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Relegating Africa to the world’s green mine is costing us - Climate Change News - Comment (Sep 5) |
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Sep 5 · Comment: We have the resources, talent and need to develop supply chains for the energy transition that bring sustainable economic benefits for Africans
Congo mines minister Antoinette N'Samba Kalambayi speaks during the Investing in African Mining Indaba 2023 conference in Cape Town, South Africa, February 8, 2023. (Photo: REUTERS/Shelley Christians)
Adam Anthony is executive director of HakiRasilimali, a platform of civil society organizations working on strategic advocacy issues around minerals, oil and gas extraction in Tanzania, and chair of Publish What You Pay’s Africa Steering Committee.
There is a fierce scramble underway for the minerals to enable a ... | By Adam Anthony Read more ...
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To keep its profits, Big Oil stole our future - Climate Change News - Comment (Jul 19) |
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Jul 19 · Comment: Children’s education, and their prospects, are suffering as a result of extreme heat driven by climate change – and dirty energy giants are the culprits
People watch a local derby soccer match in the village of Ormenio, Greece, March 30, 2024. (Photo: REUTERS/Louisa Gouliamaki)
Foteini Simic, 16 years old, and Petros Kalosakas, 18 years old, are high-school students and Greenpeace volunteers from Athens, Greece.
There are few moments in life that count forever. Choosing who (and if) to marry, becoming a parent, buying a house… Before all of these come the last years of the Greek Lykeio (senior high school) and the critical final exams ... | By Foteini Simic and Petros Kalosakas Read more ...
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Finance flowing for locally led climate adaptation - Climate Change News - Comment (Jul 1) |
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Jul 1 · A new approach to adaptation is putting communities most affected by climate change at the heart of how decisions are made
In 2021, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called on the international community to spend 50% of all climate finance on adaptation. In his words, “adaptation cannot be the neglected half of the climate equation.”
Achieving this aim would mean tens of billions more dollars flowing into adaptation projects. This huge – but achievable – feat would be immensely beneficial for communities around the world suffering from regular extreme weather events.
Alongside his call for greater adaptation finance, Guterres outlined five ... | By Adam Wentworth Read more ...
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Africa must reap the benefits of its energy transition minerals - Climate Change News - Comment (May 21, 2024) |
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May 21, 2024 · Comment: In the rush to exploit minerals needed to fight climate change, African leaders should harness their natural wealth for the continent’s development
Artisanal miners work at Tilwizembe, a former industrial copper-cobalt mine, outside of Kolwezi, the capital city of Lualaba Province in the south of the Democratic Republic of Congo, June 11, 2016 (Photo: REUTERS/Kenny Katombe)
Adam Anthony is executive director of the Tanzanian NGO HakiRasilimali, which works for transparency, accountability and human rights in the extractive sector. He is also chair of the Africa Steering Committee of Publish What You Pay (PWYP), the global movement for transparency in ... | By Adam Anthony Read more ...
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Oil drilling while in the Energy Charter Treaty is economically reckless - Climate Change News - Comment (Feb 20, 2024) |
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Feb 20, 2024 · Comment: The UK is opening itself up to repeated lawsuits from foreign oil and gas firms if it passes the Offshore Petroleum Licensing Bill
UK prime minister Rishi Sunak visits a gas power plant in Scotland
Editor’s note: On February 22, the UK government announced it would follow some other European states in leaving the Energy Charter Treaty due to members’ failure to agree reforms in line with net-zero emissions goals. Countries that withdraw from the pact can still be sued by energy firms under a 20-year sunset clause.
The UK is considering a new law which would invite applications for new oil and gas production licenses in the North Sea every year. | By Cleodie Rickard Read more ...
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Why Portuguese youth are suing European countries over wildfires - Climate Change News - Comment (Sep 25, 2023) |
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Sep 25, 2023 · The case, to be heard in the European Court of Human Rights on Wednesday, could change the way states are held accountable for climate harms
A Portuguese firefighter walks down a burnt hillside in 2003 (Photo credit: Pedro Armestre/Greenpeace)
Increasingly strong heatwaves and the wildfires that swept through Portugal in 2017, fueled by climate change, have had a devastating impact on many of those living in the country, particularly its youth.
Yet the 33 countries in the Council of Europe, many of whom are among those most responsible for historic greenhouse gas emissions, fall far short of the drastic measures needed to keep the world from burning.
