Nigeria has appointed a new head for its climate policy council for the third time in as many years, raising concern among campaigners who say frequent leadership changes could undermine…
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Divided nations start “final” talks on UN plastic treaty
Diplomats from 184 countries have kicked off what is billed as the final round of negotiations aimed at securing a global UN pact to prevent the world from “drowning in…
Brazil launches COP30 accommodation platform after pressure from UN committee
The Brazilian government launched a long-awaited official accommodation platform for COP30 last Friday after a UN committee had urged the summit’s hosts to find urgent solutions for the mounting logistical…
Amid logistics crunch, UN committee pressures Brazil for urgent COP30 solutions
A United Nations climate committee has given Brazil, the host nation for COP30, a mid-August deadline to find concrete solutions for accommodation challenges in the Amazon city of Belém, as…
ICJ ruling expected to shape US climate lawsuits
As the Trump administration takes an axe to national climate policy, a landmark advisory opinion issued in late July by the world’s top court is expected to encourage and shape…
World court opens door to lawsuits over inadequate climate finance
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…
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…
