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Amazon gateway city Belém will host Cop30 climate talks
Brazil’s president Lula said Belém will host Cop30 so that delegates from around the world can learn about the nearby Amazon rainforest.
Drought victims let down – Climate Weekly
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Japan joins anti-plastic coalition ahead of Paris treaty talks, leaving US isolated
After Japan joined the high ambition coalition against plastics production, the US is now the only major developed country not a member
Governments fall short in UN’s East Africa drought appeal
Donor countries promised only a third of the $7bn the UN was appealing for to provide humanitarian aid to drought-stricken Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia.
UK sued over plan to import more polluting Australian beef
Campaigners are challenging the UK government over its assessment of environmental impacts of a trade deal with Australia
Restrictions on energy firm’s borrowing complicates South Africa’s energy transition
The South African government has told cash-strapped power company Eskom it can’t invest in new electricity generation
Lula set to improve Brazil’s climate target
Brazil’s new president Lula is set to improve on the climate target set by his far-right predecessor Jair Bolsonaro, Reuters sources say
Rich nations “understanding” of South African delay to coal plant closures
Despite a multi-billion dollars clean energy transition deal, South Africa expects to keep coal plants running for longer while it battles electricity blackouts.
Regulator blocks Brazilian oil drilling, sparking conflict within government
While President Lula’s environment minister Marina Silva supported the decision, Lula ally Randolfe Rodrigues vowed to oppose it
France proposes tax credits for green technology
France will spend €500m a year on tax credits for wind and solar power, heat pumps and batteries funded by a tax rise on carbon-intensive fuels
US backs Indonesian oil refinery despite pledge to end fossil fuel finance
The US has been accused of “breaking” a key climate financing commitment by approving almost $100m in support for an overseas fossil fuel project
Vietnamese anti-coal campaigner freed early from prison
Nguy Thi Khanh has been released a few months early from prison but two of her fellow campaigners remain in jail on tax evasion charges
Local business group tries to keep South Africa’s coal plants alive
A business coalition in South Africa’s energy heartland is fighting against plans to shut down coal plants.
German landlords set to defeat gas boiler ban
Landlords and the right-wing have opposed an effective ban on new gas boilers and look set to at least delay the measure
After court blocks renewables push, US promotes carbon capture & hydrogen
The Environmental Protection Agency will set limits on power plants’ emissions, forcing them to clean up or shut down
India mulls end to coal plant construction
If approved by the cabinet, India’s new electricity policy would end the construction of new coal-fired power plants after the planned 28 GW are built
Climate Weekly – US-China talks stall but survive
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Exxon scrambles to save investments before Colombia bans fracking
The company is looking at how to get some money back despite Gustavo Petro’s government looking to ban it from fracking in Colombia
Despite Taiwan and spy balloon tensions, China invites US for climate talks
China’s climate envoy Xie Zhenhua invited his US counterpart to China to discuss cooperation on tackling climate change
US solar boom on hold as industry awaits subsidy rules
Solar installers are waiting to find out which solar panels are considered US-made and qualify for subsidies