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While the Saudis pushed carbon capture and storage technology, Europeans fought for wind and solar to be talked up in the report.
Brazil’s new government is clamping down on illegal gold mining in the Amazon rainforest, using satellite imagery to find and destroy mining camps
Being recognised as partiuclarly vulnerable can help countries access climate finance and plan adaptation strategies
Governments will hold consultations on whether to call for a phase out of fossil fuels at the Cop28 climate talks in November
Scientists say funding needs to increase ‘many-fold’ in order to reach climate goals and protect communities disproportionately affected by global warming
Antonio Guterres said leaders of the G20’s rich nations must aim for net zero “as close as possible” to 2040 while emerging nations should set 2050 targets
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Indigenous people in Nicaragua have accused a Green Climate Fund project of exacerbating violence with settlers invading their land
Six Asian countries will share two seats on the committee due to start work on establishing a fund for climate victims
Five countries had loan packages approved under the IMF’s first sustainability fund, but concerns remain about whether it will boost resilience for the most vulnerable nations
A Vietnam government partner suggested that even Hanoi is unaware of the details of the energy transition package
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The bloc has made achieving a global phase out of coal, oil and gas “well ahead of 2050” a priority of its climate diplomacy
Despite the setback campaigners hope countries will be emboldened to protect marine ecosystems as they negotiate seabed mining rules
The US will subsidise North American-made electric vehicles, sparking responses from other rich countries – but there are concerns on the effects on the developing world.
Attempts to get governments to agree to “phase out” fossil fuels were unsuccesful at Cop26 and Cop27 and that battle is likely to be re-fought at Cop28
Jaber, who also heads the state oil giant Adnoc, fueled activists’ worries about fossil fuels in the upcoming UN climate negotiations.
The CEO of the Climate Investment Funds has been picked to head the Green Climate Fund as its board faces its first complaint case
Researchers are working with eight developing countries to pool resources and respond to climate disasters with local solutions
The World Bank argues the project will accelerate the energy transition in southern Africa, but people facing displacement say their voices are not being heard
The process to create Canada’s first guide for green investiments has been accused of being undemocratic and extending the life of polluting fuels.
They won’t reveal who is paying what or how it will be spent and one bank said their $1bn contribution is just something they’re “willing to consider”
Negotiators will gather in Egypt at the end of March to discuss a fund for climate victims, whether the Asia-Pacific group has nominated its members or not
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India wants the World Bank to lend more money for climate finance, at cheaper rates, in developing countries and will use its G20 chair to push this agenda
Pressure is building on South Korea’s constitutional court to make a key climate change judgment, as the government prepares to publish its first carbon neutrality plan
China’s Supreme People’s Court issued the first judicial document to encourage and guide case handling on carbon emissions
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Over 100 nations have backed the Pacific Island’s attempt to make it easier for govenrments to be sued over climate failures
A new study has found that most energy transition models ask nations like China, India and South Africa to cut coal use twice as fast as developed countries ever did.
The Pacific island nation says 100 countries back its call for the International Court of Justice to advise on states’ climate obligations
A shortage of weather stations across Africa shouldn’t stop climate victims accessing critical funds, scientists say
Debt and climate shocks, combined with political shifts, have united historically left- and rightwing countries behind common asks
President Alberto Fernández is seeking funding for an export pipeline that would channel Vaca Muerta’s gas to neighbouring countries
Energy security fears prompted Beijing to rapidly accelerate coal power plans last year, raising concerns about the country’s impact on greenhouse gas emissions
Cop28 president and oil and gas executive Sultan al-Jaber urged energy conference participants in Houston to do more faster to limit global warming
Without climate finance from rich nations, “we are not going to comply with your climate change” said Bola Tinubu
Japan plans to prolong fossil fuels across Southeast Asia, by promoting carbon capture, gas and the co-firing of ammonia at coal power plants.
The court said campaigners arguments against the East African crude oil pipeline had changed too much – they are considering an appeal
Thunberg said the wind farm violates the rights of indigenous Sami people to herd their reindeer, as the sight and sound of the turbines scares the animals
Lentz accused the European Union of helping protect fossil fuel investments but climate campaigners accused him of a “desperate attempt” to keep the EU in the treaty
With Jair Bolsonaro out of power, one obstacle to US funding for Amazon rainforest protection has gone – but Republicans in Congress could still block funding.
Campaigners have warned the exemption risks setting an incentive for increased logging in Europe’s corner of the Amazon forest.
Brazil’s new government is already having an impact on deforestation in the Amazon rainforest, an environmental enforcement agent claimed
On his first day in office as Brazil’s president, Lula da Silva signed a package of seven executive orders to protect the environment
Nestlé, Coca Cola and Pepsi are among the buyers from Nanglamal Sugar Complex, which smallholders say gives no help with climate resilience
Women and girls in India’s sugar fields are exposed to sexual harassment, backbreaking work and inadequate healthcare
The Chinese presidency gavelled through a biodiversity pact in Montreal, overriding the funding concerns of some African delegates
Millions of people migrate each year to work in India’s sugar fields under extreme heat, harsh conditions and debt bondage
The aviation industry plans to argue that banning short-haul flights is ineffective and impinges on EU citizens’ right to travel between countries
Nigeria, Chile and Vietnam are among countries now backing a stronger climate goal for international shipping, but cost concerns remain
The International Civil Aviation Organization has agreed a 2050 net zero emissions goal for aviation but its credibility is in doubt
The “jet zero” strategy relies on future technology breakthroughs and rejects options to curb demand
Schiphol airport, the third busiest in Europe, will be required to limit traffic to below its pre-pandemic peak, to reduce pollution
After a decade of talks, there is consensus at the International Maritime Organization to put a price on shipping emissions – the next question is how high
After domestic airlines threatened to ground their planes, the government agreed to cover some of their rising fuel costs
Ministers hope Turkish Airlines will make its first biofuelled flight by the end of 2022, but experts are sceptical algae can make much of a dent in aviation emissions
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In India more intense droughts and floods are destroying sugarcane crops and plunging millions of farmers and their families into debt
Brazil’s outgoing president Jair Bolsonaro has presided over four years of destruction of the Amazon rainforest and the Cerrado grasslands
Negotiators at the Cop15 biodiversity summit in Montreal have until Friday to agree a “nature pact” that can get rid of harmful subsidies
Cop15 biodiversity negotiations in Montreal next month will determine how the world halts and reverses nature loss
Emissions are still rising, pledges to 2030 put the world on track for 2.5C of warming but fossil fuel demand is nearing its peak
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