Developed countries could be sued for failing to provide sufficient climate finance, after the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled last week that, under the Paris Agreement, levels of public…
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PR firm working for Shell wins COP30 media contract
Public relations giant Edelman is helping COP30 host-nation Brazil hone its media strategy for this year’s UN climate conference – even though it also works for Shell, one of the…
Europe and Africa must push the boundaries on adaptation
Mattias Söderberg is global climate lead at DanChurchAid and Grace Mbungu is senior fellow for climate adaptation at the Africa-Europe Foundation. Denmark now has the EU presidency, and there is…
Banks told to dump fossil fuels to meet new net zero standard
A leading evaluation body for corporate climate targets has told financial institutions they must stop lending to companies that are expanding fossil fuel production if they want to be judged…
EU-China climate statement shows joint resolve in face of US desertion
The European Union and China promised on Thursday to demonstrate joint leadership on driving a “global just transition” and said the “defining color” of their cooperation would be green, in…
Global goal for clean cooking by 2030 out of Africa’s reach, IEA says
Sub-Saharan Africa will miss the UN’s 2030 goal to provide clean cooking for all at today’s pace, with universal access now more realistic by 2040 due to large gaps in…
Brazil under fire for loosening environmental rules ahead of COP30
The approval last week by Brazil’s Congress of a bill that weakens environmental safeguards for mining, infrastructure and agricultural projects has raised concerns at home and abroad that the new…
New climate plans must supercharge energy transition, says UN’s Guterres
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has called for governments to “go all-out” on the energy transition by ensuring their new national climate plans help increase clarity and certainty about the switch…
Brazil offers COP30 cruise ship rooms and cap on costs
The Brazilian government says it has offered accommodation for COP30 costing no more than $220 a night to representatives of some of the world’s poorest countries after African and Pacific…
Locals in Brazil’s lithium hub fear losing legal protections
For centuries, gold and diamonds brought fortune seekers to Brazil’s Jequitinhonha Valley. As a global lithium rush draws them here again, some local people fear the mistakes of the past…