Six ... | By Linda Lakhdhir Read more ...
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Stop calling people ‘climate refugees’ - Climate Change News - Comment (Sep 11, 2023) |
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Sep 11, 2023 · Comment: We need to recognise the diversity of ways climate impacts influence people’s movements, not reduce them to one label
US border patrol detains migrants on the border (Photo: Mani Albrecht/US Customs and Border Protection)
Despite the rejection of the term “climate refugee” by the United Nations refugee agency, and the International Organization on Migration, the term persists in popular media. On Wednesday, the phrase was even added to Dictionary.com.
At first glance, the growing informal use of the term might look like a shift towards recognising and protecting populations displaced by the adverse impacts of climate change.
After all, there ... | By Kalia Ruth Barkai Read more ...
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Republicans’ anti-ESG attack may be silencing insurers, but it isn’t changing their pro-climate business decisions - Climate Change News - Comment (Jun 09, 2023) |
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Jun 09, 2023 · Republicans are pressuring insurers out of climate coalitions but won’t change their pro-climate business decisions
In California, a man watches the Tick fire in 2019 (Photo credit: David McNew/Greenpeace)
Over recent months there has been an orchestrated pushback against investors and insurers who integrate the risks of climate change into their business models. That pushback – emanating from Republican-led states – is having an impact on how companies speak publicly. But whether it will affect their efforts to respond to climate change is less clear.
The latest targets have been global insurance companies, and their responses offer some insight.
Under ... | By Rachel Kyte Read more ...
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G7 leaders must fulfil their promise to stop funding fossil fuels - Climate Change News - Comment (May 18, 2023) |
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May 18, 2023 · Comment: Rich nations’ leaders need to uphold their commitment to a clean and sustainable energy future.
A protest at Cop26 against Japan's financing of coal. Photo: Friends of the Earth International
As G7 Leaders gather in Hiroshima this weekend, they are faced with a choice: double down on their commitments and shift towards a clean, sustainable, and more secure energy future or continue the destructive path of fossil fuel dependence and climate chaos.
Last month climate ministers from the group of wealthy nations stated they are “steadfast in their commitment to … keeping a limit of 1.5°C global temperature rise within reach”.
If they ... | By Elizabeth Bast, Tasneem Essop and Kanna Mitsuta Read more ...
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What’s at stake for climate at the World Bank’s spring meeting? - Climate Change News - Comment (Apr 06, 2023) |
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Apr 06, 2023 · Comment: The World Bank controls tens of billions of dollars which can make a real difference in the fight against climate change. A coalition of nations is pushing for green reforms.
The World Bank's spring meeting in 2013 (Photo credit: Ryan Rayburn/World Bank)
Thanks to the efforts of Barbados’s prime minister Mia Mottley and her “Bridgetown Agenda”, the climate movement has shifted its focus toward the World Bank and the tens of billions of dollars it controls.
As the leader of an island nation, battered by hurricanes and facing rising sea levels, Mottley wants the bank to take the lead in mobilising the over $1 trillion a year developing ... | By Joe Lo Read more ...
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Energy Charter Treaty exodus shows a global power shift - Climate Change News - Comment (Nov 24, 2022) |
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Nov 24, 2022 · Comment: European governments are abandoning a treaty that has become a barrier to climate action, but legal hurdles remain
A demonstration against the Energy Charter Treaty by Friends of the Earth Europe in July 2021 (Pic: Friends of the Earth Europe/Flickr)
European governments are finally starting to abandon a treaty that could stop them taking much-needed climate action and that protects the interests of fossil fuel companies and investors.
The Energy Charter Treaty (ECT), which has been signed by 53 European and Asian countries, was drafted to protect energy firms in formerly Soviet countries from falling into state ownership and being subject to excessive ... | By Leïla Choukroune Read more ...
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The problem with The Bahamas’ blue carbon market plans - Climate Change News - Comment (Aug 03, 2022) |
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Aug 03, 2022 · Comment: Caribbean nations need rich countries to pay their fair share of climate finance, not market measures that let polluters off the hook
Buildings in the Bahamas damaged by Hurricane Dorian in 2019 (Pic: Adam Stanton/US Coast Guard/Flickr)
The Bahamian parliament is in discussions to finalize its first-ever “blue” carbon credits via the Climate Change and Carbon Markets Initiatives Bill.
