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Despite solar surge, world off track for COP28 renewable energy …
Nov 10, 2024 · The world is not yet doing enough to meet a goal to triple renewable energy capacity by 2030 despite “record” growth last year, the first official review of the global commitment made at the COP28 climate summit has warned.
Japan backs fossil fuels in Southeast Asian “zero emission” initiative
Oct 7, 2024 · The alleged climate benefits of these technologies are hotly disputed. While some studies have claimed gas is a less polluting fossil fuel than the coal used for electricity in much of Southeast Asia, a study published last week suggested that it can actually be more polluting, especially when it is imported across the sea in a liquid form called LNG.
Haven of African elephants at risk, say park rangers decrying poor …
Jan 14, 2022 · Part of Gabon’s conservation success has been attributed to the creation of 13 national parks in 2002, which have become a haven for plants and wildlife.. The parks are a sanctuary to the critically endangered African forest elephants. While the species’ population fell 75% in the Congo Basin in the last 20 years, it increased in Gabon, which claims to be home to 65-70% of the global ...
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Ireland's world-leading citizens' climate assembly. What worked?
Jun 27, 2019 · The UK House of Commons last week announced a plan to hold a citizens’ assembly on climate change. Citizens’ assemblies are gaining increasing attention worldwide as a means of tackling contentious policy issues. Ireland’s Citizen’s Assembly process has been praised internationally, including by Scotland’s first minister Nicola Sturgeon and the Extinction Rebellion movement, but ...
Philippines inquiry finds polluters liable for rights violations ...
Oct 5, 2022 · However, the commission’s ruling could be influential in another emerging legal campaign. Farhana Yamin, veteran climate lawyer and former negotiator for the Marshall Islands, told Climate Home that the body of evidence on which the report was based will help “all legal processes, all courts and all tribunals, including, for example, the …
Why we need to keep climate COPs inclusive
Oct 9, 2024 · Manuel Pulgar-Vidal is WWF’s Global Climate and Energy Lead, former Minister of Environment for Peru and COP20 President.. As we approach the latest UN climate summit, COP29, we find ourselves once more demanding faster progress, greater ambition and redoubled commitments from governments to meet the urgency of the climate crisis.
Verra boss steps down after criticism of its carbon credits
May 23, 2023 · The head of the world’s biggest carbon credits certifier is set to step down as the organisation enters the “next phase” after receiving criticism over the quality of its products.
Shell accused of trying to wash hands of Nigerian oil spill mess
Feb 13, 2024 · The Nosda says over 95% of these spills to sabotage or theft of the oil. This is a big illegal business in the region. But Shell is legally responsible for the leaks, a headache which is pushing them to want to sell up.