Japan missed a UN deadline by submitting its new 2035 emissions reduction target a week late, reportedly because the government had received so many public comments on the 60% cut…
Tag: climate
The world’s biggest climate finance coalition is in crisis. Is it worth saving?
In April 2021, global banks and smaller lenders banded together in the world’s biggest climate finance coalition convened by the UK as host of the COP26 climate summit. A few…
The cycle pushing Bangladeshi climate migrants into slavery
Nearly all Bangladeshi migrants who leave areas hit hard by climate change to seek work in other parts of the country or overseas in Gulf States are subject to forms…
Can Zambia’s EV-driven copper boom bring wealth to its people?
Monica Ngambi was born in Zambia’s copper-rich northern province as the nation declared its independence on 24 October 1964. For 60 years, she has lived by the large copper mines…
South Africa’s G20 push for local mineral processing faces barriers
As chair of the Group of 20 (G20) nations this year, South Africa wants to secure agreement for more local processing of the metals and minerals critical to the clean…
Valentine’s Day gets costlier as hotter temperatures hit cocoa
New research shows that hotter temperatures and erratic rainfall are pressuring cocoa production in West African countries that supply around 70% of the main ingredient for chocolate, quadrupling the price…
DRC’s huge Green Corridor project lacks buy-in from forest communities
A massive new protected area in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) – equal to the size of France – has so far failed to include Indigenous people and local…
A carbon tax on shipping can give hope to those climate-vulnerable
Ralph Regenvanu is Vanuatu’s Special Envoy for Climate Change and Environment. There are less than two months left for governments to deliver likely one of the biggest climate deals of…
McDonald’s flames highlight the climate impact of our food
Emily Armistead is Interim Executive Director at Madre Brava. One of the most striking, and widely shared, images of the recent catastrophic California fires was of a McDonald’s restaurant in Pasadena engulfed…
Colombia’s COP16 presidency in suspense as minister resigns
Susana Muhamad, Colombia’s minister of environment since 2022 and president of the COP16 UN biodiversity negotiations, has announced she will step down from government, but has asked President Gustavo Petro…
