UK ‘must invest more in climate adaptation amid whiplash of flood and droughts’
1 year, 1 month ago

UK ‘must invest more in climate adaptation amid whiplash of flood and droughts’

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 Government must invest more in climate adaptation amid a “whiplash” of floods and droughts across the world, campaigners said. He said: “Although the scope of this study was limited to a handful of countries and specific locations within them, we believe the hazard flip and, more generally, changes to flood and drought hazard frequency and magnitude are something most places on the planet will have to address.” Co-lead researcher Prof Katerina Michaelides, professor of dryland hydrology at the University of Bristol Cabot Institute for the Environment, said: “We have come to understand that climate change will not lead to a monolithic change to climatic hazards, despite globally increasing temperatures. “These factors must be considered to support climate adaptation for the lives and livelihoods of humans across the globe.” WaterAid said more investment is needed in adaptation solutions like drought resistance measures and flood protection. More widely, WaterAid said world leaders in high income countries, including the UK, should more than double their public finance for adaptation from 2019 levels by 2025 and match climate funding amounts to mitigation funding.

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Cities have much to learn from Singapore and Copenhagen on climate adaptation
2 weeks, 1 day ago

Cities have much to learn from Singapore and Copenhagen on climate adaptation

Live Mint  

Raise your hand if you’ve been victimized by bad weather in the last year or so. In 2021, the UK’s Climate Change Risk Assessment said “there is a very small chance" of the UK exceeding 40° Celsius by 2040. The London Climate Resilience Review, commissioned by Mayor Sadiq Khan and chaired by Emma Howard Boyd, former head of the Environment …

Climate myopia: This year’s CoP was a big disappointment but small surprise
2 weeks, 4 days ago

Climate myopia: This year’s CoP was a big disappointment but small surprise

Live Mint  

The 29th Conference of the Parties to Climate Change came to an end on 24 November 2024 with deep disappointment on the outcomes—not just on finance, but on most other aspects of the agenda. With grossly inadequate mitigation of the crisis, the climate finance that developing countries can legitimately asl for will increase exponentially, leading to continued disappointment from a …

UN climate chief calls for innovative financing, tech aid to support national climate plans
1 month ago

UN climate chief calls for innovative financing, tech aid to support national climate plans

Live Mint  

New Delhi: Parties must explore innovative financing mechanisms and provide the technical assistance countries need to formulate their national adaptation plans, said UN climate change executive secretary Simon Stiell on Monday. Importance of adaptation The 29th Conference of the Parties or COP29 represents an opportunity to recognize the importance of adaptation and the NAP and the adaptation efforts of developing …

Why IS Starmer attending COP29 summit? PM faces demands for UK to pay into $1TRILLION climate fund as he heads to Azerbaijan despite leaders from US, Germany, EU, China and India staying away
1 month, 1 week ago

Why IS Starmer attending COP29 summit? PM faces demands for UK to pay into $1TRILLION climate fund as he heads to Azerbaijan despite leaders from US, Germany, EU, China and India staying away

Daily Mail  

Keir Starmer will face demands the UK pay into a swollen $1trillion fund to help developing countries go green this week as he attends UN climate talks. The next President of the US, the world's second biggest polluter, is expected to boost fossil fuels, roll back green incentives domestically and take America out – again – of the global Paris …

Cop29: Activists look to Britain for climate leadership as Trump’s win casts long shadow over crucial UN talks
1 month, 1 week ago

Cop29: Activists look to Britain for climate leadership as Trump’s win casts long shadow over crucial UN talks

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. Every year the climate summit produces a treaty agreed by all countries, and this year’s will focus on the …

Immediate Action Needed: Focus on Cooling and Decentralized Renewable Energy for Climate Adaptation
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Immediate Action Needed: Focus on Cooling and Decentralized Renewable Energy for Climate Adaptation

Hindustan Times  

The critical step that needs to be taken in the wake of the mounting climate crisis is to provide resources to communities, especially those that are vulnerable, and equip them to withstand the changing climate. This is where most of the climate plans falter. Financing support for adaptation actions remains alarmingly inadequate. Developing countries that are facing the brunt of …

