G20 leaders agree to end public financing for coal-fired power generation abroad, no domestic target
3 years, 2 months ago

G20 leaders agree to end public financing for coal-fired power generation abroad, no domestic target

India TV News  

G20 leaders on Sunday agreed to end public financing for coal-fired power generation abroad but set no target for phasing out coal domestically. The Group of 20 countries represents more than three-quarters of the world's greenhouse gas emissions and summit host Italy had been looking for solid targets on how to reduce emissions while helping poor countries deal with the impact of rising temperatures. Italian Premier Mario Draghi told the leaders going into the final working session Sunday that they needed both to set long-term goals and make short-term changes to reach them. According to the communique, the G-20 reaffirmed past commitments by rich countries to mobilize $100 billion annually to help poorer countries cope with climate change, and committed to scaling up financing for helping them adapt.

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G20 summit ends in disappointment for COP29 negotiators
1 month, 3 weeks ago

G20 summit ends in disappointment for COP29 negotiators

Live Mint  

The Group of 20 summit in Brazil's Rio De Janeiro disappointed negotiators at the UN Climate Change Conference Baku-COP29, as it failed to send a “strong signal” on the pressing need to resolve the climate crisis. The G20 leaders' declaration reiterated the need for rapidly scaling up climate finance “from billions to trillions”, which they acknowledged in the 2023 New …

COP29: Draft G20 communique skips referring to transition away from fossil fuels
1 month, 3 weeks ago

COP29: Draft G20 communique skips referring to transition away from fossil fuels

Hindustan Times  

Baku: The G20 leaders, whose nations represent 80% of global emissions, drew flak from observers at COP29 in Baku on Tuesday as their communique, a draft of which was circulating on Tuesday morning, failed to raise the climate ambition. It does mention the need for scaling up public and private climate finance and investment for developing countries and a successful …

G20 summit begins in Brazil today as UN urges it to do what COP29 may not in Azerbaijan
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1 month, 4 weeks ago

G20 summit begins in Brazil today as UN urges it to do what COP29 may not in Azerbaijan

Firstpost  

Heads of state arrived in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday for the G20 summit and will spend Monday and Tuesday addressing issues from poverty and hunger to the reform of global institutions Diplomatic tensions over global warming spilled over into the G20 summit negotiations in Brazil this week, with sources saying the 20 major economies reached a fragile consensus on …

G20 nations reach climate finance breakthrough that eluded COP29 talks: Report
1 month, 4 weeks ago

G20 nations reach climate finance breakthrough that eluded COP29 talks: Report

India Today  

Diplomatic tensions over global warming spilled over into the G20 summit negotiations in Brazil this week, with sources saying the 20 major economies reached a fragile consensus on climate finance that had eluded UN talks in Azerbaijan. G20 countries account for 85% of the world's economy and are the largest contributors to multilateral development banks helping to steer climate finance. …

World looks to G20 in Rio for breakthrough in climate talks
1 month, 4 weeks ago

World looks to G20 in Rio for breakthrough in climate talks

Hindustan Times  

* World looks to G20 in Rio for breakthrough in climate talks U.N. officials urge G20 leaders to break COP29 stalemate * Wealthy nations asking more countries to foot climate bill * Climate accord may only get trickier with return of Trump By Jake Spring and Lisandra Paraguassu RIO DE JANEIRO, - Diplomatic tensions over global warming will take center …

Over 110 nations to join COP28 deal to triple renewable energy
1 year, 1 month ago

Over 110 nations to join COP28 deal to triple renewable energy

Hindustan Times  

A pledge to triple the world's installed renewable energy by 2030 is poised to win support from more than 110 countries at the COP28 climate summit on Saturday, with some pushing to make the deal global by the end of the U.N. conference. Getting the deal into the final U.N. climate summit decision would also require consensus among the nearly …

UN climate summit chief calls on countries to unite on ‘inevitable’ fossil fuel phase down
1 year, 2 months ago

UN climate summit chief calls on countries to unite on ‘inevitable’ fossil fuel phase down

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The United Arab Emirates president of Cop28 said on Monday he was aware countries had …

How the G20 Declaration Sets the Pace for Enhanced Climate Action at COP28 in December
1 year, 4 months ago

How the G20 Declaration Sets the Pace for Enhanced Climate Action at COP28 in December

News 18  

The G20 summit in New Delhi has set the pace for enhanced climate action at COP28, as it refreshed its resolve to limit warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius as per the Paris Agreement. Need for ambitious climate action In its final declaration, the G20 strongly reiterated its resolve to limit warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius compared to pre-industrial levels, and …

