Nine of our best climate change stories from 2024
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 …
After five years, here are five things the Paris Agreement achieved ...
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 …
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News Brazil appoints veteran climate diplomat André Corrêa do Lago as COP30 president 21 January 2025. News Ambassador Corrêa do Lago’s appointment was widely welcomed by …
What was decided at the COP29 climate summit in Baku?
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 …
In numbers: reports dive into the state of the climate in 2024
Nov 11, 2024 · The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) titled this year’s Adaptation Gap Report “Come hell and high water”, underscoring the need to step up efforts to make economies and …
After Trump quit, Bloomberg promises to fill US funding gap to UN
6 days ago · Simon Stiell, UNFCCC executive secretary, welcomed Bloomberg’s support. “While government funding remains essential to our mission, contributions like this are vital in …
COP29 Bulletin Day 9: Developing nations deride “$200bn” finance …
Nov 20, 2024 · Adaptation talks gridlocked over finance. Negotiations on the Global Goal on Adaptation (GGA) were also stuck over developed countries’ unwillingness to provide finance …
Big emitters accused of hiding behind climate treaties in …
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 …
2024: A year of extreme heat and growing climate danger
Dec 27, 2024 · At the end of the first year in which global average temperatures are almost certain to top the key threshold of 1.5C above pre-industrial times, scientists have sounded the …
Trump quits Paris agreement and pauses foreign climate finance
Jan 21, 2025 · On his first day in office, US President Donald Trump officially began the one-year process of leaving the 2015 Paris climate agreement and announced a pause on all …