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Abdulaziz bin Salman’s interpretation of the agreement was slammed as “incredibly misleading” as the text “calls on” all governments to transition from fossil fuels
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As Switzerland buys the first ever bilateral offsets, civil society’s analysis suggests the claimed emissions reductions from Thai buses would have happened anyway
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Gwede Mantashe’s ministry argues for cutting ambition on renewables and investing more in gas. also plugging so-called “clean coal”
The post South African ministry uses opaque modelling to argue for weakening climate ambition appeared first on Climate Home News.
Mukhtar Babayev spent 26 years at Azerbaijan’s state-owned oil and gas company Socar, where he tried to limit the company’s environmental damage.
The post Azerbaijan appoint state oil company veteran as Cop29 president appeared first on Climate Home News.
The government will consider incentives to charge electric vehicles at off-peak hours and to let vehicles sell their electricity to the grid
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“Things are going downhill with the new government”, said one gold miner when detained by Brazil’s federal police
The post Brazil cracks down on illegal gold miners appeared first on Climate Home News.
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
The post Indonesia promises to fine palm oil companies operating in forests appeared first on Climate Home News.
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
The post Sudan’s Cop28 delegates “really hurt” by silence on their civil war appeared first on Climate Home News.
Donations meant to preserve the Amazon rainforest may be spent paving the road, which critics say will worsen the forest’s destruction
The post Brazil lawmakers approve using green fund to pave road through Amazon rainforest appeared first on Climate Home News.
The US and EU couldn’t agree on common rules for bilateral carbon trades in Dubai, leaving a vacuum for voluntary certifiers
The post Countries go ahead with carbon deals despite Cop28 standoff appeared first on Climate Home News.
With the EU ambivalent and small island states absent, Russia’s call for “transitional fuels” – read gas – made it into the Cop28 agreement
The post How Russia won a ‘dangerous loophole’ for fossil gas at Cop28 appeared first on Climate Home News.
Rich countries must cut carbon faster and provide funding to fix the unfairness getting baked into climate talks
The post We have to fix unfairness: Ten takeaways from Cop28 appeared first on Climate Home News.
Developing nations got agreement to set targets for food and water security, but rich nations were unwilling to plug a huge funding gap
The post ‘Car without wheels’: Adaptation playbook lacks finance target appeared first on Climate Home News.
The EU and allies rejected proposed carbon trading rules that followed a “light-touch” approach favoured by the US
The post Carbon credits talks collapse at Cop28 over integrity concerns appeared first on Climate Home News.
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
The post Dubai deal: Ministers and observers react to the UAE consensus appeared first on Climate Home News.
One day into overtime at Cop28, countries agreed to transition away from fossil fuels in energy systems: a first for the UN climate process
The post No ‘phase-out’, but Dubai deal puts oil and gas sector on notice appeared first on Climate Home News.