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Global Accord on Desertification Fails: COP16 in Riyadh Ends Without Consensus
The COP16 summit in Riyadh concluded without a global accord on desertification, highlighting a divide between Africa and Western nations. Progress included $12 billion in funding for…
Editorial Team•19 December 2024
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Fight Against Desertification, COP16 Kicks Off…
Every year, over 1 million km² of land degrade, threatening ecosystems, climate,…
Editorial Team•3 December 2024
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What did COP29 decide on carbon…
COP29 made significant progress on carbon markets, approving the rules for bilateral…
Editorial Team•27 November 2024
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COP29 in the Final Stretch: Climate Finance Agreement Targets $250 Billion and…
The compromise pleases no one. And perhaps for this very reason, it might work—at least as…
Editorial Team•23 November 2024
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COP29, Agreement on Climate Finance Still Out of Reach
In less than 48 hours, COP29 should be over. But negotiations on the central issue of…
Editorial Team•21 November 2024
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What happened during the first seven days of COP29 climate negotiations?
Negotiations on climate finance post-2025 are still in disarray. Other issues have been postponed until June…
Editorial Team•18 November 2024
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3 ways fossil fuel companies spread misinformation at COP29 about climate change
Misinformation at COP29 on climate is slowing down the energy transition with misleading narratives from fossil…
Editorial Team•13 November 2024
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The COP29 has begun in Azerbaijan. What will happen at the climate…
Today marks the start of two weeks of international climate negotiations in Baku, Azerbaijan. Until November…
Editorial Team•12 November 2024
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All the outcomes of the COP16 on Biodiversity: here’s what will change…
The Cali summit is suspended due to a lack of quorum during the final marathon session.…
Editorial Team•4 November 2024
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COP16 on Biodiversity: Difficult Agreement on Financing for Nature
"On November 1st, the international biodiversity summit in Cali will conclude. However, COP16 risks ending without…
Editorial Team•31 October 2024
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COP16: We need to move 15 times faster on marine protected areas
From 2022 to today, we have protected only 0.5% more marine areas. We should increase them…
Editorial Team•22 October 2024
Policy and Affairs
COP29, Azerbaijan’s climate policy is “critically insufficient”
Azerbaijan is one of the world's largest fossil gas producers and plans to expand extraction by…
Editorial Team•25 September 2024
Finance
COP29 Negotiations: A Climate Finance Deadlock Persists
Reaching an agreement on climate finance is becoming increasingly difficult at the COP29 negotiations. The latest…
Editorial Team•16 September 2024
Environmental policies
The unsustainable expansion of new fossil deposits in 2024
If all the new oil and gas deposits discovered this year were put into production, in…
Editorial Team•30 July 2024
Finance
Cop29, a $1 billion fund paid by fossil fuels to climate transition…
Azerbaijan announces a voluntary financial instrument to which oil and gas producing countries and fossil companies…