As a Bahamian climate scientist, I have sincere concerns about this bill and the precedent it will set for other small island developing states (SIDS).
Carbon credits may seem appealing to incentivize conservation funding and climate action, but are unlikely to have ... | By Marjahn Finlayson Read more ...
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Russia’s war on Ukraine underscores the importance of curbing methane emissions - Climate Change News - Comment (Jul 26, 2022) |
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Jul 26, 2022 · Comment: To avoid locking in new gas production in response to the energy crisis, world leaders must accelerate efforts to stop methane leakage, venting and flaring
Gas flaring in western Siberia, Russia (Photo: Igor Gavrilov/Greenpeace)
As Europe watches the tragic and unjust war in Ukraine unfold, its heavy dependence on Russian fossil fuels, especially gas, has weakened economic sanctions. Meanwhile, the war’s impacts have reverberated around the globe, with record fuel and food prices threatening global social instability.
The crisis in Ukraine provides yet another compelling reason to end our dependency on fossil fuels and strengthen our ambition to prevent ... | By Marcelo Mena and Durwood Zaelke Read more ...
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Hali Hewa episode 1: Youth and women - Climate Change News - Comment (Jun 15, 2022) |
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Jun 15, 2022 · Elizabeth Wanjiru Wathuti and Wanjira Maathai talk about attending Davos as a young African activist and the influence of professor Wangari Maathai on their lives and work
In the first episode of the Hali Hewa podcast, Abigael Kima talks to two special guests.
Elizabeth Wanjiru Wathuti is a passionate environmentalist and climate activist from Kenya. She is the founder of Green Generation Initiative (GGI) and the Head of Campaigns and Coordinator of Daima Coalition for the Protection of Urban Green Spaces at the Wangari Maathai Foundation. She served as Global South Youth Co-chair for the COP26 Civil Society and Youth Advisory Council and addressed world leaders at the ... | By CHN Staff Read more ...
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Deadly heatwaves show why India needs to get serious on climate adaptation - Climate Change News - Comment (Jun 07, 2022) |
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Jun 07, 2022 · Comment: While the country suffers from extreme heat, Delhi’s budget for adaptation grants has shrunk and international support is falling short
Day labourers cannot afford to lose income when it is too hot to work (Pic: Nicolas Merguet/Flickr)
This March was India’s hottest since records began 122 years ago. The temperature hit 49C in several states of India by the end of May.
The increasing frequency of heatwaves and their early arrival have had enormous economic and health impacts, especially on agricultural communities and daily wage labourers. People employed in the informal sectors such as rickshaw pullers, domestic helpers and daily contractors ... | By Skand Agarwal Read more ...
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Russian climate action and research is collateral damage in Putin’s war on Ukraine - Climate Change News - Comment (May 26, 2022) |
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May 26, 2022 · Polluting companies are using sanctions as a pretext to roll back climate regulation, while Russian scientists cannot share critical equipment and data
The Kremlin in Moscow (Photo: Deposit Photos)
As the European Union moves closer to an embargo deal on Russian oil, there is much talk about the impact of war-related sanctions on Europe’s energy transition and the world’s decarbonisation efforts.
But the sanctions also have strong implications for Russia’s already slow and rather unsure green transition, be it the modernisation of its energy sector or climate science.
What Russia does or does not do matters for the rest of us: the world’s eleventh-largest ... | By Katja Doose, Alexander Vorbrugg and Angelina Davydova Read more ...
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The world’s poorest have the strongest resilience, yet their voices remain unheard - Climate Change News - Comment (Apr 01, 2022) |
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Apr 01, 2022 · Comment: Those on the frontline of the climate crisis have something to teach the world about climate resilience if they are given a meaningful seat at the table
Students and their teacher stand outside a boat school in Bangladesh (Photo: Abir Abdullah / Climate Visuals Countdown)
Historically, the UN’s Conferences of the Parties (Cops) on climate change have been overwhelmingly focused on cutting emissions, but Cop26 felt different.
As Cop president, the UK made adaptation a priority, establishing a two-year Glasgow-Sharm el-Sheikh work programme on a global adaptation goal and a target to balance adaptation financing with mitigation financing by 2025. There ... | By Sheela Patel and Sohanur Rahman Read more ...
