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In an ever-warming climate, compressed earth blocks technology is helping communities stay cooler in hot highland regions of Kenya The post Earth blocks keep homes cool while cutting emissions in...
AI-driven climate monitoring systems should operate according to defined carbon budgets and become more efficient in their use of energy and water The post Using energy-hungry AI to detect climate...
This year, we reported on palm oil being passed off as 'sustainable aviation fuel', on creative accounting in climate finance and on African countries' challenges using transition minerals to develop...
Satellites detect huge methane leaks from state-owned oil and gas facilities, even as more countries pledge to cut emissions of the powerful greenhouse gas The post Recent COP hosts Brazil and...
The registry used nearly one million bogus carbon credits to compensate for failed Shell-linked China rice offsets, raising concerns over its rules The post “House of cards”: Verra used junk carbon...
Rising demand in Southeast Asia and India is expected to prevent coal use from falling significantly this decade, the International Energy Agency predicts The post Indonesia and Vietnam set for surge...
The COP30 decision on adaptation finance was a rare moment of hope. We must build on it by prioritising grants, streamlining access and ensuring funding meets country needs The post Tripling...
As companies flock to Africa to secure minerals for the energy transition, unreliable and century-old mapping risks stifling investment The post Outdated geological data limits Africa’s push to...
The roadmap to $1.3 trillion a year is an innovative effort to direct more money to climate action in developing countries - donor governments and others now need to follow up The post From Baku to...
The ocean is Earth's most vital carbon sink and absorbs most of the excess heat generated by global warming, but it has been overlooked in climate strategies The post The ocean, our planet’s...
The UN Environment Assembly in Nairobi gavelled the resolution on artificial intelligence and environment, but removed mentions to AI's water and power use The post UN adopts first-ever resolution on...
Colombia's proposal for the UNEA to set up an expert group to identify options for governing mineral supply chains was rejected by a broad group of states The post Push for global minerals deal meets...
With global consensus over climate action faltering on the accord's 10th anniversary, experts say "coalitions of the willing" should move faster and with more ambition The post As Paris Agreement...
The accord has become a key compass in climate policy-making in the past decade, steering the world away from dangerous global warming of 4C The post Why the Paris Agreement worked – and what it...
With a shortage of affordable accommodation on COP30's official platform, just 7,500 people attended the summit with official government badges The post Government attendance at COP30 was lowest in...
The “polluter pays” principle is clear: those most responsible for environmental harms, including fossil fuel firms, should pick up the bill for loss and damage in the Global South The post The risk...
A decade since the deal was adopted, climate experts say it is working to cut emissions, spur action and reduce the projected temperature rise - but not as fast as we need it to The post As the Paris...
While developed countries are expected to deliver $6bn by 2030 to protect a third of the planet's land and sea ecosystems, a new report shows they are far off track The post Funding for protected...
COP30’s headline win - the creation of the first global Just Transition mechanism - did not materialise overnight. Born out of years of work, it flourished during two weeks of civil society alignment...
A major revision to the EU's law on corporate due diligence removes a requirement for large companies to publish plans to align their business model with global climate goals The post EU weakening of...
But Trump's attempts to undermine climate action could face blowback as most other nations remain committed The post US set to push fossil fuels under its G20 presidency appeared first on Climate...
The two governments have pushed to water down wording on climate science and the role of youth and Indigenous Peoples in draft resolutions at the UN Environment Assembly in Nairobi The post Saudi...
After countries failed to formally back a global energy transition roadmap at COP30, Brazil's president takes the initiative by mandating a national plan The post Brazil’s Lula requests national...
Amid a rush for minerals needed for the energy transition, voluntary safeguards and corporate goodwill are insufficient to protect nature and human rights The post Mining is destroying our homes: We...
The TFFF fund launched at COP30 aims to pay communities to protect the rainforest, but will it be enough? On French Guiana's border with Brazil, the profits to be had from mining are far higher The...
A rapid transition would create enough new green roles to more than offset job losses in coal mines, power plants and oil and gas fields, a report finds The post IEA: Slow transition away from fossil...
Vulnerable nations see the top court's opinion as a route to reparations but high-emitting countries reject any legal liabilities over their role in the climate crisis The post Why the ICJ’s advisory...
Beijing's policy changes on renewables pricing and an uptick in fossil fuel projects could cancel out clean energy gains and send emissions higher again, a new report warns The post China risks...
Saudi Arabia, Iran and Russia oppose a UN resolution for nations to start discussing options for a global minerals agreement to reduce the environmental impacts of mining The post Proposal for global...
NGOs say the new environmental licensing rules to fast-track mining, energy and infrastructure projects will sweep away existing safeguards, undermining the country's climate pledges in Belém The...
Governments have agreed to hold a set of dialogues on overlapping climate and trade policies and how they can enable development The post Trade breaks into agenda of UN climate talks – but will it...
While chairing the African group at the summit, the gas-dependent nation advised the continent's ministers to block language on transitioning away from fossil fuels The post Tanzania pushed African...
Deforestation by both legal and illegal means has steadily eroded ecological resilience in Indonesia, worsening the impacts of flooding in recent days The post How Sumatra’s lost trees turned extreme...
Many local people are disappointed by efforts to repair the devastation left by foreign oil firms even as the Nigerian government plans to restart drilling The post For blighted Niger Delta...
Constant weakening and delays to the landmark EU regulation pose a threat to rainforests and erode Europe’s credibility as a stable, predictable market The post Europe must defend its deforestation...
Brussels says requests by NGOs to reassess the "strategic" designation of new mining projects because of environmental concerns are "unfounded" The post EU refuses to review “strategic” mineral...
The climate summit ended with a hard-won agreement on a Gender Action Plan, but only after a bitter row over definitions of gender driven by reactionary views outside The post “Coordinated backlash”:...
Negotiators from the EU and from small island states - usually well-aligned at UN climate talks - have expressed disappointment in each other after COP30 The post EU alliance with climate-vulnerable...
The world is falling short of a target to halt deforestation by 2030, but the “Amazon COP” failed to agree a concrete global plan to save rainforests despite backing by over 80 nations The post With...
Mining firms say extracting minerals from tailings is a sustainable way to boost global supplies, but local communities want to see benefits this time around The post South Africa’s platinum mine...