Climate Change News

AIIB finds gas plant in Bangladesh compatible with Paris goals

AIIB’s fast-tracking of a 600MW LNG plant could set a precedent for more development finance to fossil gas projects, campaigners warn

German support for any of the projects would breach a pledge made last year to stop funding coal, oil and gas projects overseas from 1 January

The decision to allow a new coking coal mine goes against official climate advice and the UK’s international rhetoric on fossil fuels

The European Union pushed to restrict loss and damage funds to “particularly vulnerable” nations, but the definition is still up for debate

The EU deforestation law aims to stop imports of products if their producers have cut down trees to grow them

The Gulf oil and gas exporter is going big on renewable energy investment and food security, while expanding hydrocarbon production

Ursula von der Leyen is mooting increased public support for EU cleantech industries, in response to the US’ Inflation Reduction Act

Marina Silva, tipped as the next environment minister, tweeted that the planned infrastructure would cost the country $22bn over four years

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US and Saudi Arabia want a bottom-up deal focused on recycling, while a “high ambition coalition” wants top-down curbs on plastic production

From 2025, the entire country is expected to run on 100% clean electricity for hours then days at a time, raising new engineering challenges

The Pacific island nation says 100 countries back its call for the International Court of Justice to advise on states’ climate obligations

While there is a case for South Korea, UAE and Israel to join the donor pool, whichever way you measure it the US should pay more

The Cop27 summit won a breakthrough for those on the frontlines of the climate emergency. Cop28 must herald the end of oil and gas

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After two grueling nights of overtime in Sharm el-Sheikh, the blame game began, with allegations of stonewalling and hypocrisy

European governments are abandoning a treaty that has become a barrier to climate action, but legal hurdles remain

A shortage of weather stations across Africa shouldn’t stop climate victims accessing critical funds, scientists say

Cop15 biodiversity negotiations in Montreal next month will determine how the world halts and reverses nature loss

The Sharm el-Sheikh Implementation Plan made a breakthrough on support for climate victims, but avoided confronting the oil and gas sector