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Responses to Putin’s war risk impeding international cooperation on climate - Climate Change News - Comment (Mar 25, 2022) |
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Mar 25, 2022 · Comment: Indonesia is reluctant to exclude Russia from this years’ G20 summit, which could turn a climate forum into a political theatre
Vladimir Putin during a summit of the BRICS countries in 2018 (Photo: DIRCO/ Government ZA/Flickr)
Less than a month after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the conflict which has so far caused thousands of military and civilian deaths and forced millions to flee, has already been dubbed a “climate change war”.
Much analysis has focused on Russian fossil fuels, speculating that president Vladimir Putin is aiming to rebuild the Russian empire with one imperial centre while Russia still has the carbon revenues to ... | By Andrew Norton Read more ...
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Around the world, women are putting their lives on the line to defend the climate - Climate Change News - Comment (Mar 08, 2022) |
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Mar 08, 2022 · Extractive industries are associated with higher rates of violence against women. Solving the climate crisis and gender inequality go hand in hand
Nonhle Mbuthuma leads the Amadiba Crisis Committee in South Africa, which opposes the excavation of dunes and plains along the Wild Coast by an Australian mining company (Photo: Global Witness / Thom Pierce)
Since the adoption of the Paris Climate Accords in 2015, at least 108 women have been murdered after defending the environment from climate wrecking industries.
They included Fikile Ntshangase, a South African grandmother murdered at home in front of her grandson, following opposition to the expansion of a ... | By Rachel Cox Read more ...
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High-risk geoengineering technologies won’t reverse climate breakdown - Climate Change News - Comment (Mar 01, 2022) |
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Mar 01, 2022 · Comment: Techno fixes like carbon dioxide removal and solar radiation management are no substitute for exiting coal, oil and gas – whatever polluters would like you to think
Climeworks’ Orca plant, the world’s largest direct air capture and CO2 storage plant, in Hellisheiði, Iceland (Photo: @Climeworks)
Stronger than ever before, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has warned that climate change is already causing severe and permanent loss and damage to human and natural systems.
Exceeding 1.5C of warming would cause further irreversible harm – from which full recovery is impossible.
The devastating impacts over shooting 1.5C include species ... | By Linda Schneider Read more ...
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World Bank and IMF are courting big oil in debt-laden Suriname - Climate Change News - Comment (Feb 17, 2022) |
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Feb 17, 2022 · Comment: Instead of supporting a “just transition” away from fossil fuels, international financiers are offering Suriname $1 billion to enable massive oil investments
River taxis in Paramaribo, Suriname (Photo: Delphinidaesy/Flickr)
For a long time, Suriname’s economy has been concentrated on oil and mining. Now, the small middle-income nation in South America is facing a public debt crisis and has defaulted on its sovereign debt payments.
At the same time, oil majors have discovered over three billion barrels of oil in Suriname’s offshore basin. Total and APA (formerly Apache) are planning a $7 billion investment in an offshore area, known as Block 58, while ... | By Heike Mainhardt Read more ...
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How the Glasgow Dialogue can deliver finance for victims of the climate crisis - Climate Change News - Comment (Dec 20, 2021) |
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Dec 20, 2021 · It is important to seize this opportunity to get dedicated support for people on the front lines of climate impacts, urgently and based on need
The aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan, which hit the Philippines with deadly force in 2013 while climate negotiators discussed loss and damage in Warsaw, Poland (Photo: Marcel Crozet/ILO)
A top priority for many developing countries at last month’s UN climate talks was to secure finance for “loss and damage” – the cost of major climate change impacts that can no longer be avoided, from major crop failures to homes becoming uninhabitable.
Loss and damage is already happening, trapping people in poverty and threatening their ... | By Zoha Shawoo Read more ...
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Finance must be the golden thread for climate diplomacy in 2022 - Climate Change News - Comment (Dec 16, 2021) |
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Dec 16, 2021 · Comment: Here’s how G20 host Indonesia and G7 host Germany can make climate finance flow for effective action next year
Jakarta, Indonesia (Pic: Stefan Magdalinski/Flickr)
Diplomacy never sleeps and diplomats are already steaming ahead to prepare for next year’s world leaders summits. As sherpas begin meeting again after Cop26, G20 host Indonesia and G7 host Germany will both be trying to prove themselves.