G20 agreed to increase clean energy. But, no word on phasing out fossil fuels
1 year, 4 months ago

G20 agreed to increase clean energy. But, no word on phasing out fossil fuels

India Today  

Group of 20 leaders agreed Saturday to triple renewable energy and try to increase the funds for climate change-related disasters but maintained the status quo with regards to phasing out carbon spewing coal. At a news conference shortly after the G20 leaders — whose countries also emit 80% of all planet-warming gases — announced the agreement, Amitabh Kant, a senior …

G-20 Summit 2023 | New Delhi Declaration underlines need for more finance to arrest global warming
1 year, 4 months ago

G-20 Summit 2023 | New Delhi Declaration underlines need for more finance to arrest global warming

The Hindu  

The G-20 Leader’s Declaration for the first time formally recognises the quantum jump in finance necessary for the world to transition to a renewable energy economy. The Declaration “.noted the need for USD 5.8-5.9 trillion in the pre-2030 period required for developing countries.as well as USD 4 trillion per year for clean energy technologies by 2030 to reach net zero …

Group of 20 countries agree to increase clean energy but reach no deal on phasing out fossil fuels
1 year, 4 months ago

Group of 20 countries agree to increase clean energy but reach no deal on phasing out fossil fuels

Associated Press  

NEW DELHI — Group of 20 leaders agreed Saturday to triple renewable energy and try to increase the funds for climate change-related disasters but maintained the status quo with regards to phasing out carbon spewing coal. At a news conference shortly after the G20 leaders — whose countries also emit 80% of all planet-warming gases — announced the agreement, Amitabh …

At Delhi summit, demonstrate climate leadership
1 year, 4 months ago

At Delhi summit, demonstrate climate leadership

The Hindu  

The G-20 members emit most of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions and produce the bulk of its fossil fuels. The G-20 summit in New Delhi is a crucial moment to show leadership ahead of the UN Secretary General’s Climate Ambition Summit and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change COP28. Ensure clear governance structures They will need to focus …

Climate Action Urgency Grows Amid Disagreements At G20 Energy Transition Meet
1 year, 5 months ago

Climate Action Urgency Grows Amid Disagreements At G20 Energy Transition Meet

ABP News  

As the dust settles on the 4th G20 Energy Transition Working Group meeting, it becomes evident that the outcome is far from what the world had hoped for. After days of intense negotiations, the G20's Energy Transition Working Group failed to produce a joint communique, leaving the international community questioning the commitment of major economies to tackle the urgent challenges …

COP27 flinched on phasing out ‘all fossil fuels’ — what’s next?
2 years, 1 month ago

COP27 flinched on phasing out ‘all fossil fuels’ — what’s next?

Salon  

The latest UN climate change summit concluded, once again, with a tussle over the place of fossil fuels in the global economy. But at COP27, widespread anxieties about the cost and availability of energy made many governments cautious about expressing a clear intention to phase out all fossil fuels in the resulting agreement. Despite large planned increases in fossil fuel …

Editorial: U.N. climate fund will become a money pit if we don’t stop burning fossil fuels
2 years, 1 month ago

Editorial: U.N. climate fund will become a money pit if we don’t stop burning fossil fuels

LA Times  

The United Nations climate summit in Egypt this month broke ground with a new agreement to compensate poor nations for the effects of global warming. Most countries are falling far short of their climate goals under the 2015 Paris agreement, and the world isn’t moving anywhere near fast enough to cut pollution and keep global warming from reaching catastrophic levels. …

Explained: Why UN's climate summit COP27 will be remembered as a failure
2 years, 1 month ago

Explained: Why UN's climate summit COP27 will be remembered as a failure

Firstpost  

The COP27 agreement failed to go beyond the 2021 Glasgow climate pact’s promise to ‘phase down unabated coal power’, despite the Indian proposal that all fossil fuels should be phased out Billed as “ Africa’s COP ”, the 27th UN climate change summit in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, was expected to promote climate justice, as this is the continent most affected …

Cop27 draft agreement fails to include a fund for climate compensation
2 years, 1 month ago

Cop27 draft agreement fails to include a fund for climate compensation

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Other key takeaways from the Cop27 draft include: - Reaffirms resolution to pursue 1.5C global average temperature limit as …

Cop27 negotiations make slow progress with just 72 hours to go
2 years, 1 month ago

Cop27 negotiations make slow progress with just 72 hours to go

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Meanwhile, small island states on the frontlines of the climate crisis and other vulnerable nations issued a statement early …

Five things to watch out for at Cop27
2 years, 2 months ago

Five things to watch out for at Cop27

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Focus will be on the so-called “Nationally Determined Contributions” – each country’s emissions-reduction plan that goes towards cutting the …

What was achieved at the COP26 climate summit?
3 years, 1 month ago

What was achieved at the COP26 climate summit?

