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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. To the government ministers and negotiators...
by Meteor Blades
on Sun Mar 31, 2024 at 08:00 AM PDT
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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 global warming is mentioned. Way too late in the...
by boatsie
on Tue Dec 05, 2023 at 11:12 AM PST
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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 ...
by boatsie
on Tue May 23, 2023 at 10:42 AM PDT
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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 ...
by boatsie
on Wed Nov 09, 2022 at 05:00 PM PST
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“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 ...
by boatsie
on Fri Nov 05, 2021 at 07:56 AM PDT
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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 brings back wonderful and exciting memories of the very...
by boatsie
on Tue Nov 02, 2021 at 06:52 AM PDT
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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, ...
by boatsie
on Sun Oct 31, 2021 at 07:57 AM PDT
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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 infrastructure bill would leave the US an impotent...
by boatsie
on Tue Oct 12, 2021 at 01:35 PM PDT
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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 ...
by boatsie
on Sat Oct 02, 2021 at 07:09 AM PDT
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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 industrialized countries to duck responsibility for the...
by boatsie
on Fri Aug 20, 2021 at 05:30 PM PDT
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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. ...
by boatsie
on Tue Aug 24, 2021 at 02:00 PM PDT
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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 ...
by boatsie
on Tue Aug 17, 2021 at 02:00 PM PDT
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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 ...
by boatsie
on Tue Sep 14, 2021 at 02:00 PM PDT
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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 ...
by boatsie
on Tue Jul 27, 2021 at 03:33 PM PDT
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As New York is submerged under a blanket of smoke from devastating fires on the west coast, David Turnbull proceeds to direct his Twitter followers to Emma Marris’ Sept. 10, 2020 article in The Atlantic The West Has Never Felt So Small. Some excerpts:...
by boatsie
on Wed Jul 21, 2021 at 02:56 PM PDT
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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 greenhouse gas emissions. Species extinction, more...
by boatsie
on Thu Jun 24, 2021 at 10:25 AM PDT
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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 could cross the 1.5°C threshold within the next two...
by boatsie
on Tue Jun 22, 2021 at 01:58 PM PDT
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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 the global south, those nations most severely...
by boatsie
on Sun Dec 15, 2019 at 12:04 PM PST
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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 situation,” Seyni Nafo, the former chair of the African...
by boatsie
on Fri Dec 13, 2019 at 02:05 PM PST
with 13 Recommends
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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 crisis. Just hours later, representatives from...
by boatsie
on Wed Dec 11, 2019 at 08:22 AM PST
with 15 Recommends
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