To succeed, both summits need to have a golden thread of finance commitments and reform running through them to address climate change. Climate change is the defining issue of this generation of world leaders; finance the most potent fuel for tackling ... | By Luca Bergamaschi Read more ...
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The street and the boardroom are closer than they have ever been on climate - Climate Change News - Comment (Nov 19, 2021) |
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Nov 19, 2021 · Action, action, action is the only antidote to “blah, blah, blah” – and forward-looking business leaders are stepping up right now
The "action zone" at Cop26 in Glasgow (Photo: Karwai Tang/UK Government)
The Glasgow Climate Pact and recent pledges have kept 1.5C alive, just. But to get 1.5C out of intensive care we need all these pledges and national plans to be delivered without delay.
People took to the streets calling for urgent, just and decisive climate action. Activists were right to call out those governments and businesses using distant net zero pledges to delay meaningful action today. It is true that many of the current informal and ... | By Maria Mendiluce Read more ...
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Ending energy poverty need not come at the expense of a safe climate future - Climate Change News - Comment (Nov 02, 2021) |
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Nov 02, 2021 · Comment: The Rockefeller Foundation, IKEA Foundation and the Bezos Earth Fund are launching an alliance to empower a billion people with renewable energy
Trainees install solar panels at a health clinic in Rwanda (Pic: Walt Ratterman, Sunepi)
Since 2000, more than a billion people gained access to electricity. The door of economic opportunity has been opened up for billions more through improved access to power.
But the overwhelming majority of this electricity came from fossil fuels - mostly coal - adding billions of tons of heat-trapping emissions to the atmosphere.
That’s why The Rockefeller Foundation, IKEA Foundation and the Bezos Earth Fund, working ... | By Joseph Curtin Read more ...
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Street vendors and garbage pickers need protection from climate extremes - Climate Change News - Comment (Sep 29, 2021) |
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Sep 29, 2021 · Comment: Two billion people globally do informal work that exposes them to unsafe conditions like extreme heat, air pollution and flooding
A market trader in Indore, India (Pic: R E B E L ™®/Flickr)
Around two billion people globally are considered informal workers, in jobs like street vending, agriculture or collecting and recycling plastic rubbish. Many earn on a daily basis and lack savings, healthcare, or other social protections. So they typically can’t afford to stop working in the face of Covid-19 and other emergencies.
Informal workers can face government harassment and exploitation by employers; others are self-employed with few sources of support. ... | By Alice Sverdlik Read more ...
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From obscurity to vital global service: Celebrating 10 years of Climate Home - Climate Change News - Comment (Sep 17, 2021) |
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Sep 17, 2021 · As Climate Home News celebrates its 10th anniversary, founding editor Ed King recounts the wild ride to establish it as a credible news outlet
Exhausted climate negotiators huddle to thrash out a deal two days into overtime at Cop17 in Durban, South Africa (Pic: IISD Reporting Services)
“Worse than the Daily Mail.”
Those words rang in my ears as I trudged out of the UN’s shipping HQ in London six years ago, after a 45 minute bollocking from their media team.
The reason for the comparison to a UK mass market newspaper with a reputation for sensationalism? Climate Home had opened the door on the opaque, fusty world of global shipping talks – where ... | By Ed King Read more ...
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Reader profile: Amelia Rose Khan wants Cop26 to close carbon accounting loopholes - Climate Change News - Comment (Sep 15, 2021) |
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Sep 15, 2021 · Comment: “I don’t relax, the climate crisis is always on my mind” says Canadian regional organiser Amelia Rose Khan
Amelia Rose Khan has always been interested in the climate crisis. When they were little, they used to go for walks with their family around their neighbourhood in Toronto where one of their siblings taught them more about the environment. At college, they took this a step further and helped indigenous communities fight for their environmental rights.
They work as a regional organiser at the Climate Reality Project in Canada, an organisation started by Al Gore which helps to recruit, train, and mobilize people to become effective climate ... | By Julia Marques Read more ...
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To close the climate ambition gap, we must look beyond national targets - Climate Change News - Comment (Sep 09, 2021) |
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Sep 09, 2021 · Comment: Rapid advances in clean steelmaking are an example of the kind of sectoral progress that needs to be captured by the UN’s global stocktake of climate action
Steelmaking is a major source of carbon dioxide emissions (Pic: Ben Cooper/Flickr)
Until recently it was considered very difficult to decarbonize steel production, an essential material for many basic needs: infrastructure, vehicles, housing.
