COP30 delegates could find themselves sleeping in converted classrooms, cruise ships or even tents as a shortage of hotel beds in the Brazilian host city of Belém forces organisers and…
Category: Earth
Trump follows the minerals trail for weapons, not clean energy
While US President Donald Trump has ripped up much of his predecessor’s climate and foreign policy, he has pushed forward with Joe Biden’s pursuit of metals and minerals abroad while…
Hopes fade for climate cash from carbon price on shipping
Government negotiators at the International Maritime Organization (IMO) are likely to agree next week to put a price on at least some shipping emissions, with most of the money going…
L&D fund proposes helping governments before local communities
The body running the new UN Fund for Responding to Loss and Damage (FRLD) caused by climate change has recommended that it should focus initially on helping governments rather than…
The Amazon rainforest emerges as the new global oil frontier
This article, published originally by InfoAmazonia, is part of the project Every Last Drop, produced with the support of the Global Commons Alliance, sponsored by Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors. The Amazon…
Finance for renewables in sub-Saharan Africa is defying the odds
Daniel Duma is a research fellow and Miquel Muñoz Cabré is a senior scientist at the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI). Large-scale renewable energy is an unlikely success story in sub-Saharan…
How to reinforce the climate system in 2025? Step up, one by one
Mukhtar Babayev is the COP29 President and Special Representative of the President of Azerbaijan for Climate Issues. Last year, the multilateralist’s task was challenging but clear. At the annual UN…
UN, Germany say tackling climate crisis leads to economic and national security
The United Nations, Germany and Brazil joined diplomatic forces this week to convince the world of the national and economic security benefits of pursuing ambitious climate action in challenging geopolitical…
Carbon credit auditors suspended in sham rice-farming offsets
Carbon credit registry Verra has suspended activities by four auditors related to carbon credit projects they vetted in China which claimed bogus emission reductions. In an unprecedented move, TÜV Nord,…
Electricity demand surges, expanding renewables and fossil fuels
Despite record additions, clean energy sources could not fully meet a surge in electricity demand in 2024, driven mainly by the effects of rising temperatures, an annual review by the…
