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For representative purposes. | Photo Credit: iStockphoto The story so far: COP29, the ongoing climate conference in Azerbaijan’s capital Baku, has given a fillip to the idea of using carbon markets to curb carbon emissions by approving standards that can help in the setting up of an international carbon market as soon as the coming…
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Matiul Haq Khalis, head of the National Environmental Protection Agency from Afghanistan, said Afghanistan must participate in future climate talks. File | Photo Credit: AP An Afghan environment official on Sunday (December 1, 2024) said the country must be allowed to participate in future global climate talks, after returning from COP29 in Baku where Taliban…
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Activists participate in a demonstration for climate finance during the COP29 U.N. Climate Summit on November 23, 2024 in Baku, Azerbaijan. | Photo Credit: AP Despite running into overtime, very little headway had been achieved at the U.N. climate summit in Baku late on Saturday (November 23, 2024) in terms of bringing developed and developing…
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Samoan Environment Minister Toeolesulusulu Cedric Schuster attends the COP29 United Nations Climate Change Conference, in Baku, Azerbaijan on November 23, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters Negotiators from small islands and least-developed nations on Saturday (November 23, 2024) walked out of overtime consultations on a climate deal with COP29 president Azerbaijan, saying their interests on finance…
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Civil society members staged a silent march at the U.N. climate summit | Photo Credit: REUTERS Civil society members staged a silent march at the U.N. climate summit, condemning the developed nations’ proposal to increase annual climate finance to a meagre $250 billion by 2035. They called on the developing world to reject what they…
Panama Climate Envoy Juan Carlos Monterrey Gomez, left, and Wopke Hoekstra, EU climate commissioner, attend a session on climate targets during the COP29 U.N. Climate Summit, Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024, in Baku, Azerbaijan. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits) | Photo Credit: Sergei Grits A new draft text released early on Thursday (November 21, 2024) which will form…
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump . | Photo Credit: Reuters With the Republicans firmly in control of the U.S. government, a seismic shift in American climate policy is imminent, threatening to unravel years of slow but hard-earned progress in addressing the climate crisis. With president-elect Donald Trump referring to climate change as a “hoax”, the most…
Almost everyone in India is now vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, former chief scientist of the World Health Organisation Dr Soumya Swaminathan has said, underscoring the urgent need for cross-ministerial and international collaboration to address its effects on health, gender and economic stability in the country. Swaminathan pointed to women and children as…
File picture of a woman wearing a mask as she rides in Shanghai, China | Photo Credit: Reuters Cities in Asia and the United States emit the most heat-trapping gas that feeds climate change, with Shanghai the most polluting, according to new data that combines observations and artificial intelligence. Seven states or provinces spew more…
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BASIC countries, including India, have asked developed countries to honour their commitments to provide climate finance rather than “diluting obligations” and rejected attempts by the rich nations to shift their financial responsibilities during negotiations at the ongoing COP29 | Photo Credit: Reuters BASIC countries, including India, have asked developed countries to honour their commitments to…