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Brazil and France have proposed a tax on the super-rich to fight against poverty and climate change – G20 finance ministers should get behind it this week
The post A global wealth tax is needed to help fund a just green transition appeared first on Climate Home News.
The oil and gas industry aims to bring clean jobs to Aberdeen, but it involves paving over part of a much-loved park, igniting a debate on just transition
The post Scottish oil-town plan for green jobs sparks climate campers’ anger over local park appeared first on Climate Home News.
Children’s education, and their prospects, are suffering as a result of extreme heat driven by climate change – and dirty energy giants are the culprits
The post To keep its profits, Big Oil stole our future appeared first on Climate Home News.
A more effective framework led by the UN could involve a binding financial target, a role for emerging economies and consolidation of funds
The post The world needs a new global deal on climate and development finance appeared first on Climate Home News.
But she is opposed by left-wing party La France Insoumise, who fear she is too close to centrist president Emmanuel Macron
The post Climate diplomat Laurence Tubiana backed by some left parties as next French PM appeared first on Climate Home News.
Britain’s top court ruled that emissions from burning a fossil fuel – not just producing it – should be considered in decisions on new extraction projects
The post UK court ruling provides ammo for anti-fossil fuel lawyers worldwide appeared first on Climate Home News.
In the wake of yet another Caribbean climate disaster, Labour should raise its ambition in offering international support
The post Hurricane Beryl shows why the new UK government must ramp up climate finance appeared first on Climate Home News.
The board of the fund has agreed on a name and a host country at a meeting in South Korea, but trickier issues remain
The post In Hurricane Beryl’s shadow, loss and damage fund makes progress on set-up appeared first on Climate Home News.
The oil export project has pushed up the price of land, so compensation is too low to maintain affected villagers’ standard of living
The post Where East African oil pipeline meets sea, displaced farmers bemoan “bad deal” on compensation appeared first on Climate Home News.
The renewable energy agency calls for more concrete policy action and finance, with Africa especially lagging on clean energy
The post Global goal of tripling renewables by 2030 still out of reach, says IRENA appeared first on Climate Home News.
Unless the unique needs of conflict zones are prioritized, climate-vulnerable communities risk losing out on finance again
The post The Loss and Damage Fund must not leave fragile states behind appeared first on Climate Home News.
Claudia Sheinbaum will have to deal with violent divisions over wind power projects on the Isthmus of Tehuantepec
The post A simmering conflict over one of Latin America’s biggest wind hubs confronts Mexico’s next president appeared first on Climate Home News.
Stuttering shift away from coal could pick up pace as new faces enter an unprecedented coalition government
The post New South African government fuels optimism for faster energy transition appeared first on Climate Home News.
As the solar geoengineering debate heats up, it is time for voices across the continent to work together and make themselves heard
The post Africa cannot afford to be complacent about solar radiation management appeared first on Climate Home News.
Pilgrims without the right type of visa were denied medical treatment, survivors say, during a 52C heatwave which killed hundreds
The post Saudi visa crackdown left heatwave-hit Hajj pilgrims scared to ask for help appeared first on Climate Home News.
Northvolt has developed a sodium-based battery, which doesn’t require critical minerals and could help break European dependence on China for the technology
The post Beyond lithium: how a Swedish battery company wants to power Europe’s green transition with salt appeared first on Climate Home News.
Climate Home found leading asset managers hold shares in coal firms within funds touting sustainable credentials
The post EU “green” funds invest millions in expanding coal giants in China, India appeared first on Climate Home News.
A new approach to adaptation is putting communities most affected by climate change at the heart of how decisions are made
The post Finance flowing for locally led climate adaptation appeared first on Climate Home News.
At June’s Bonn talks, governments made little progress on gender equality while evidence shows women bear a heavy climate burden
The post UN action on gender and climate faces uphill climb as warming hurts women appeared first on Climate Home News.
Labour’s shadow foreign minister says cost-of-living crisis means some climate finance must come from outside rich governments’ budgets
The post UK’s Labour promises “solidarity” with poorer nations on climate – but no new cash appeared first on Climate Home News.