The Biden administration is freezing approvals of new LNG export permits as climate considerations take centre stage. The US government is halting decisions over further expanding its gas exports until…
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Azerbaijan green energy unit launched to sceptical response
Azerbaijan’s state oil and gas firm promises a green push but a lack of climate policies and plans to expand gas production are causing scepticism Roaming around what is believed…
Amazon donor-funded office will tackle rainforest crime
The $1.8 million Centre for International Police Cooperation will be built in the Brazilian Amazon city of Manaus and funded by the Norwegian-backed Amazon Fund Brazil is moving ahead with…
Governments failed to set a timeline for the IPCC reports
Saudi, India and China led opposition against a proposal to link the IPCC’s assessment cycle with the global stocktake, sources told Climate Home. Governments have failed to agree on a…
The lack of women in the Cop29 committee is a big step backwards
Azerbaijan appointed 28 men and zero women to a key group tasked with organising the upcoming climate summit in the country Update: An hour after this article was published, the…
Junk offset sellers push to enter new UN carbon market
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…
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…
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…
