EU raises cash offer to poor nations in deadlocked climate talks
BAKU – The European Union on Saturday (Nov 23) raised an offer by rich nations to help poor countries worst hit by climate change to US$300 billion a year in…
Biden begins historic Amazon trip amid Trump climate fears
US President Joe Biden began an historic trip to the Amazon rainforest on Sunday to promote his record on fighting climate change amid fears Donald Trump will tear up his…
COP29 fight for climate money ‘humiliating’: Bangladesh’s Yunus
Bangladesh’s interim leader on Wednesday slammed the “humiliating” fight for climate finance at the COP29 talks, demanding rich countries and emitters pay for the problems they caused. Muhammed Yunus, who…
COP29: Pay up or face climate-led disaster for humanity, warns UN chief
BAKU, Azerbaijan – United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told world leaders at the COP29 summit on Tuesday to “pay up” to prevent climate-led humanitarian disasters, and said time was running…
African civil society organizations call for urgent climate finance action at COP29
Agency Report African Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) are pressing world leaders to prioritize climate adaptation, Loss and Damage funding, and a just transition for Africa at COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan.…
Tens of thousands in South Korea protest lack of climate progress
Reuters SEOUL – More than 30,000 protesters gathered in South Korea’s capital in broiling heat on Saturday, demanding more aggressive action by the government to combat global warming.With temperatures exceeding…
South Africa’s Ramaphosa enshrines climate targets into law
Bloomberg Cape Town – South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has signed a landmark bill that will compel all levels of government to take climate considerations into account when setting budgets…