Green investment can boost the British economy – we must listen to Theresa May
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Green investment can boost the British economy – we must listen to Theresa May

The Independent  

The intervention by former prime minister Theresa May at the United Nations Summit of the Future in New York is a timely one. The attention of the whole world, understandably, has been focused on the tragedies still unfolding in the Middle East and Ukraine; yet, as Lady May reminds us, the challenge of anthropogenic climate change remains a transcendent one. …

Don’t applaud the COP28 climate summit’s loss and damage fund deal just yet – here’s what’s missing
1 year ago

Don’t applaud the COP28 climate summit’s loss and damage fund deal just yet – here’s what’s missing

The Hindu  

Shortly after the opening ceremony of the 2023 United Nations climate negotiations in Dubai, delegates of nations around the world rose in a standing ovation to celebrate a long-awaited agreement to launch a loss and damage fund to help vulnerable countries recover from climate-related disasters. A brief history of loss and damage “Breakthrough” was the term often used to describe …

Why Cop28 barely scratches the surface on the cost of climate change
1 year ago

Why Cop28 barely scratches the surface on the cost of climate change

The Independent  

When panic-buying hit the UK in March 2020, it was a rare moment: a curious knock-on effect of the emerging Covid pandemic. The rains now are crazy; It is very different to how it was when I was a child.” Robertson is at the Cop28 climate conference in Dubai in his role as lead negotiator for “Loss and Damage” – …

Climate negotiators urged to reach agreement on reducing Global warming as COP28 talks near end
1 year ago

Climate negotiators urged to reach agreement on reducing Global warming as COP28 talks near end

Firstpost  

The draft text expresses concern over the gap between the money needed for adaptation and how much countries are getting, but it doesn’t say exactly how much money is needed for the world to adapt to climate change Negotiators have been urged to narrow down their options and agree on how to save Earth from disastrous levels of warming as …

COP28 releases crucial document to guide adaptation efforts, disagreement lingers
1 year ago

COP28 releases crucial document to guide adaptation efforts, disagreement lingers

India TV News  

COP28: Just two days before the UN climate talks here are scheduled to end, negotiators on Sunday released a draft document to guide countries' efforts to adapt to climate change and monitor collective progress. Funds crunch According to a UN report released last month, developing countries require USD 215-387 billion annually for climate adaptation, but they are only receiving about …

How to adapt to climate change may be secondary at COP28, but it’s key to saving lives, experts say
1 year ago

How to adapt to climate change may be secondary at COP28, but it’s key to saving lives, experts say

Associated Press  

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — As United Nations climate talks enter their second week, negotiators who are largely focused on how to curb climate change have another thing on their plates: how to adapt to the warming that’s already here. “The problem is the fact that adaptation is actually the second long long-term goal of the Paris agreement,” said South …

Global warming could cost poor countries trillions. They’ve urged the COP28 climate summit to help
1 year ago

Global warming could cost poor countries trillions. They’ve urged the COP28 climate summit to help

Associated Press  

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — A prominent developing-world leader on the issue of climate change said Monday that global taxes on the financial services, oil and gas, and shipping industries could drum up hundreds of billions of dollars for poorer countries to adapt and cope with global warming. The U.N. climate summit known as COP28, which is being presided over …

Reparations fund ‘historic’, but real fight begins now: Climate campaigners
1 year ago

Reparations fund ‘historic’, but real fight begins now: Climate campaigners

Al Jazeera  

Experts say the loss and damage fund launched at COP28 is just the first step towards climate justice. The launch of a ‘loss and damage’ fund on Thursday at the start of the United Nations COP28 summit marks a landmark moment but is only the first in a series of necessary steps in the fight for climate justice, say experts …

Bill Nighy among stars urging PM to commit climate funds to poorer countries
1 year ago

Bill Nighy among stars urging PM to commit climate funds to poorer countries

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 Bill Nighy, Stella McCartney, Brian Cox and Annie Lennox are among the high-profile figures urging …

Sunak seeks to burnish green credentials ahead of Cop28 summit
1 year ago

Sunak seeks to burnish green credentials ahead of Cop28 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. “Being close to nature might also mean playing in your local park – something I’ve long promoted through the …

