A recent analysis by UN Climate Change revealed that current national climate action plans fall short of the necessary steps to limit the global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius, as outlined in the Paris Agreement. The report urges more robust measures to redirect the trajectory of global emissions and avert the severe consequences of...
The choices and actions taken this decade will impact us all – and future generations to come. We know the solutions, and this includes dismantling the fossil fuel economy, properly governing the extraction of “transition minerals,” and preventing money flowing to businesses carrying out deforestation and other biodiversity-wrecking business activities. And we know some of...
‘We’re not paying enough attention’ say scientists studying pollinator loss in the tropics. Climate change and habitat loss are combining to dramatically shrink the numbers of insects pollinating key tropical crops. As those problems intertwine and intensify, it likely will hit coffee lovers right in the mug, according to a new study. And that one-two punch will...
Pope Francis has called out the “conflict of interest” of the United Arab Emirates as this year’s climate summit host in the strongest ever statement released by the Vatican on the climate crisis. In a new document titled “Laudate Deum” or “Praise God” on Wednesday, the Pope issued a stern call for climate action and questioned UAE’s position as a host for...
Deep dive: A big year for climate negotiations… or not? Today, we dig into the major tensions building in climate negotiations in the lead-up to the 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference, or COP 28, which starts in late November. Summer used to be a time of joy. Now, each passing July in the Northern...
BERLIN – Diplomats pushing for stronger climate action walked away from a two-week preparatory meeting for COP28 climate summit disappointed by inter-country bickering and what some said was a lack of ambition from the United Arab Emirates (UAE), 2023’s host nation. Negotiators from Europe and climate-vulnerable nations were looking for two things at the Bonn...
The Gulf oil and gas exporter is going big on renewable energy investment and food security, while expanding hydrocarbon production. If there was a sign the United Arab Emirates is taking its role as host of the next UN climate talks seriously, the 1,073 delegates it registered to attend the Cop27 summit in Egypt would be it....