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For Cop29 to succeed, rich nations must get their parliaments to agree more finance now
Rich nations always say they need their parliaments approval for climate finance at Cops – now is the time to start
The all-male Cop29 committee is a big step backwards for climate
Azerbaijan appointed 28 men and zero women to a key group tasked with organising the upcoming climate summit in the country
High stakes for climate finance in 2024
Setting finance goals without the revenues and systems to deliver on them is a recipe for disappointment – this year it must be different.
We must make it easier to attend Cops virtually
If we want to reduce the event’s emissions and make it more inclusive, then it must be easier to navigate and network
We have to fix unfairness: Ten takeaways from Cop28
Rich countries must cut carbon faster and provide funding to fix the unfairness getting baked into climate talks
Adaptation playbook is the true test of Cop28 for world’s vulnerable
While most attention is on fossil fuels, the US is blocking progress on an adaptation playbook, a matter of life or death for many Africans
Dutch initiative must turn the tables on fossil fuel subsidy reform
We’ve had enough “transparency” and “dialogue” around fossil fuel subsidy reform. It’s time to change the defaults
To land fossil phase-out deal, rich nations must add fairness
Differentiated targets and financial support for the global south are critical to overcoming opposition to a fossil fuel phase-out at Cop28
Don’t be fooled: CCS is no solution to oil and gas emissions
The oil and gas industry wants you to believe it can capture its emissions and keep drilling as usual. That’s no way to avert climate chaos
Avoid our mistake: Don’t let World Bank host loss and damage fund
At the Global Partnership for Education, we paid a high price to be hosted by the World Bank. A loss and damage fund should be independent
To triple renewable energy, the Global South needs finance
A renewable energy target will be debated at Cop28 but financial reforms are needed for the Global South outside China to meet that target
The EU is about to revive a failed climate solution
The EU once led the world in combatting flawed forest offset schemes. Now it’s looking to give them a new lease of life.
The cruise industry says LNG is a climate solution. It’s not
Some of the world’s biggest cruise companies are claiming to be green, while continuing to use weakly regulated fossil fuels
Why Portuguese youth are suing European countries over wildfires
The case, to be heard in the European Court of Human Rights on Wednesday, could change the way states are held accountable for climate harms
Leaders must listen to the people and end fossil fuels
Masses of people will take to the streets in 650 events around the world this weekend, to call for a phaseout of coal, oil and gas
Stop calling people ‘climate refugees’
We need to recognise the diversity of ways climate impacts influence people’s movements, not reduce them to one label
Identifying loss and damage is tough – we need a pragmatic but science-based approach
It’s often hard to judge whether a drought is weather-related or climate related and whether people are displaced by the drought or conflicts
Morocco’s centuries-old irrigation system under threat from climate change
As Morocco faces increasingly extreme temperatures, indigenous communities in the country’s southeast suffer the brunt of the climate crisis
Senegal shows African countries are not passive beneficiaries of climate finance
While drawing up their renewables deal with wealthy countries, Senegalese government, civil society, business and researchers had their say
Multilateral banks’ investments in industrial livestock undermine their Paris climate commitments
Public money should stop flowing towards the expansion of animal agriculture, which is responsible for a fifth of the world’s emissions