UK must ‘double down’ on climate leadership at Cop28, MPs say
1 year, 1 month ago

UK must ‘double down’ on climate leadership at Cop28, MPs say

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 A cross-party group of MPs has called on the Government to “double down” on Britain’s …

Overwhelming support for climate and nature policies in Tory heartlands – survey
1 year, 3 months ago

Overwhelming support for climate and nature policies in Tory heartlands – survey

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 Voters in Conservative heartlands overwhelmingly back climate and nature policies, with most people wanting the …

G20: UK PM Rishi Sunak announces $2 billion aid to Green Climate Fund
1 year, 3 months ago

G20: UK PM Rishi Sunak announces $2 billion aid to Green Climate Fund

Live Mint  

As the G20 Summit moves towards conclusion, the United Kingdom will contribute a record $2 billion to the Green Climate Fund to tackle climate change, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced on Sunday. G20 Summit LIVE Notably, this is the biggest single funding commitment made by the UK to help the world tackle climate change. The Green Climate Fund is the …

Half of Britons too worried about cost of living to consider climate change
1 year, 3 months ago

Half of Britons too worried about cost of living to consider climate change

The Telegraph  

More than half of British people are too concerned about the cost of living to worry about climate change, a new poll suggests. ‘Nonsensical rabbit hole’ Mr Mackinlay said: “I am not at all surprised that polling shows the British public, now facing the reality of net zero costs, becoming lukewarm to the project. It’s little wonder the public are …

India's vision for climate justice: COP28 and beyond
1 year, 3 months ago

India's vision for climate justice: COP28 and beyond

Hindustan Times  

As the world confronts the pressing reality of the climate crisis, the need for robust climate financing has never been more urgent. Notably, the establishment of the National Adaptation Fund for Climate Change and the National Clean Energy Fund serve as shining examples of India's commitment to promoting clean energy and supporting climate-resilient infrastructure. The Climate Finance Working Group's estimation …

Leaked government plan to prepare UK for climate change ‘deeply disappointing’
1 year, 5 months ago

Leaked government plan to prepare UK for climate change ‘deeply disappointing’

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 Leaked government plans for adapting the UK to the effects of climate change have been …

COP-28 must focus on adaptation instead of mitigation, says India
1 year, 9 months ago

COP-28 must focus on adaptation instead of mitigation, says India

The Hindu  

The forthcoming United Nations Conference of Parties in Dubai must focus on adaptation instead of mitigation, Leena Nandan, Secretary, Environment Ministry said at a public meeting on Friday. Mitigation refers to reducing carbon emissions and historically, countries have wrangled over the deadlines and upper limit of emissions to keep global temperatures from rising 0.5 or 1 degree Celsius from current …

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Deal on climate, but hard decisions put off till 2023
2 years, 1 month ago

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Deal on climate, but hard decisions put off till 2023

Deccan Chronicle  

Hearing Gianni Infantino, Fifa’s Swiss-born ethnic Italian president, declare “I think for what we Europeans have been doing the last 3,000 years, we should be apologising for the next 3,000 years before starting to give moral lessons to people”, millions of TV watchers worldwide may have wondered if it was the moment of truth, the epiphany that would erase the …

COP 27: Where will the funds for mitigation and adaptation come from? | In Focus podcast
2 years, 1 month ago

COP 27: Where will the funds for mitigation and adaptation come from? | In Focus podcast

The Hindu  

The 27th summit of the Conference of Parties in Egypt comes on the back of extreme weather events that seem like a trailer of the climate catastrophe that awaits the planet: epic floods in Pakistan, heat waves in Europe, wildfires in Australia, to name a few. Developing counties need about $2 trillion annually to cut their greenhouse emissions so that …

Vulnerable countries demand progress on climate change loss and damage fund
2 years, 1 month ago

Vulnerable countries demand progress on climate change loss and damage fund

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. Small island developing states will no longer stand for delay on loss and damage finance Molwyn Joseph, Aosis chairman …

Fears UK will break climate crisis pledge for poor nations after failure to reveal funding
2 years, 1 month ago

Fears UK will break climate crisis pledge for poor nations after failure to reveal funding

