insert_link Environment UAE pledges USD 200m to help low-income and vulnerable countries fight climate change The UAE pledged USD $200 million to help climate resilience in vulnerable countries. The announcement, which came during the World Climate Action Summit (WCAS), follows up from a previous pledge of USD $200 million to support development in low-income countries earlier this year in Marrakech. The commitment comes in the form of Special Drawing Rights (SDRs), pledged to IMF’s Resilience and Sustainability Trust (RST). The RST is a trust held […] todayDecember 4, 2023 1
insert_link Environment COP28 Business & Philanthropy Climate Forum mobilizes $5 billion in funding to advance climate and nature action The Business & Philanthropy Climate Forum, COP28’s private-sector engagement platform to convene global business leaders and philanthropists, concluded its first day today, with the announcement of a range of transformative climate and nature initiatives, and commitments to mobilize $5 billion USD in collective funding. The Forum, held across the COP28 Blue Zone and Green Zone, brought together over 1,300 key stakeholders, including Heads of State and government, business CEOs, philanthropists […] todayDecember 4, 2023 3
insert_link Environment COP28 Presidency and IEA deliver call-to-action on accelerating the energy transition and keeping 1.5 degrees within reach COP28 President Dr. Sultan Al Jaber and Dr. Fatih Birol, Executive Director of the International Energy Agency (IEA), have today published a Summary of the series of High-Level Dialogues they have co-chaired in the run-up to COP28. The Summary provides a call-to-action on accelerating the energy transition and keeping 1.5°C in reach. Ministers, decision makers and chief executive officers (CEOs) from over 40 countries and 20 organizations have participated in […] todayDecember 1, 2023 4
insert_link World As disasters and heat intensify, can the world meet the urgency of the moment at the COP28 climate talks? Shutterstock Brendan Mackey, Griffith University Eight years ago, the world agreed to an ambitious target in the Paris Agreement: hold warming to 1.5°C to limit further dangerous levels of climate change. Since then, greenhouse gas emissions have kept increasing – and climate disasters have become front page news, from mega-bushfires to unprecedented floods. In 2023, the world is at 1.2°C of warming over pre-industrial levels. Heatwaves of increasing intensity and duration […] todayNovember 30, 2023 4
insert_link Africa Climate action for Africa in 2023: three big developments By Nicholas P. Simpson, Overseas Development Institute 2023 is highly likely to be the hottest year ever recorded. And climate change is to blame for one-quarter of the global population being exposed to dangerous levels of extreme heat. We need signs that countries are taking steps to address this. Specifically, we need climate action that helps us adapt and that cuts greenhouse gas emissions, if we want to minimise the […] todayNovember 30, 2023 4
insert_link Environment Pope Francis cancels COP28 trip Pope Francis told a crowd at his weekly general audience that he is "still not well." On Tuesday, the Vatican announced that the Pope will not attend the COP 28 climate change conference as planned, as he is still recovering from the flu. todayNovember 29, 2023 8
insert_link Environment Why understanding limits is the key to humanity’s future Illustration by Kelsey King By Richard Heinberg, @richardheinberg via Ensia We need to view limits not as restrictions to be fought against, but as boundaries that enable systems to work. Recent news articles about a breakthrough in nuclear fusion research heralded the potential for “limitless” energy. Whenever I read that word limitless I wince. The promise of limitlessness is misleading and sometimes deadly. Limits exist everywhere in nature. They enable the functioning of systems […] todayNovember 29, 2023 7
insert_link Environment Al Gore criticises COP28 for oil CEO leadership in climate talks Former US Vice President Al Gore says the chances for real progress at the upcoming United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP28, were badly damaged when an oil company CEO was appointed to lead the talks. United Arab Emirates’ COP28 president Sultan al-Jaber is allegedly secretly using his role to push oil trade deals with foreign government officials. Gore says using international climate talks as leverage to shore up support for […] todayNovember 28, 2023 5
insert_link 5 Oshiwambo President Hage Geingob elitumapo ko United Arab Emirates. OmuPresident Hage Geingob onghela okwe lidenga olweendo oku kakufa ombinga moshongalele oshi 28 sho (COP28) osho tashi tale keenghendabala doku kandulapo ominyonena daetififwa kelunduluko longhalo yomepo tashi kaningilwa ko Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Omukanda oo wapitifilwa oikundaneki okudja mombelewa yomupresident onghela owati, oshongalele ota shikakalako mo 30 November 2023 to 12 December 2023. OmuPresident Geingob ota kulopotwa aufanwa kwao eli omupresident wa United Arab Emirates Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan. […] todayNovember 28, 2023 5 5
