COP29 countries endorse global carbon market frameworkTuesday - Countries at the two-week COP29 climate summit gave the go-ahead on Monday to carbon credit quality standards which are critical to launching a U.N.-backed global carbon market that would fund projects that reduce greenhouse gas emissions. |
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Despite likely setback for climate action at the US election, new climate champions set to enter CongressTuesday - Across the US, voters elected new members to Congress who have promoted climate action at the state level and could prevent environmental laws from being weakened under Republican leadership. |
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Multilateral banks are key to financing the fight against global warming. Here is how they workTuesday - As climate change leads to a seemingly endless stream of weather disasters around the world, countries are struggling to adapt to the new reality. Preparing to better withstand hurricanes, floods, heat waves, droughts and wildfires will take hundreds of billions of dollars. |
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Want food security? Eat less meat, major report saysTuesday - Europe’s top farming university is calling for smaller livestock herds and a shift toward plant-based diets. |
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Fifty-year extension for one of Australia’s biggest CO2 emitters likely after WA ditches emissions-reduction rulesTuesday - Extending life of Woodside’s North West Shelf gas processing plant on Burrup Peninsula could result in billions of tonnes of climate pollution, critics say. |
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As Australia puts more focus on climate change, New Zealand is accused of pulling backMonday - The role reversal of sorts between the two neighbors comes as countries gather in Azerbaijan this week for the United Nations climate conference. |
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COP29 chief exec filmed promoting fossil fuel dealsMonday - A senior official at COP29 climate change conference in Azerbaijan appears to have used his role to arrange a meeting to discuss potential fossil fuel deals. |
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‘A total waste of time’: why Papua New Guinea pulled out of Cop29 and why climate advocates are worriedMonday - Country’s foreign minister says UN climate summits have produced ‘no results’ as Pacific nation takes the rare step of withdrawing from upcoming Cop29. |
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Donald Trump is likely to scale back America's climate targets - will other countries follow suit?Monday - The US had been a major diplomatic force in climate talks under previous administrations, but Donald Trump's election will likely usher in a new era. |
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'Sin City could be called Solar City': How Las Vegas is going greenMonday - From conserving water to scaling up solar, Sin City is investing millions in sustainability measures. |
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The frozen carbon of the northern permafrost is on the move – we estimated by how muchMonday - Among the most rapidly changing parts of our planet are the coldest landscapes near the top of the globe, just south of the Arctic. This region is warming two to four times faster than the global... |
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Trump stranglehold adds to growing doubts at climate talksFriday - Nearly 200 nations will soon gather for the annual COP29 summit, where efforts to increase funding for poor countries and slash emissions will run against the reality of a hostile American president. |
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Deadlock over climate finance is undermining Paris agreement, Singapore minister saysFriday - Efforts by the United States and others to persuade more countries to contribute to a new global climate financing initiative risks undermining the Paris agreement, Singapore's Environment Minister... |
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European climate agency says this will likely be the hottest year on record - againFriday - For the second year in a row, Earth will almost certainly be the hottest it’s ever been. |
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Big Oil’s dirty legacy in NigeriaFriday - Who will clean up the environmental mess when Shell and others pull out of the Niger Delta? |
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Climate adaptation finance gap swells to at least $187bn per yearFriday - This is according to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)’s ‘Adaptation Gap Report 2024’, which emphasises the increasing vulnerability of developing nations to the worsening effects of... |
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‘Drill, baby, drill’: What Trump’s victory could mean for the future, according to climate expertsThursday - Trump's victory could be a 'major blow' for global climate action but experts say it may not slow the roll of the green transition. |
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Why didn’t climate change come up more in the presidential campaign?Thursday - Climate change has dangerously supercharged fires, hurricanes, floods and heat waves. Why didn’t it come up more in the presidential campaign? |
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Leaders from key countries to skip COP29 climate summitThursday - World leaders from major economies including the United States, the European Union and Brazil are planning to skip this year's United Nations climate change summit, known as COP29, in Baku,... |
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