Climate finance: India takes lead in cornering developed nations
Thu 26 Jun 2025
The issue of climate finance was sought to be settled last year at the COP29 meeting in Baku, Azerbaijan, where developed nations had agreed to mobilise a sum of at least USD 300 billion per year from 2035.
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Rise in legal challenges over carbon credit schemes
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Scrutiny of how companies plan to meet climate commitments is growing, with many successful legal challenges.
UN talks delivered a drop in the ocean of finance and policy change needed to save the sea
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Never has the ocean been the focus of so much investor and political attention as it was in Nice earlier this month.
Nearly a third of Tuvaluans have applied for climate migration visa
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With their country threatened by sea level rise, the people of Tuvalu have been offered an escape route through an agreement with Australia, and many are contemplating leaving their home.
Major report shows top courts are increasingly a battleground for climate action
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Landmark cases in 2024 and 2025 have reinforced the importance of legal pathways in helping or hindering climate action.
Rapid loss of cloud cover is contributing to record global temperatures: study
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Earth’s cloud cover has been shrinking rapidly, contributing to the world’s rising temperatures, according to a new NASA-led analysis of satellite observations.
Oil is falling so much it’s now cheaper than it was before the Iran-Israel conflict
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Oil prices fell sharply Tuesday, returning to levels last seen before the Iran-Israel conflict, as investors cheered news of a ceasefire, albeit fragile, between the two countries.
UK can reach net zero by 2050, climate report finds
Thu 26 Jun 2025
Climate Change Committee says current targets could be met provided country takes ‘steps forward’ to achieve them.
Britain, Kenya, Singapore lead campaign to boost company demand for climate credits
Thu 26 Jun 2025
Britain, Kenya and Singapore have launched a coalition aimed at encouraging companies to buy carbon credits by setting out a set of guidelines for buyers, a move carbon market experts say is the strongest show of policy support yet for such markets.
Floods swamp cities in Southwest China with more storms due
Thu 26 Jun 2025
Citizens in Guizhou and other parts of southern China have been swamped by days of record-breaking rainfall as the East Asia monsoon kicked into high gear over the past week.