The Independent  

Ministers have been told to come clean on suspicions the UK will break promises to fund climate crisis help for poorer nations, after failing to set out what money is being provided. Campaigners said Rishi Sunak, as he arrives in Egypt, must reveal how much is being provided in so-called “international climate finance”, to help developing countries cope with the …

African nations push for funding to adapt to climate change
2 years, 1 month ago

African nations push for funding to adapt to climate change

The Hindu  

Battling droughts, sandstorms, floods, wildfires, coastal erosion, cyclones and other weather events exacerbated by climate change, the African continent needs to adapt, but it needs funds to do so, leaders and negotiators from the continent said at the U.N. climate summit. Mr. Shitima said the summit “should provide solutions to the millions of people in the continent,” adding that Africa …

African nations push for funding to adapt to climate change
2 years, 1 month ago

African nations push for funding to adapt to climate change

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Battling droughts, sandstorms, floods, wildfires, …

Britain opens the door to climate change reparations for poorer nations
2 years, 1 month ago

Britain opens the door to climate change reparations for poorer nations

The Telegraph  

Britain has opened the door to paying climate change reparations to developing countries by supporting talks on the issue at the Cop27 summit. On Sunday, at the meeting in Egypt, UK negotiators backed a last-minute agreement to address “loss and damage” payments to countries badly affected by climate-related disasters. The Prime Minister will say: “By honouring the pledges we made …

Climate Change: Show us the money, say developing countries
2 years, 1 month ago

Climate Change: Show us the money, say developing countries

Live Mint  

The UN Secretary General, António Guterres said it quite succinctly a few days ago: “We need a global surge in adaptation investment to save millions of lives from climate carnage. Every year, the impacts of the climate crisis—from wildfires to droughts to disastrous flooding and superstorms—are increasing manifold, and in order to cope with this reality, countries need to urgently …

As Africa’s climate warms, rich countries pledge more funds
2 years, 3 months ago

As Africa’s climate warms, rich countries pledge more funds

Associated Press  

MOMBASA, Kenya — Rich countries said they will spend about $25 billion by 2025 to boost Africa’s efforts to adapt to climate change as the continent continues to struggle with drought, cyclones and extreme heat, according to officials at a summit in Rotterdam in the Netherlands on Monday. “Africa does not have the resources to tackle climate change,” Akinwumi Adesina, …

Help the poor to adapt to global warming
2 years, 4 months ago

Help the poor to adapt to global warming

China Daily  

Aerial photo shows farmers working in a paddy field in Xinsongshuqiao village in the city of Yiyang, Central China's Hunan province, July 13, 2022. So governments and corporations must reduce carbon emissions－and keep fossil fuels in the ground－if they are to limit the damage caused by climate change to people's lives and livelihoods. China, which is also exposed to severe …

Help the poor to adapt to global warming
2 years, 4 months ago

Help the poor to adapt to global warming

China Daily  

Aerial photo shows farmers working in a paddy field in Xinsongshuqiao village in the city of Yiyang, Central China's Hunan province, July 13, 2022. So governments and corporations must reduce carbon emissions－and keep fossil fuels in the ground－if they are to limit the damage caused by climate change to people's lives and livelihoods. China, which is also exposed to severe …

Greenwashing ‘creates false confidence about climate crisis’
2 years, 5 months ago

Greenwashing ‘creates false confidence about climate crisis’

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. Achieving climate resilience and nature recovery will require “robust, consistent and trusted data”, Emma Howard Boyd is expected to …

‘We need to do all we can’: Five key takeaways from the U.N. climate report
2 years, 9 months ago

‘We need to do all we can’: Five key takeaways from the U.N. climate report

LA Times  

Felisa Benitez, 86, wipes sweat from her brow while taking a break from cleaning a standing electrical fan outside her Pacoima home in August. “If we want to have effective climate change policy, we have to look at those human dimensions, and particularly those equity dimensions, and protecting some of the most vulnerable populations,” said Michael Méndez, an assistant professor …

Rewilding: Organisations which own a third of England’s land sign pact to boost biodiversity and tackle climate crisis
3 years ago

Rewilding: Organisations which own a third of England’s land sign pact to boost biodiversity and tackle climate crisis

