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When it was put to him that Australia was expected to set its 2035 plan next year, he again emphasised the earlier target. “We’re committing to our 2030 target. It’s legislated. 2030 comes before 2035, and we’re very focused on delivering, and we’re on track to delivering that target,” he said. The government will not […]
The 29th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29), held in Baku, Azerbaijan, aimed to advance global commitments to address the climate crisis but became enmeshed in controversies over repression, geopolitical tensions, and accusations of hypocrisy. The Azerbaijani government’s actions against climate activists and the political backdrop of the event have raised pressing concerns about the […]
India, along with other developing countries at COP29 called for fair and effective climate finance agreements to support global climate action. Representing the Like-Minded Developing Countries (LMDCs), India emphasised the need for equitable financial support from developed nations, spotlighting the burden placed on vulnerable economies. Negotiators have noted that around 69% of the climate finance currently […]
Are We United or Divided in The Fight Against Climate Change? The World Meteorological Organization believes 2024 will be the hottest year on record, with the global average temperature between January and September being 1.54 (±0.13) °C above the pre-industrial level. However, even in the face of this information, many people worldwide do not view […]
On Saturday, Australian Climate Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen will land in Baku with the task of driving the bogged-down finance negotiations to a conclusion, along with his Egyptian counterpart, Yasmine Fouad. It is a formidable task. One observer has already likened the current negotiating statement to World War I. “It is a difficult […]
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Google DeepMind has a new way to look inside an AI’s “mind” We don’t know exactly how AI works, or why it works so well. That’s a problem: It could lead us to […]
As I covered last week, Trump’s election will almost certainly result in less progress on cutting emissions than we might have seen under a more climate-focused administration. But arguably an even bigger deal than domestic progress (or lack thereof) will be how Trump shifts the country’s climate position on the international stage. The US has […]
A six-member constitutional bench of the Supreme Court, led by Justice Aminuddin Khan, has called on provincial governments to provide detailed reports on their climate change initiatives. The bench, which also includes Justices Jamal Mandokhail, Muhammad Ali Mazhar, Hassan Azhar Rizvi, Naeem Akhtar Afghan, and Musarrat Hilali, began its first hearing on environmental pollution on […]
CLIMATEWIRE | President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to run the department in charge of disaster recovery has been skeptical of climate change, declined to accept federal climate money and been criticized for her own handling of a natural catastrophe. Trump named Gov. Kristi Noem of South Dakota on Tuesday to run the Department of Homeland Security, […]
Albanian prime minister Edi Rama skewered the many leaders who skipped this year’s event. (AP pic) BAKU: Global leaders offered competing visions on how to tackle climate change at UN-led talks today as a new report warned that the world must reach carbon neutrality much sooner than planned. Planet-warming carbon dioxide emissions from oil, gas […]