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Earth Matters: Funding gap hurts UN climate body; Ohio to host largest US...

There was a bit a of news last week from the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. That’s the 32-year-old process, backed by treaty, by which limits on carbon emissions are negotiated....

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Global Stocktake @ COP28 Portends Horrific 2.5C to 2.9C. Temp Rise

With 2,456 fossil fuel lobbyists attending COP28, the 24-page negotiating text circulating Tuesday represents the first time in almost 30 years of meetings that the role of fossil fuels in driving...

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130+ EU and US decision-makers call to end fossil fuel influence at UN...

In a letter addressed to the UN secretary general, the European Commission President and the President of the United States, 133 MEPs, senators and representatives express their “profound concern that...

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Climate Brief: Finance Day Roundup

Wednesday was Finance Day at COP27 and US Climate Envoy John Kerry announced the creation of the Energy Transition Accelerator (ETA), a carbon offset plan which would allow big corporations to use...

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Climate Brief: COP26. Renewables and Climate Finance Not Keeping Pace

“Energy Day’ means one thing: a full transition to sustainable renewables. This means not only increasing the renewable energy supply but also thinking about energy efficiency, reducing...

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Climate Brief: COP26 Live -- "We are digging our own graves"

LIVE NOW: High Level Event - Forging a CVF - COP 26 Climate Emergency Pact. (Be sure to choose “English)  On Demand previous sessions.I spent much of yesterday following this COP virtually,  and it...

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COP 26 Begins in Glasgow at a "Pivotal Point in History"

COP26 kicked off in Glasgow this morning, under unparallelled pressure to unite behind an ambitious platform to ensure GHGs do not rise above 1.5 degrees C, provide financing to the global south, phase...

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Climate Brief: US Impotent in Glasgow Without Passage of Infrastructure Bill

The NYT on Sunday published a comprehensive piece on Biden’s climate agenda, correctly calling it the most ambitious U.S. climate legislation ever and warning that failure to pass the $3.5 trillion...

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Climate Brief:"Upcoming UN Climate Talks in Glasgow Are a Make-or-Break...

EcoEquity’s director Tom Athanasiou writes in Sierra magazine: In the beginning—meaning, oh, a scant 30 years ago—there was the dream of easy “mitigation”: If only we could get the prices right,...

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"This Is the World Being Left to Us by Adults"

Joined by youth climate activists from Mexico, Bangladesh, and Kenya, Swedish climate hero Greta Thunberg wrote a powerful opinion piece in yesterday’s New York Times, saying youth will “not allow...

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Climate Brief: Climate Pledges A Net Zero Scam?

Climate pledges that play games with net-zero math and rely on make-believe offsets may be good PR, as oil and gas companies have found, but they’re not addressing the real challenges we face. Serious...

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Climate Brief: Where Do We Go From Here?

In an epic battle of the rich vs. the poor, The United Nations Framework Convention for Climate Change (UNFCCC) COP 26 meets this November in Glasgow, at a time when the global north has been battling...

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Climate Brief: As the world burns, pandemic threatens attendance @ Glasgow...

Representatives from 196 countries are registered to attend November’s international climate talks in Glasgow, but concerns about the pandemic and the unequal and unjust distribution of vaccinations...

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Climate Crisis: 5 Scenarios in Latest IPCC Report

The 200 members of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) began a two-week meeting yesterday to finalize its latest report, which is 12 chapters long and will be the most comprehensive...

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Are we there yet?

xSecond, please also take care of how you talk about the hazy skies. Your wonderment about it is our dread here in the West. Your curiosity is our constant fear. We live every day for months fearing...

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"Crushing climate impacts to hit sooner than feared: draft UN report"

A draft report from the International Panel on Climate Change warns the devastating impacts of climate change will “reshape” life on the planet within 30 years, even if society acts now to curtail...

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Ecojustice: $100 Billion Needed to Assist Most Vulnerable to Address Climate...

There is a shrinking window of opportunity to address the climate crisis. Average global temperature is currently estimated to be 1.1°C above pre-industrial times. Based on existing trends, the world...

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Climate Emergency? In Whose World? Another COP Failure

Despite running two days into overtime, Climate Negotiators at Madrid’s UNFCCC COP25 delivered a document which failed to agree on regulating carbon markets or address loss and damage reparations to...

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Negotiators Blame US for Stalled Talks at COP25

As COP25 negotiations stall in Madrid, the United States is being called out for its role in thwarting negotiations to finalize the Paris Rulebook. “The overall assessment is, this is not a good...

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Protestors Take Over Plenary Stage at COP25

In an unprecedented action at COP25 in Madrid today, protestors representing Fridays For Future took over the plenary stage demanding aggressive action from delegates as they negotiate on the climate...

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