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Japan backs fossil fuels in Southeast Asian “zero emission” initiative. 7 October 2024. News Japan’s Asia Zero Emission Community (AZEC) supported 56 projects using fossil fuel technologies in Southeast Asia — including LNG and carbon capture. Latest news. Become a …
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London airport expansion spotlights danger of “false hope” Jet Zero strategy. 23 August 2024. The UK government decided expansion is compatible with its plan to cut aviation emissions, raising questions about its reliance on unproven techno-fixes over reducing flights.
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Slow progress in Baku risks derailing talks on new climate finance goal at COP29. Azerbaijan’s COP29 president calls for determination and leadership from all countries to bridge the gaps on finance. 1. 2. 3. ›. Latest climate change news, analysis, commentary, video and podcasts.
Six takeaways from 2023’s climate change news - Climate Home …
Dec 28, 2023 · Six takeaways from 2023’s climate change news. Published on 28/12/2023, 4:03pm. Fossil fuel fights, finance struggles, a resurgent relationship, and much more. We recap the most impactful international climate developments in 2023. A protester with a banner saying "Future is more important than fossil fuels". Photo: Ivan Radic / Wikimedia.
Four questions for Cop28 to settle about a global carbon market
Nov 29, 2023 · Governments are set to take a decisive step at Cop28 towards making a long-awaited global carbon market governed by the UN a reality. The Paris Agreement establishes ways for countries to “voluntarily cooperate” to meet their climate targets by allowing emission reductions and removals to be traded. In Dubai, negotiators will finalise the ...
Five takeaways from the UN’s 2022 climate impacts report
Feb 28, 2022 · The UN’s climate science body today released a major report on the impacts that climate change will have on humans and the planet, and how we may adapt to them.. It is the first such assessment from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) since 2014 and reflects large advances in scientific understanding of the effect global heating is having on us all.
US to double climate finance again, but gap remains to $100bn
Sep 21, 2021 · The US will double its climate finance contribution to $11.4 billion a year by 2024, president Joe Biden announced at the UN General Assembly on Tuesday. During a speech at the UN in New York, Biden said his administration would work with Congress to double its April pledge of $5.7bn and “make the US a leader in international climate finance”.
To close 1.5C gap, countries face call for another round of climate ...
Oct 28, 2021 · Collective ambition needs to be seven times higher to align with the most ambitious 1.5C goal of the Paris Agreement. So the UK Cop26 presidency is considering a proposal for the final Glasgow outcome to demand another round of updated nationally determined contributions (NDCs) by 2023. It is backed by Christiana Figueres, former head of …
Seven countries join US and EU in methane reduction pledge
Sep 20, 2021 · Seven countries have joined the US and EU in committing to cut their methane emissions by 30% over the next decade. On Friday, the US and EU made a joint pledge to slash methane emissions, which are mainly released from abandoned coal mines, oil and gas operations, and farming, by 2030 and encouraged other nations to do the same.. Although it …
China-US announce deal at Cop26 to accelerate climate action this …
Oct 11, 2021 · China and the US have announced a deal to strengthen their cooperation on climate action and accelerate emissions cuts this decade, in a boost to the Cop26 climate conference in Glasgow, UK. The world’s two biggest emitters released a surprise joint statement on Wednesday evening setting out their intention to “seize on this critical moment ...