Nov 27, 2024 · Read our explainer on the key outcomes from the COP29 UN climate conference in Baku, Azerbaijan, where finance was at the centre.

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Dec 27, 2024 · The scientists also found that people around the world experienced, on average, 41 extra days of dangerous heat in 2024 due to human-caused warming. Friederike Otto, WWA’s lead and a senior lecturer in climate science at Imperial College London, said the “unrelenting suffering” could be alleviated if we stop burning coal, oil and gas, use renewable energy to power our economies instead ...

Nov 23, 2024 · COP29 Bulletin Day 12: Carbon market rules adopted after walkout delays finance talks Published on 23/11/2024, 8:39am

Dec 5, 2024 · The US, Saudi Arabia and others have pushed back against a global bid to clarify states' legal obligations to tackle climate change At International Court of Justice, big emitters hide behind climate treaties

Nov 23, 2024 · Rich nations agreed to channel at least $300 billion a year by 2035 for developing countries to ramp up climate action under a new finance goal adopted at the COP29 climate summit, after bad-tempered talks in which vulnerable countries pushed for a bigger slice of the pie. The new goal, which kicks in from 2026, replaces the existing annual target of $100bn, which was met two years late in ...

Dec 23, 2024 · This year we investigated governments, corporations and NGOs. Here we list the best of our climate change stories.

Jan 30, 2025 · The world should question its skyrocketing demand for energy-transition minerals and the roll-out of ineffective climate measures that damage people and the planet, the UN’s special rapporteur on climate change and human rights has warned. “The need for critical minerals in terms of climate action is an assumption that we need to challenge,” Elisa Morgera told an online event hosted by ...

Nov 10, 2024 · Current plans mean the world will only deliver half of the growth needed to hit a target of tripling renewable energy by 2030, IRENA warned.

Dec 31, 2024 · As 2024 turns to 2025, we asked subscribers to our newsletter what the top climate issues of the upcoming year will be. With climate destruction growing, their responses clearly indicate they want to see more ambition in tackling climate change and more honesty on how climate action is going. Here’s our summary of responses from our always passionate, well-informed readers and our analysis ...