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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
Policy and Affairs
Geneva begins COP on waste, chemicals and pesticides
The summit of three UN Conventions - Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm - to reduce the impact…
3 May 2023
Policy and Affairs
The president of COP28 will make us exceed the threshold of 1.5
New data provided by the NGO Urgewald show that the expansion plans of Adnoc, the national…
5 April 2023
Policy and Affairs
At Cop28 in Dubai, the EU will fight for the phase out…
More ambition than the COP27, when Brussels only asked for the phase down (reduction). Included among…
15 March 2023
Policy and Affairs
EU sets target for Cop28 in Dubai: fossil phase-out in global agreement
In 2022 coal, gas and oil generated 36.8 Gt CO2 equivalent. So far the farewell to…
8 March 2023
Policy and Affairs
COP27 on climate, a small step towards biodiversity protection
The final text of the agreement reached in Sharm finally mentions the "urgent need" to address…
25 November 2022
Policy and Affairs
COP27, carbon trading will be secret
In the fourth report on the results of the Sharm climate summit, we analyze what COP27…
23 November 2022
Policy and Affairs
With the Sharm Implementation Plan, COP27 will increase emissions
The text lacks a reference to the phasing out of all fossil fuels and a commitment…
22 November 2022
Policy and Affairs
COP27 by Sharm: historic agreement on loss & damage, but stutters on…
The climate summit finally establishes a loss and damage fund that has been demanded by the…
21 November 2022
Policy and Affairs
Fossil phase down, even the EU is to approve it at COP27
The negotiations in Sharm are always slow, but there may be a small, perhaps almost symbolic,…
18 November 2022
Policy and Affairs
Here is the Global Shield: so the G7 “ensures” climate finance
Insurance, not compensation. Nor subsidies. The initiative led by Germany marks a point for the richest…
18 November 2022
Policy and Affairs
From the UN, global guidelines to create policies toward net-zero emissions
The United Nations body responsible for establishing international standards, ISO, has submitted to COP27 a document…
14 November 2022
Policy and Affairs
Businesses, banks and cities all too often lie about net-zero goals
"Too many promises of climate neutrality are little more than empty slogans and announcements," says former…
11 November 2022
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