Comment: An ambitious NDC would boost China’s economy, win it recognition as a responsible global power – and keep its people safer from climate disasters Yao Zhe is global policy…
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GCF restructures, aiming to become donors’ “partner of choice”
GCF chief Mafalda Duarte tells Climate Home how she plans to boost the fund’s impact and position it to secure more resources Since the Green Climate Fund (GCF) approved its…
Share of COP29 badges for Global South NGOs upsets rich countries
The UNFCCC has changed quota allocations for observers in a bid to address imbalance in regional representation The UN climate change body said this week it is giving a larger…
Relegating Africa to the world’s green mine is costing us
Comment: We have the resources, talent and need to develop supply chains for the energy transition that bring sustainable economic benefits for Africans Adam Anthony is executive director of HakiRasilimali,…
UN climate chief calls for investment boost in Africa
Action on clean energy and adaptation can be the single greatest opportunity to lift up African people and economies, Simon Stiell says UN climate chief Simon Stiell has urged world…
Belém, COP30 host, has its electric buses held up by a political row
A plan for new buses in the Brazilian city hosting the 2025 UN climate summit was held up by a political row that suggests the road to COP30 could get…
Delaying the EU’s anti-deforestation law is not an option
Comment: The EU’s new deforestation law was seen as a breakthrough in the global battle against forest loss, but it’s provoking fractious debate among governments and producers Nicole Polsterer is…
Pacific Islanders, need climate action – not greenwashing
Comment: As host of the COP29 summit, Baku must stop fossil fuel expansion, cut its emissions further, and work to deliver an ambitious climate finance goal Joseph Zane Sikulu is…
Verra axing of Shell’s rice-farming carbon credits in China fuels integrity fears
The carbon market standard found “serious” quality issues with the projects, prompting questions about their initial approval The axing of Shell’s carbon offsetting schemes linked to Chinese rice farming, announced…
After cutting fossil fuel finance we must unlock clean energy for all
Comment: While international public finance for coal, oil and gas has fallen by two-thirds, little of that money has gone to boost green energy in poorer countries Natalie Jones is…