Since the Paris Agreement on climate was struck in 2015, industry leaders have identified at least five means to dramatically reduce the sector’s emissions as facilities come up for renovation.
More than ten near-zero emissions commercial steel ... | By Chris Bataille, Anna Pérez Català, Marta Torres Gunfaus and Henri Waisman Read more ...
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Reader profile: Will Ward is all about human-centred stories and creating community - Climate Change News - Comment (Sep 08, 2021) |
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Sep 08, 2021 · Comment: An educational program coordinator for a Canadian charity, Will Ward thinks great things can be achieved when you take brave positive action
As a small child, Will Ward just couldn’t get his head around the fact that people knew about the climate crisis but weren’t doing anything about it. Once he discovered what capitalism was, things made a lot more sense to him.
Will works at the Kawartha World Issues Centre (KWIC) in Ontario Canada, a charity that connects people to global issues and local initiatives. Their aim is to foster equitable and sustainable communities.
In his role as the educational program coordinator, Will connects with the KWIC community ... | By Julia Marques Read more ...
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EU must use its carbon border tax to support a just transition around the world - Climate Change News - Comment (Jul 16, 2021) |
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Jul 16, 2021 · Comment: The EU is planning to pocket the revenues from a border levy on carbon, with no support for climate vulnerable countries like Mozambique to clean up their industries
A cement plant in Cameroon (Photo: George Njukeng/Greenpeace)
One of the acid tests of the European Commission’s 'Fit for 55’ legislative package launching this week is whether it supports a just transition, so workers and communities who rely on polluting industries are not left behind.
Key proposals on this are expected in several areas. But a planned levy on heavy industrial imports, known as the carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM), is one big exception. Leaked drafts suggest the EU ... | By Tim Gore Read more ...
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Shell court ruling is a wake-up call for governments to end fossil fuel support - Climate Change News - Comment (Jun 29, 2021) |
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Jun 29, 2021 · Comment: Government-based public finance institutions that support new fossil fuel projects face the risk of climate litigation, lawyers warn
Climate campaigners stand outside the district court in the Hague ahead of a landmark ruling ordering Shell to slash its emissions. (Photo: Bart Hoogveld)
In a groundbreaking ruling, a Dutch court recently held Shell responsible for its role in the climate crisis, ordering it to reduce its emissions by 45% in under ten years.
As widely reported, the decision increases litigation risks for other oil and gas companies, with Total already facing a similar case in France. Less attention has been paid to the possible implications ... | By Harro van Asselt and Gita Parihar Read more ...
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What makes a good net zero target? - Climate Change News - Comment (Jun 23, 2021) |
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Jun 23, 2021 · Comment: More than a hundred countries have set or are considering net zero targets. Climate Action Tracker has ten tests to sort the green from the greenwash
An abandoned fuel pump in Florida, US (Pic: quite peculiar/Flickr)
The last two years have seen a wave of national net zero target announcements. A total of 131 countries have now adopted, announced or are considering net zero targets, covering about 73% of global emissions.
This has triggered an important discussion on how useful they are, how scientifically robust they are – and their real-world impact.
Well designed and ambitious net zero targets can play a key role in reducing global carbon ... | By Silke Mooldijk, Frederic Hans and Claire Fyson Read more ...
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From Jerusalem to Glasgow, peacebuilding must address climate stressors - Climate Change News - Comment (Jun 08, 2021) |
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Jun 08, 2021 · Comment: In many conflict zones around the world, climate change is intensifying competition for scarce natural resources, calling for a different approach to security
A building in the Gaza region of Palestine is damaged by Israeli bombing in 2009 (Photo: Gloucester2Gaza/WikiCommons)
When armed conflict breaks out, changes in the climate and natural environment are rarely front and centre in the analysis of how and why the fighting started.
During the recent terrible escalation of violence between Israel and Palestine, for example, attention was – rightly – focused on the direct political causes of the conflict.
But, as a new report highlights, the Middle ... | By Janani Vivekananda Read more ...
