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The Sprint to Cut Climate Super Pollutants: COP 29 Summit on Methane and Non-CO2 GHGs Fact Sheet Office of the Spokesperson November 12, 2024 The United States, People’s Republic of China, and Azerbaijan today convened a Summit to accelerate actions to cut emissions of methane and other non-CO2 greenhouse gases, which account for half […]
Article content OTTAWA — Donald Trump’s re-election in the United States will not impact Canada’s commitment to fighting climate change, Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault said Tuesday. Guilbeault is in Azerbaijan this week for the annual United Nations climate change conference, which includes discussions about each country’s progress toward lowering their greenhouse gas emissions as committed […]
Only around a third of Hongkongers have said they trust the government to lead the fight against the climate crisis, a study has found, as a green group urged greater transparency on the city’s progress towards its target of carbon neutrality by 2050. A landslide in Shau Kei Wan on September 8, 2023. Photo: Kyle […]
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Donald Trump’s thumping re-election threatens to upend the business of an industry he’s sworn to protect: Big Oil. Should his incoming administration follow through on plans to once again pull the United States out of the landmark 2015 Paris climate agreement—as a way to loosen regulations on fossil fuel companies—it could actually end up hurting […]
STORY: :: Shell wins its appeal against a landmark Dutch climate ruling ordering it to sharply reduce emissions :: November 12, 2024 :: The Hague, Netherlands :: Carla Joustra, President of Appeals Court :: “The appeals court’s final judgment is that Milieudefensie’s claims cannot be granted. Accordingly, the court has overturned the lower court’s judgment.” […]
PM Shehbaz Sharif waves hands before leaving for Baku, Azerbaijan on November 11, 2024. — Screengrab via YouTube@Geo News ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has landed in Baku, Azerbaijan, where he will attend a summit “World Leaders’ Climate Action Summit” as part of the 29th Conference of the Parties (COP29) to the United Nations Framework […]
And then, the main dilemma: Who has to take responsibility for what? The so-called global south is pressing for money to tread a path from developed countries to those left behind, who have not played a historical role in the climate crisis. The industrialized world, on the other hand, demands commitments on decarbonization from developing […]
The UN’s COP29 climate conference opened Monday in Azerbaijan under the specter of geopolitical conflicts in Gaza and Ukraine. Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin is leading the Russian delegation at the UN conference, expected to include nearly 50 representatives from Russian ministries of economic development, finance, agriculture and business, Interfax reported. Among Russia’s COP29 delegates […]
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban will attend a U.N. climate conference for the first time since their takeover of Afghanistan in 2021, the country’s national environment agency said Sunday. The conference, known as COP29, begins Monday in Azerbaijan and is one of the most important multilateral talks to include the Taliban, who do not […]