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Oct 31, 2024 · Colombia has launched a push for a new binding global treaty on traceability for the critical minerals needed for the clean energy transition along their entire supply chain – …

Nov 27, 2024 · A watered-down draft text proposed to “reaffirm” last year’s pledge without calling out fossil fuels by name, and also emphasised the role of “transitional fuels” – which could be …

Dec 4, 2024 · Chris Hocknell is the director of London-based sustainability consultancy Eight Versa. Tech giant Intel said in its 2023 Climate Transition Action Plan that it faces challenges …

Nov 11, 2024 · The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) titled this year’s Adaptation Gap Report “Come hell and high water”, underscoring the need to step up efforts to make economies and …

Nov 19, 2024 · Ireland found that its fossil fuel subsidies amounted to €4.7 billion ($5 bn) in 2022. The country’s statistics office said these included subsidies to households and businesses to …

Oct 15, 2024 · Several African countries have shown recent interest in addressing the lack of storage capacity by joining the BESS Consortium at COP28, led by the Global Energy Alliance …

Dec 27, 2024 · At the end of the first year in which global average temperatures are almost certain to top the key threshold of 1.5C above pre-industrial times, scientists have sounded the …

Dec 11, 2024 · Climate finance can bridge the gap between lowest-cost and green options, as well as provide support for technical studies and help mobilise capital investment through long …

Nov 18, 2024 · Nicoline de Haan is director of the CGIAR GENDER Impact Platform. The centrality of gender to climate action has been recognised by the Azerbaijan presidency of …