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As leaders at the UN debate how to meet renewable energy goals, they must also ensure supply chains are sustainable
The post Global push to triple renewables requires responsible mining of minerals appeared first on Climate Home News.
Governments are being asked to sign up to a goal to boost energy storage six-fold and renew or add 80 million km of electric grids, among other initiatives
The post COP29 aims to boost battery storage and grids for renewables, as pledges proliferate appeared first on Climate Home News.
Funding for efforts to protect and restore nature increased to $15.4 billion in 2022 – mostly driven by concessional loans from multilateral banks
The post Biodiversity finance grew ahead of COP16 but came mostly as loans, says OECD appeared first on Climate Home News.
The UK’s new foreign minister, David Lammy, says Global North rhetoric on climate action must be matched by funding but stays silent on the size of a new global finance goal
The post UK calls for “ambition” on COP29 climate finance goal but won’t talk numbers appeared first on Climate Home News.
One negotiator said it was “very unfortunate” that no developed-country officials travelled to Ghana for UN climate talks on “response measures”
The post Developing countries denounce rich nations’ disregard for just transition talks appeared first on Climate Home News.
The Brazilian president has run up against similar challenges to his US counterpart Joe Biden – and it’s bad news for the planet
The post Is Brazil’s Lula a climate leader? appeared first on Climate Home News.
Azerbaijan’s COP29 president calls for determination and leadership from all countries to bridge the gaps on finance
The post Slow progress in Baku risks derailing talks on new climate finance goal at COP29 appeared first on Climate Home News.
The global pipeline of coal projects shrank dramatically in recent years – but now coal is making a comeback in Asia, threatening climate goals
The post The demise of coal, as it turns out, is a lot of gas appeared first on Climate Home News.
The UN Panel on Critical Energy Transition Minerals launches principles to guide responsible, fair extraction of minerals for green value chains
The post Human rights must be “at the core” of mining for transition minerals, UN panel says appeared first on Climate Home News.
The airline will pay a UK company to carry out enhanced rock weathering, which speeds up natural carbon-absorbing processes
The post British Airways plans to offset rising emissions by sprinkling crushed rocks appeared first on Climate Home News.
An ambitious NDC would boost China’s economy, win it recognition as a responsible global power – and keep its people safer from climate disasters
The post How to convince Beijing of the case for stronger climate targets appeared first on Climate Home News.
GCF chief Mafalda Duarte tells Climate Home how she plans to boost the fund’s impact and position it to secure more resources
The post Green Climate Fund restructures, aiming to become donors’ “partner of choice” appeared first on Climate Home News.
The UNFCCC has changed quota allocations for observers in a bid to address imbalance in regional representation
The post Bigger share of COP29 badges for Global South NGOs upsets rich-country groups appeared first on Climate Home News.
We have the resources, talent and need to develop supply chains for the energy transition that bring sustainable economic benefits for Africans
The post Relegating Africa to the world’s green mine is costing us appeared first on Climate Home News.
Action on clean energy and adaptation can be the single greatest opportunity to lift up African people and economies, Simon Stiell says
The post UN climate chief calls for “exponential changes” to boost investment in Africa appeared first on Climate Home News.
A plan to deploy new electric buses in the Brazilian city hosting the 2025 UN climate summit was held up by a political row that suggests the road to COP30 could get rocky
The post Belém’s electric bus controversy: a cautionary tale for COP30 appeared first on Climate Home News.
The EU’s new deforestation law was seen as a breakthrough in the global battle against forest loss, but it’s provoking fractious debate among governments and producers
The post Delaying the EU’s anti-deforestation law is not an option appeared first on Climate Home News.
As host of the COP29 summit, Baku must stop fossil fuel expansion, cut its emissions further, and work to deliver an ambitious climate finance goal
The post As Pacific Islanders, we need climate action – not greenwashing – from Azerbaijan appeared first on Climate Home News.
The carbon market standard found “serious” quality issues with the projects, prompting questions about their initial approval
The post Verra axing of Shell’s rice-farming carbon credits in China fuels integrity fears appeared first on Climate Home News.
The new text of a UN pact for the high-level event brings back a mention of the headline COP28 agreement
The post Fossil fuel transition back in draft pact for UN Summit of the Future after outcry appeared first on Climate Home News.