Oct 31, 2024 · Colombia has launched a push for a new binding global treaty on traceability for the critical minerals needed for the clean energy transition along their entire supply chain – from mining to recycling.

Dec 23, 2024 · 2. Germany uses funding to pressure climate groups on Israel-Gaza war. Many climate activists continued to speak out against the Israeli government’s role in the growing humanitarian crisis in Gaza but came under pressure to stay quiet on the issue from one of the Israeli government’s biggest political backers – Germany.

Nov 25, 2024 · But on Sunday, within hours of COP29 finally reaching a deal, Jennifer Morgan, Germany’s special envoy for climate, posted a statement on X saying: “We stand to give more, if those who have grown significantly since 1992 – in wealth and emissions – are ready to step up as well. The target we have put forward demonstrates our seriousness.”

Sep 12, 2020 · 2) Normalising 1.5C. One of the biggest surprises of Paris was the inclusion of 1.5C as an aspirational limit on global temperature rise. Long demanded by the most vulnerable island states as essential to their survival, 1.5C had previously been brushed aside as infeasible by bigger powers. 2C was the moderate, reasonable target.

6 days ago · By 2030, the SouthH2 Corridor will have capacity to import 4 million tonnes of hydrogen per year into the EU. But Algeria and Tunisia expect to have combined capacity to export around 330,000 tonnes of hydrogen – or 8% of the pipeline’s capacity – by then.

Dec 5, 2024 · At a landmark legal hearing in The Hague this week, wealthy countries that are big emitters of planet-heating gases have used the Paris Agreement and other existing treaties on climate change to avoid additional pressure to step up their action to tackle global warming.

Nov 27, 2024 · A watered-down draft text proposed to “reaffirm” last year’s pledge without calling out fossil fuels by name, and also emphasised the role of “transitional fuels” – which could be interpreted to mean fossil gas.. Latin American countries, developed countries and small islands opposed this text, meaning that the talks on the dialogue had …

Nov 15, 2024 · She also called on countries to limit the influence of fossil fuel lobbyists at COP. According to research published on Friday by the Kick Big Polluters Out coalition, almost 1,800 lobbyists have shown up at COP29 – close to 700 hundred less than last year but more than the delegates of the 10 most climate-vulnerable countries combined.. Currently, countries can select who participates in ...

Jan 30, 2025 · Land-grabbing on the rise. Across the world, communities in mineral-producing countries – from Indonesia, to Chile and the Democratic Republic of Congo – have reported environmental destruction and human rights abuses linked to the mining of transition minerals.. Ketakandriana Rafitoson, director of Publish What You Pay, an NGO that advocates for financial transparency in the extractive ...

Nov 6, 2024 · A group of emerging economies chaired by China has proposed that what they regard as protectionism by developed countries should be discussed formally at the COP29 climate summit, setting up an “agenda fight” that could disrupt the talks.