Live Mint  

“When will leaders lead? Encourage member nations of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change —the Conference of Parties, or COP—to present improved national decarbonisation plans that will limit global warming rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius; adopt resolutions that call for phasing out fossil fuels like coal, oil and gas; get wealthy nations to deliver on climate finance to …

Cop26 agreement: What’s in the final text?
3 years, 1 month ago

Cop26 agreement: What’s in the final text?

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Countries ‘requested’ to set tougher 2030 climate plans A crucial element of the new deal is a request for …

Cop26: What are carbon markets and how will they work?
3 years, 1 month ago

Cop26: What are carbon markets and how will they work?

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The Cop26 summit in Glasgow ended with a deal to set rules for international carbon …

Op-Ed: The failure at Glasgow and what needs to happen next
3 years, 2 months ago

Op-Ed: The failure at Glasgow and what needs to happen next

LA Times  

Aminath Shauna, the Maldives’ minister of environment, climate change and technology, said at the closing session of the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, Scotland: “The difference between 1.5 and 2 degrees is a death sentence for us. It will be too late.” The one thing the climate summit in Glasgow, Scotland, made clear is that human society remains in business-as-usual …

Climate summit ends: Leaders reach "meek," "weak" deal that falls short of 1.5°C goal
3 years, 2 months ago

Climate summit ends: Leaders reach "meek," "weak" deal that falls short of 1.5°C goal

Salon  

Faced with new research showing a significant gap between current commitments to cut planet-heating emissions and the Paris agreement's 1.5°C target, negotiators from nearly 200 countries on Saturday struck a deal that critics say falls short of what is needed to tackle the climate emergency. "The joint commitment by nearly 40 countries and institutions to end public finance for oil, …

U.K. PM says COP26 climate deal 'tinged with disappointment'
3 years, 2 months ago

U.K. PM says COP26 climate deal 'tinged with disappointment'

The Hindu  

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Sunday hailed a global accord to speed up action against climate change as "truly historic" and "the beginning of the end for coal power". But he said his "delight at this progress" at the UN COP26 summit in Glasgow was "tinged with disappointment" because of a failure to secure the agreement of all countries …

The Glasgow summit on climate change: What has it achieved?
3 years, 2 months ago

The Glasgow summit on climate change: What has it achieved?

Live Mint  

CoP-26 was widely hyped as the last chance to save the planet. The Glasgow Climate Pact has rightly targeted global warming not to exceed +1.5°C and also got about 140 countries to announce target dates for bringing emissions down to net zero. Inequitable emissions Glasgow has brought both developed and developing countries on board, offering to reduce emissions to net …

UK PM Boris Johnson Hails Big Step Forward' with COP26 Deal
3 years, 2 months ago

UK PM Boris Johnson Hails Big Step Forward' with COP26 Deal

News 18  

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has hailed the deal struck at the end of the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow as a big step forward and the first-ever international agreement to phase down the use of coal. His statement followed an agreement between nearly 200 countries on a final communique late on Saturday, which recognises India’s intervention for the world …

Glasgow Climate Pact: Five things you need to know about the UN COP26 deal
3 years, 2 months ago

Glasgow Climate Pact: Five things you need to know about the UN COP26 deal

Firstpost  

From phasing out coal to carbon market loopholes, here are the highlights of the finally signed Glasgow Climate Pact, which brought together 197 countries in a fight against climate change London: The COP26 UN climate talks in Glasgow have finished and the gavel has come down on the Glasgow Climate Pact agreed by all 197 countries. If the 2015 Paris …

Glasgow climate summit | Coal ‘phase-down’ is a right, says India Environment Minister
3 years, 2 months ago

Glasgow climate summit | Coal ‘phase-down’ is a right, says India Environment Minister

The Hindu  

A day after the 26th United Nations Conference of Parties in Glasgow ended on Saturday, Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav, in a personal blog, dwelt on India’s last-minute intervention that played a key role in the final text of the agreement that called for coal to be “phased down” rather than “phased out”. The 26th United Nations Conference of Parties …

Infographic: What has your country pledged at COP26?
3 years, 2 months ago

Infographic: What has your country pledged at COP26?

Al Jazeera  

With the annual climate change summit over, what have world leaders achieved at COP26? Saturday’s Glasgow Climate Pact is the first climate package to directly reference coal and fossil fuels, although many countries were angered by a last-minute change to the text replacing the call to phase “out” the use of coal with a call to phase it “down”. Phasing …

COP26 has wrapped up in Glasgow. So was the climate summit a success?
3 years, 2 months ago

COP26 has wrapped up in Glasgow. So was the climate summit a success?

