Ahead of COP27 in November 2022, the incoming Egyptian Presidency of COP27, the United Nations Regional Commissions, and the UN Climate Change High-Level Champions for COP26 and COP27 are jointly…
Since the Glasgow COP26 climate meeting in 2021, varying factors have created adverse energy and economic scenarios that have made nations to shift focus from climate change programmes.
They include…
Kinshasa – the world’s largest oil and gas companies are urged by Greenpeace to sit out a major oil and gas auction in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) at the end of July. In letters sent to…
A vast rainforest stretches for 1,500 miles across central Africa. The mighty Congo River and its tributaries are the main highways into this hard-to-reach region.
The government is failing to enact the policies needed to reach the UK’s net zero targets, its statutory advisers have said, in a damning progress report to parliament.
The Climate Change Committee…
Is the $100bn a year promised by rich nations to developing ones to assist their climate mitigation plans enough? Almost certainly not, explains Mahlet Eyassu Melkie at Rocky Mountain Institute. That…
Those who are pushing the math to work on the back end by calling for mass carbon removal at the end of this century are also creating a novel anomaly. We see headlines about Stripe and its tech…
Τhe Bonn Climate Change Conference comes to a close today after two weeks of intense work to make progress on important technical issues and prepare decisions for adoption at the UN Climate Change…
UN Climate Change News, 15 June 2022 – The dates and location for this year’s Africa Climate Week (ACW 2022) have been announced – from 29 August to 1 September in Libreville, Gabon. Africa Climate…
If the future remembers any corporate villain from 2022, it will be Stuart Kirk. The satirically titled head of “responsible investment” at HSBC looks the part: shaven headed, tightly trimmed beard,…
Delegates have walked out of a session at a climate summit in Bonn on Monday as a Russian official made a speech, in a sign of the geopolitical tensions overshadowing the negotiations.
The low-key…
The policies currently in place to tackle the climate crisis around the world will lead to “catastrophic” climate breakdown, as governments have failed to take the actions needed to fulfil their…
What ‘greenwashing’ is (and how to spot it)
Greenwashing isn’t about getting your dishes clean using the least amount of water. Nor is it an innovative way to clean vegetables. No, it’s much more…
The world’s longest serving environment correspondent explains the origins of a slow and continuing journey
It all began with Högertrafikomläggningen, Swedish for “the right-hand traffic…
Egypt has invited African countries to hold a consultative session on climate and energy to coordinate the African position ahead of COP27 in November.
In a workshop held by Morocco via video…
None of the G20 group of major economies has followed through with policies to match the climate action pledges made at COP26 – although Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has brought added impetus to the…
Despite current targets and commitments to combat climate change, global temperatures look set to increase by 2.4°C by 2100 — way above the Paris Agreement target. Climate action has never been more…
UN Climate Change News, 13 May 2022 – Dates have been announced for this year’s Latin America and the Caribbean Climate Week 2022 (LACCW 2022), the UN Climate Change platform for regional…
A key finding in the latest IPCC climate report has been widely misinterpreted, according to scientists involved in the study.
In the document, researchers wrote that greenhouse gases are projected…
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