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WEBCOP29 aims to boost battery storage and grids for renewables, as pledges proliferate. 19 September 2024. News Governments are being asked to sign up to a goal to boost energy storage six-fold and renew or add 80 million km of …
Mia Mottley: the 'fearless' leader pushing a global settlement for …
WEBNov 18, 2021 · Barbados’ prime minister Mia Amor Mottley made her mark on the Cop26 climate talks in Glasgow with a rip-roaring speech telling the leaders of the world’s largest economies to “try harder” to avert catastrophic climate change. A 2C overheated world “is a death sentence,” she said. The first female leader of her country, Mottley is ...
Nigeria commits to annual carbon budgets to reach net zero …
WEBNov 22, 2021 · By Joe Lo. Nigeria has become the first major developing country to commit to set annual carbon budgets to plot its path to cutting emissions to net zero. After announcing a 2060 net zero target at the Cop26 climate talks in Glasgow, president Muhammadu Buhari signed into law a climate bill committing his government to produce …
French draft climate law criticised for weakening ambition of …
WEBDec 1, 2021 · The government has unveiled the draft of a long-anticipated climate law to accelerate France’s energy transition. It creates the legal framework to translate just under half the climate assembly’s proposals into law. The remaining measures could be still be acted upon separately, with many requiring implementation at the EU level.
Meet the woman who first identified the greenhouse effect
WEBFeb 9, 2016 · Meet the woman who first identified the greenhouse effect. Eunice Foote demonstrated the heat-trapping properties of carbon dioxide at a scientific conference in 1856, newly digitised records show. Irish physicist John Tyndall is commonly credited with discovering the greenhouse effect, which underpins the science of climate change. …
The problem with The Bahamas’ blue carbon market plans
WEBAug 3, 2022 · The carbon market comes with a multitude of problems and makes the Bahamas complicit in climate colonialism. The Bahamas has been profoundly shaped by its colonial past. Following the European genocide of the Lucayan Indigenous People, the trans-Atlantic slave trade led to increased deforestation, local food insecurity and …
Which countries have a net zero carbon goal? - Climate Home News
WEBJun 14, 2019 · Chile. Target date: 2050 Status: Policy position Notes: President Sebastian Piñera announced the country’s intention to go carbon neutral in June 2019.Santiago was due to host UN climate talks later that year, but cancelled at the last minute due to civil unrest. In April 2020 the government reiterated its long term goal as it submitted a …
Deadly heatwaves show why India needs to get serious on climate …
WEBJul 6, 2022 · Analysis: In doubling adaptation finance, ‘champions’ aim to avoid repeat of $100bn failure. India came out with National Adaptation Fund for Climate Change (NAFCC) in 2015 with a budget allocation of 350 crore rupees ($4.4 billion). But research by The Indian Express found that the grants released from NAFCC since 2017 have been …
Key UN report supports Pacific plan for shipping emissions levy
WEBAug 8, 2024 · By Joe Lo. Pacific governments say an official UN report shows their push for a levy on all shipping emissions – with the revenues redistributed to poorer nations – is fairer, cheaper and more effective than other green options under consideration. The report, overseen by a steering committee of 32 governments and published by the ...
South Africa's climate advisers urge faster shift away from fossil fuels
WEBJul 6, 2021 · By Isabelle Gerretsen. South Africa’s climate advisers are urging the government to commit to a more ambitious 2030 emissions targets by accelerating a shift away from fossil fuels. In September, the government said it would aim to reach net zero emissions by 2050 — but the plan still allows coal beyond that date.