launches first raids against Amazon tree-cutters under Lula’s new government appeared first on Climate Home News.