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What the IEA net zero roadmap means for businesses and governments - Climate Change News - Comment (May 26, 2021) |
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May 26, 2021 · Comment: The International Energy Agency’s guidance on net zero will inform science-based targets for business and must be reinforced by stronger government policies
A wind turbine blade at a factory in North Dakota, US (Pic: Tu/Flickr)
The International Energy Agency this week published its first ever roadmap to net zero emissions by 2050 for the global energy sector, bringing much-needed clarity to the task of meeting the Paris Agreement targets.
This roadmap shows that net zero has become mainstream, fossil fuels must be phased out urgently and that those businesses that work towards cutting their emissions in line with 1.5C will be in the best position to ... | By Maria Mendiluce Read more ...
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Carbon removal experts support splitting “net zero” into twin targets - Climate Change News - Comment (May 13, 2021) |
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May 13, 2021 · Net zero goals can hide as much as they reveal. In a survey of 300 experts, we found the overwhelming majority favour a more transparent approach
Carbon Engineering's direct air capture pilot project in Canada (Photo: Pembina Institute/Flickr)
The problems with net zero targets have been vigorously debated of late. While some welcome such targets as signs of increasing climate ambition, others argue that they hide as much as they reveal.
The main concern is that such targets might rely on unfeasibly high levels of carbon removal from the air, giving an excuse to delay or avoid cutting emissions.
In a survey of 300 experts, we found the overwhelming majority ... | By Tabea Dorndorf, Jens Friis Lund and Wim Carton Read more ...
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The Biden-Harris administration can rebuild democracy and climate action - Climate Change News - Comment (Jan 20, 2021) |
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Jan 20, 2021 · Comment: With strong business support and an experienced team of dealmakers, Biden inspires confidence he will deliver on his climate and environmental justice plan
A woman cheers for Joe Biden at a drive-in rally in Florida. (Photo: Adam Schultz / Biden for President/Flickr)
If you believe in democracy, last week’s violent insurrection at the US Capitol was hard to watch.
Incited by four years of divisive leadership, white supremacists stormed the halls of Congress, killing five people and injuring many others in an attempt to overturn a legitimate election.
While accountability must precede “unity” among lawmakers, democracy triumphed when the ... | By Anne L. Kelly Read more ...
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Rich countries, remember your $100bn climate commitment to the world’s poor - Climate Change News - Comment (Nov 30, 2020) |
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Nov 30, 2020 · Comment: As finance ministers finalise national budgets for 2021, they must meet their promises to protect the vulnerable from climate change impacts
Farmers in Gangtey, Bhutan (Pic: Timothy Neesam/Flickr)
While many countries are finalising their national budgets for 2021, poor and climate-vulnerable communities around the world are struggling with the effects of climate change.
I hope that politicians in developed countries remember the commitments that they have made to deliver climate finance, as new budget allocations are adopted.
Developed countries have committed to mobilise $100 billion annually by 2020 to support developing countries in their efforts ... | By Sonam P Wangdi Read more ...
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We need to talk about racism in the climate movement - Climate Change News - Comment (Jun 30, 2020) |
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Jun 30, 2020 · Comment: As a non-white activist, I was excluded from Greenpeace publicity. This was not an isolated incident and the movement needs to change
Tonny Nowshin protesting the Datteln 4 coal power plant opening in Germany (Pic: Momo)
I was the only non-white activist at a protest against a coal plant in Germany. I was left out of pictures shared on social media by Greenpeace Germany.
This happened less than six months after a similar incident with Ugandan climate activist Vanessa Nakate. The only difference: this time it was done by people inside the climate movement. People I’d normally call colleagues and friends.
When I became active in the climate movement, I ... | By Tonny Nowshin Read more ...
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Coronavirus shows why we need an economy designed for wellbeing - Climate Change News - Comment (Jun 08, 2020) |
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Jun 08, 2020 · Comment: Pre-pandemic, we were working too hard and sacrificing public space to private cars. Lockdown forced us to reflect on what really matters
A couple walks in Bute Park, Cardiff, Wales (Pic: Jeremy Segrott/Flickr)
The Covid-19 pandemic has revealed what we actually need to live well.
We have been starkly reminded of the importance of our health – both physical and mental. During lockdown, we have missed giving and receiving affection with friends and family who don’t live with us. We worry about the gap in our childrens’ schooling.
We might miss going to work, feeling like we have a purpose, and having the time or space to do the things we ... | By Lina Brand-Correa Read more ...
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