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IPCC's input into key UN climate review at risk as countries clash
Aug 5, 2024 — Governments have again failed to agree on a schedule for producing key climate science reports as deep divergences blocked progress at a meeting of the U.N.’s …
Why we should pull down the UN's artificial divide between …
Oct 21, 2024 — An Lambrechts is a s enior campaign strategist at Greenpeace International; Cyril Kormos is f ounder and executive director of Wild Heritage; and Virginia Young is director of …
Swiss propose expanding climate finance donors, academics urge …
Aug 16, 2024 — Similarly, Canada’s proposal – released last Friday after this article was first published – singles out the top ten emitters but with a slightly lower GNI per capita threshold of …
OECD: Biodiversity finance grew ahead of COP16, mostly as loans
Sep 19, 2024 — Boosting funds for biodiversity protection will be a key issue at the COP16 UN conference in Colombia late next month, as countries face the challenge of meeting a goal to …
Fossil fuel transition back in draft pact for UN Summit of the Future
Aug 30, 2024 — The COP28 agreement adopted by nearly 200 countries was widely hailed as a historic achievement signposting an end to the fossil fuel era. But climate campaigners have …
The IPCC must produce its flagship report in time for the next UN ...
Jul 31, 2024 — Dr Youba Sokona is an energy and sustainable development expert from Mali and was a vice chair of the IPCC’s sixth assessment cycle. The Intergovernmental Panel on …
US government backs the carbon credit industry’s push to fix itself
May 29, 2024 — But, he added, that should not be seen as “an excuse to slow down but as an occasion to speed up” and do things better. The Biden administration wants to be a leader in …
Ten climate questions for 2024 - Climate Home News
Dec 29, 2023 — While 2023’s climate questions depended largely on governments and big bankers, 2024 is one of those years where the fate of the world rests in the hands of ordinary …
"Shameful": Shell uses suspect carbon credits to meet climate targets
Feb 2, 2024 — But opinions from experts and scientific literature suggest that lots of farmers already employ this technique across China, encouraged by the central government. So they …