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UN deep-sea mining talks deadlocked over agenda clash
A dozen countries want to officially debate for the first time in history the possibility to halt deep-sea mining, but have faced opposition from China and the island-nation of Nauru.
Germany plans to keep funding new gas projects overseas despite pledge
Draft guidelines for its export credit agency signal support for some gas projects until 2025 – three years after the deadline set by the Glasgow pledge
UN climate fund suspends project in Nicaragua over human rights concerns
The Green Climate Fund suspended a $117 million forest conservation project in Nicaragua over escalating violence against indigenous people.
Pressure grows on governments and banks to stop supporting Amazon oil and gas
An upcoming summit on protecting the Amazon has become the focus of a Indigenous and civil society-led campaign to set up an exclusion zone for fossil fuels
G20 divisions over key climate goals pile pressure on Cop28 hosts
The world’s largest economies failed to agree on targets to phase down fossil fuels and scale up renewables
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Biden’s union-friendly green jobs pitch meets sceptical response
Workers in Philadelphia questioned whether green jobs could permanently replace dirty ones and pay the same high rates
Frans Timmermans steps down from EU’s climate leadership
Timmermans has led the EU’s climate policy since 2019 but will now seek to become Dutch prime minister instead
Dozens of oil & industry lobbyists attended secretive shipping emissions talks
Oil and gas companies like Shell, BP and Equinor were represented at shipping climate talks
Under record heatwave, US and China “unstick” climate talks
US climate envoy John Kerry visited Beijing, re-starting talks on coal, methane and other climate issues
Open letter from 14 countries to G20: Safeguard a liveable future
In an open letter to the G20, climate ministers from 14 countries outline key actions ahead of COP28, including a fossil fuel phase out.
EU and Argentina strike gas, hydrogen & renewables deal
Brussels and Buenos Aires agreed to work for a “stable delivery” of gas to Europe while cracking down on methane leaks and building renewables
Australia will update the ‘fantasy’ net zero plan it inherited
Australia’s new climate minister says the plan relied too heavily on future technologies – the new one will include sectoral plans
The EU-Mercosur trade deal will harm Brazil’s indigenous communities
Far-right president Jair Bolsonaro is gone but agribusiness and congress are still a threat to Brazil’s indigenous communities
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Kerry rejects “climate reparations” but praises loss and damage fund
Experts said that the term “climate reparations” implies liability, whereas the loss and damage fund will be filled on a voluntary basis
UAE’s Cop28 president plans “brutally honest” climate summit
“We must be brutally honest about the gaps that need to be filled, the root causes and how we got to this place here today” said Sultan Al-Jaber
With corporate climate cheats on the chopping block, net zero is growing up
The definition of net zero is becoming clearer and corporate greenwashing is becoming harder to get away with
EU to push for fossil fuel phaseout ‘well ahead of 2050’ at Cop28
At Cop28 the EU wants governments to agree on more renewables and a faster phase out of fossil fuels with a “residual” role for carbon capture technologies
Canada pledges US$340m to UN’s Green Climate Fund
Canada’s climate minister implied he would like to have given more but said he’s “not the finance minister unfortunately”