Renewable energy schemes make up four-fifths of Kyoto-era projects hoping to keep selling offsets under Article 6, sparking concerns over the credibility of the new market. Developers are trying to…
Category: Climate
How fossil fuels went from sidelines to headlines in climate talks
For a quarter-century, fossil fuels were absent from Cop climate agreements – so how had they become so ubiquitous at Cop28? When Romain Ioualalen started a new campaigning job at…
The all-male Cop29 committee includes fossil fuel execs
The all-male group in charge of the climate summit organisation includes oil and gas executives and controversial government officials Azerbaijan has appointed fossil fuel executives and controversial government officials to…
Veteran US and Chinese climate envoys step down
Xie Zhenhua has stepped down and John Kerry has announced he will do the same in a few months time The veteran climate envoys from the world’s two biggest polluters…
Australia’s numbats may overheat quickly as temperatures rise
Numbats are curious creatures. The only marsupials that are active solely during the day, when they scratch at soil and rotting logs for termites, these squirrel-sized animals are built to…
Witness bribing minister’s family own Congolese carbon credit company
The minister Jean-Pierre Bemba bribed witnesses in his war crimes trial and holds power over the environment minister Eve Bazaiba Family members of a powerful government minister in the Democratic…
Sudan’s Cop28 delegates “really hurt” by silence on their civil war
While Israel’s attack on Gaza featured prominently, Sudan’s civil war and its climate links were largely ignored at Cop28 At the recent Cop28 climate talks in Dubai, hordes of Sudanese…
Countries go ahead with carbon deals despite Cop28 standoff
The US and EU couldn’t agree on common rules for bilateral carbon trades in Dubai, leaving a vacuum for voluntary certifiers Carbon credit certifiers from the much-criticized voluntary market could…
How Russia won a ‘dangerous loophole’ for fossil gas at Cop28
With the EU ambivalent and small island states absent, Russia’s call for “transitional fuels” – read gas – made it into the Cop28 agreement The Russian government’s campaign for endorsement…
Adaptation playbook lacks finance target
Developing nations got agreement to set targets for food and water security, but rich nations were unwilling to plug a huge funding gap Governments at the Cop28 climate talks in…