ABC  

It was "our last chance to avoid the worst effects of climate change", according to COP26 president Alok Sharma and "the most important international meeting of the century", according to climate councillor Lesley Hughes. "Glasgow has not closed the emissions gap in 2030, which is vital to keeping 1.5C alive, but it has set up an urgent process to address …

COP26: What’s in the Glasgow Climate Pact?
3 years, 2 months ago

COP26: What’s in the Glasgow Climate Pact?

Al Jazeera  

UK, the host of COP26, says the Glasgow Climate Pact keeps alive hopes of averting the worst impacts of global warming. “But its pulse is weak, and we will only survive if we keep our promises.” Targeting fossil fuels The pact for the first time includes language that asks countries to reduce their reliance on coal and roll back fossil …

Op-Ed: Glasgow’s hope at a critical moment in the climate battle
3 years, 2 months ago

Op-Ed: Glasgow’s hope at a critical moment in the climate battle

LA Times  

President Biden arrives at the U.N. climate summit in Glasgow, Scotland, on Nov. 1. The final COP26 decision statement, for the first time in a COP agreement, contains language directing all nations to increase efforts toward phasing down unabated coal and inefficient fossil fuel subsidies, though it gives no firm deadlines. On Wednesday, China and the U.S. — the world’s …

Cop26: Deal hangs in balance as climate summit extended beyond deadline for agreement
3 years, 2 months ago

Cop26: Deal hangs in balance as climate summit extended beyond deadline for agreement

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The world’s hopes of avoiding catastrophic climate change were hanging in the balance tonight, as …

COP26 misses deadline for climate deal but talks continue
3 years, 2 months ago

COP26 misses deadline for climate deal but talks continue

Al Jazeera  

British PM Boris Johnson urges rich countries to put more ‘cash on the table’ to secure climate crisis breakthrough. These were Friday’s updates, as they happened: 12 Nov 2021 - 20:34 GMT US, EU holding talks back: Gabon minister Climate talks in Glasgow are at a “bit of a stalemate” and the United States, with support from the European Union, …

Fight for fossil fuels dominates COP26 climate deal
3 years, 2 months ago

Fight for fossil fuels dominates COP26 climate deal

Al Jazeera  

Analysts question the text of COP26’s final agreement citing ‘watered down’ language on hydrocarbon eradication and missing commitments on emission cuts. However, the latest draft for a final climate change agreement in Glasgow was inserted with caveats that “watered down” hard targets to cut greenhouse gas emissions, analysts said. That’s a good thing – many expected there would be strong …

Cop26: What has been achieved and agreed by leaders at the climate summit?
3 years, 2 months ago

Cop26: What has been achieved and agreed by leaders at the climate summit?

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The main goal of Cop26 – and its unofficial strapline – is to “keep 1.5 alive”, meaning countries must …

Is the COP26 climate summit a disappointment?
3 years, 2 months ago

Is the COP26 climate summit a disappointment?

Live Mint  

The latest big news out of the ongoing COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, UK, yesterday, was the release of the summit's draft resolution yesterday. In a different part of the draft resolution, however, the document recognises the need to cut fresh global emissions by 45% by 2030 to be on track for the 1.5 degree goal. Speaking during an international …

COP26: Climate takeaways from Day 11 of the Glasgow talks
3 years, 2 months ago

COP26: Climate takeaways from Day 11 of the Glasgow talks

CNN  

Glasgow, Scotland CNN — With just over 24 hours before the COP26 climate summit comes to a close, it’s all hands on deck. “And I remind colleagues again, COP26 is scheduled to close at the end of tomorrow.” The first iteration of the draft agreement was published on Wednesday, and it did not go down particularly well with many climate …

British PM Boris Johnson to return to COP26 to urge action
3 years, 2 months ago

British PM Boris Johnson to return to COP26 to urge action

India TV News  

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is heading back to COP26 to press negotiators from around the world to “turn promises into action” in the summit’s closing days. Johnson attended a world leaders’ summit that kicked off the United Nations climate conference in Glasgow last week, and will return to the Scottish city Wednesday. But the almost 200 nations attending remain …

COP26: Climate negotiators seek to resolve four key challenges at Glasgow
3 years, 2 months ago