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 A swathe of England’s biggest land owners and managers have signed a joint pact committing …

COP26 wraps with nations agreeing to deal aimed at averting climate catastrophe
3 years, 1 month ago

COP26 wraps with nations agreeing to deal aimed at averting climate catastrophe

India Today  

UN climate talks in Scotland ended with a global agreement that aimed at least to keep alive hopes of capping global warming at 1.5 degrees Celsius, and so maintain a realistic chance of saving the world from catastrophic climate change. The overarching aim set by conference host Britain was one that climate campaigners and vulnerable countries had found far too …

Cop26: UK pledges £290 million to help countries prepare for climate change
3 years, 1 month ago

Cop26: UK pledges £290 million to help countries prepare for climate change

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 government is pledging new funding totalling £290 million, largely to help countries across Asia …

COP26: COVID stimulus packages fail to address climate change adaptation, says U.N. report
3 years, 1 month ago

COP26: COVID stimulus packages fail to address climate change adaptation, says U.N. report

The Hindu  

Developing countries need to spend up to 10 times more public money than current levels to implement climate adaptation measures that would minimize harm caused by more frequent droughts, flooding and other weather extremes, according to a United Nations report published on November 4. But in 2019, climate financing to developing countries for mitigating emissions, adaptation, planning and implementation was …

Investors bet big on climate fight but motives questioned
3 years, 1 month ago

Investors bet big on climate fight but motives questioned

Associated Press  

GLASGOW, Scotland — Governments and big investors announced fresh plans Wednesday to pour trillions of dollars into curbing global warming, reflecting the financial world’s growing embrace of efforts to fight climate change as both a business necessity and opportunity. Speaking at the U.N. climate summit in the Scottish city of Glasgow, Britain’s Treasury chief Rishi Sunak said that while countries …

Rewild and protect land to ensure climate and nature crises are tackled together, scientists urge ahead of Cop26
3 years, 3 months ago

Rewild and protect land to ensure climate and nature crises are tackled together, scientists urge ahead of Cop26

The Independent  

Wild spaces across the world must be restored and protected if the world is to successfully get to grips with the twin climate and nature crises, scientists have said. Ahead of Cop26, the pivotal climate summit taking place in November, researchers called for “major systemic changes” to tackle the world’s mounting environmental challenges. “There’s been growing consensus that the climate …

Can we trust governments to tackle the climate emergency?
3 years, 3 months ago

Can we trust governments to tackle the climate emergency?

Al Jazeera  

On Monday, September 20 at 19:30 GMT: On Friday, the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said if carbon emissions are not scaled back, the world will continue to be on a “catastrophic pathway” toward 2.7 degree Celsius heating. In the latest warning from the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, scientists say that unabated greenhouse gas emissions are pushing global temperatures …

COP26 urged to prioritise adaptation as climate emergency surges
3 years, 3 months ago

COP26 urged to prioritise adaptation as climate emergency surges

Al Jazeera  

More than 50 officials convening in Rotterdam call for November’s COP26 climate talks to treat adaptation as ‘urgent’. At a dialogue in Rotterdam convened by the Global Center on Adaptation on Monday, more than 50 ministers and heads of climate organisations and development banks called for November’s COP26 climate talks to treat adaptation as “urgent”. What Africa needs is to …

Britain’s climate defences need a flood of cash
3 years, 4 months ago

Britain’s climate defences need a flood of cash

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “The UK does not yet have a vision for …

Boris Johnson’s £11.6bn climate fund to be swiped from aid budget
3 years, 5 months ago

Boris Johnson’s £11.6bn climate fund to be swiped from aid budget

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. Tracy Carty, Oxfam’s senior climate adviser, said: “We welcome the UK’s commitment to climate finance, but when it’s coming …

Why rich nations are feeling the heat on climate funding ahead of G7 summit
3 years, 7 months ago

Why rich nations are feeling the heat on climate funding ahead of G7 summit

The Independent  

In a speech made to other leaders on Thursday, Boris Johnson called on all rich nations to “put our money where our mouth is” when it comes to funding climate action. As the host of both the upcoming G7 summit in June and a key set of climate talks in November, the UK is attempting to lead the charge on …

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