Nov 27, 2024 · A watered-down draft text proposed to “reaffirm” last year’s pledge without calling out fossil fuels by name, and also emphasised the role of “transitional fuels” – which could be interpreted to mean fossil gas.. Latin American countries, developed countries and small islands opposed this text, meaning that the talks on the dialogue had …

Dec 27, 2024 · At the end of the first year in which global average temperatures are almost certain to top the key threshold of 1.5C above pre-industrial times, scientists have sounded the alarm about the extremes of climate and weather we’re already experiencing – and are warning things could get even more serious.. At the same time, they say it’s not too late both to limit the damage by phasing out ...

Nov 23, 2024 · This paragraph 53, part of a decision accompanying the Paris Agreement, says countries intend to continue their existing $100bn a year collective goal through 2025 and shall set an NCQG from that floor “in accordance with” Article 9.3 of the agreement.. Article 9.3 notes that “as part of a global effort”, developed countries …

Dec 5, 2024 · At a landmark legal hearing in The Hague this week, wealthy countries that are big emitters of planet-heating gases have used the Paris Agreement and other existing treaties on climate change to avoid additional pressure to step up their action to tackle global warming.

Jan 15, 2025 · This was reflected at the COP29 climate summit in Baku, he said, where the deal on a new finance goal to channel money to developing countries reflected the likelihood of Washington not playing ball for the next four years in terms of its size and composition.. For example, the decision to allow all finance coming via multilateral banks to be counted towards the goal to provide government ...

Nov 23, 2024 · Rich nations agreed to channel at least $300 billion a year by 2035 for developing countries to ramp up climate action under a new finance goal adopted at the COP29 climate summit, after bad-tempered talks in which vulnerable countries pushed for a …

6 days ago · Land-grabbing on the rise. Across the world, communities in mineral-producing countries – from Indonesia, to Chile and the Democratic Republic of Congo – have reported environmental destruction and human rights abuses linked to the mining of transition minerals.. Ketakandriana Rafitoson, director of Publish What You Pay, an NGO that advocates for financial transparency in the extractive ...

Apr 11, 2024 · As the US heads to the polls, Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump are neck and neck in the race for the White House. While climate change has not been high on the campaign agenda, the outcome of the presidential election will have huge implications for the world’s battle to limit the damage caused by global warming, like the hurricanes Milton and Helene that hit the south-east ...

Dec 23, 2024 · 2. Germany uses funding to pressure climate groups on Israel-Gaza war. Many climate activists continued to speak out against the Israeli government’s role in the growing humanitarian crisis in Gaza but came under pressure to stay quiet on the issue from one of the Israeli government’s biggest political backers – Germany.

Nov 25, 2024 · But on Sunday, within hours of COP29 finally reaching a deal, Jennifer Morgan, Germany’s special envoy for climate, posted a statement on X saying: “We stand to give more, if those who have grown significantly since 1992 – in wealth and emissions – are ready to step up as well. The target we have put forward demonstrates our seriousness.”