COP26: Climate negotiators seek to resolve four key challenges at Glasgow

India Today  

As this year’s UN climate talks go into their second week, negotiations on key topics are inching forward. Laurent Fabius, the former French foreign minister who helped forge the Paris climate accord, said the general atmosphere had improved since the talks began Oct. 31 and “most negotiators want an agreement.” But negotiators were still struggling to put together a series …

COP26 summit | Countries pledge to phase out climate culprit coal
3 years, 2 months ago

COP26 summit | Countries pledge to phase out climate culprit coal

The Hindu  

Several major coal-using nations have pledged for the first time to phase out their use of the heavily-polluting fossil fuel or to speed up existing plans to do so, while others announced commitments to end investment in new coal-fired power plants. U.K. Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng said on Wednesday that the commitments made on the sidelines of the U.N. climate …

COP26: 5 climate takeaways from Day 3 of the Glasgow talks
3 years, 2 months ago

COP26: 5 climate takeaways from Day 3 of the Glasgow talks

CNN  

CNN — As world leaders left Glasgow, delegates at COP26 rolled up their sleeves to do the dirty work. The financing deal “represents a change in norms that would have been unthinkable only a few years ago,” Iskander Erzini Vernoit, a climate finance expert at think tank E3G, told CNN. “We’ve seen this go from the niche frontier concepts to …

As world leaders meet in Glasgow, a look at what COP26 aims to achieve
3 years, 2 months ago

As world leaders meet in Glasgow, a look at what COP26 aims to achieve

Hindustan Times  

Climate activists, environmentalists, world leaders and policymakers from around 200 countries are meeting in Glasgow, Scotland to take part in United Nations' climate summit, the 26th Conference of Parties, to broker a deal to save the planet from impending ecological disaster. A participant walks past a COP26 UN Climate Change Conference' poster on the first day of the COP26 UN …

COP26 Summit: UK to increase climate finance by £1 bn by 2025
3 years, 2 months ago

COP26 Summit: UK to increase climate finance by £1 bn by 2025

Firstpost  

The UK lists its climate action targets as one of the “most ambitious”, to cut emissions by at 68 percent by 2030 as part of its Nationally Determined Contribution Glasgow: The world must move from aspiration to action to limit rising global temperatures, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will tell world leaders at the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow on …

Biden takes aim at China and Russia at G20 as COP26 climate summit kicks off in Glasgow
3 years, 2 months ago

Biden takes aim at China and Russia at G20 as COP26 climate summit kicks off in Glasgow

ABC  

The G20 meeting in Rome has wrapped up with few concrete agreements on tackling climate change, raising fears momentum may be lost as the UN climate summit begins in Glasgow. Key points: US President Joe Biden slams Russia and China for not bringing proposals to deal with climate change World leaders are now gathering in Glasgow to discuss efforts to …

COP26: Will Glasgow deliver what Paris promised in fight against climate change?
3 years, 2 months ago

COP26: Will Glasgow deliver what Paris promised in fight against climate change?

India Today  

The United Nations Climate Change Conference is underway with world leaders reaching Glasgow in the United Kingdom to discuss how to check global warming and slow down the phenomenon of climate change. “We are extremely grateful to the government of the United Kingdom for hosting this crucially important conference in these unprecedented times and for making every effort to keep …

COP26 climate summit opens in Glasgow amid acrimony
3 years, 2 months ago

COP26 climate summit opens in Glasgow amid acrimony

Al Jazeera  

World leaders have begun arriving at a United Nations conference critical to averting the most disastrous effects of the climate crisis, their challenge made even more daunting by the failure of major industrial nations to agree to ambitious new commitments. The COP26 conference in the Scottish city of Glasgow on Monday comes a day after G20 big economies failed to …

World Leaders Make Mild Pledges On Climate Neutrality, Coal Financing At G-20
3 years, 2 months ago

World Leaders Make Mild Pledges On Climate Neutrality, Coal Financing At G-20

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING ROME — Leaders of the world’s biggest economies agreed Sunday to stop funding coal-fired power plants in poor countries and made a vague commitment to seek carbon neutrality “by or around mid-century” as they wrapped up a Rome summit before the much larger United Nations climate conference in Glasgow, Scotland. “Onwards to #COP26 in Glasgow.” The G-20 …

G-20 make mild pledges on climate neutrality, coal financing
3 years, 2 months ago

G-20 make mild pledges on climate neutrality, coal financing

Associated Press  

ROME — Leaders of the world’s biggest economies agreed Sunday to stop funding coal-fired power plants in poor countries and made a vague commitment to seek carbon neutrality “by or around mid-century” as they wrapped up a Rome summit before the much larger United Nations climate conference in Glasgow, Scotland. “Onwards to #COP26 in Glasgow.” The G-20 countries represent more …

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