UK, China can set example of joint climate action
3 months, 3 weeks ago

UK, China can set example of joint climate action

China Daily  

LI MIN/CHINA DAILY Global surface temperatures reached record levels in 2024 as the impacts of climate change are being felt around the world. Amid rising political tensions worldwide, strong bilateral cooperation between the United Kingdom and China can provide the international leadership needed to boost the fight against climate change this decade. Sino-British climate cooperation deepening Supported by the UK's Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, China's Ministry of Ecology and Environment and Chatham House, the UK climate science community and policy experts have been collaborating since 2013 in order to better understand the risks posed by climate change, and the policies needed to improve resilience against climate change. As an expert in the Chinese delegation, Wang Yi, vice-chair of China Expert Panel on Climate Change, was invited to the "China Pavilion" on the sidelines the official events of the UNFCCC, and various events organised by the business communities and social organisations at COP29, to speak on the progress of the climate conference, share China's experience in energy transition, and policies to address climate change and overcome common challenges. Piers Forster is interim chair, United Kingdom Climate Change Committee; and Wang Yi is vice-chair, China Expert Panel on Climate Change.

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US skips key climate meet, fanning fears it will ditch UN framework
3 weeks, 5 days ago

US skips key climate meet, fanning fears it will ditch UN framework

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi: The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ’s meeting in Hangzhou, China opened on Monday with reports that US has withdrawn from the seventh assessment cycle presently underway. IPCC, the main UN body for assessing the science related to climate change represented by hundreds of leading scientists globally, did not comment on US’s withdrawal immediately. Government support ensures the …

COP30 chief lauds 'extraordinary progress' made by China in combating climate change
1 month, 3 weeks ago

COP30 chief lauds 'extraordinary progress' made by China in combating climate change

Firstpost  

Andre Correa do Lago, who will preside over the first climate conference in the Amazon rainforest in November, praised China’s “extraordinary progress” on combatting climate change The Brazilian diplomat who will chair the next UN climate summit on Thursday praised China as an example in the fight against climate change while admonishing rich countries for shirking their responsibilities. Andre Correa …

Formal deal on China-UK green efforts encouraged
2 months ago

Formal deal on China-UK green efforts encouraged

China Daily  

The United Kingdom should sign a formal bilateral deal with China enabling government-backed climate cooperation, a new research paper said. The paper titled "An Agenda for UK-China Climate Cooperation: Why Joint Action Can and Should Transcend Political Challenges" was released on Jan 16 by Chatham House, an independent London-based policy institute. Noting the good momentum in bilateral relations, as leaders …

UK should sign climate change co-operation agreement...
2 months, 1 week ago

UK should sign climate change co-operation agreement...

Daily Mail  

The UK should sign a formal agreement to co-operate with China on fighting climate change despite tensions in other areas, a think tank has said. Researchers at international affairs think tank Chatham House urged ministers to deepen climate co-operation with Beijing, saying the “with us or against us” approach “belongs in the Cold War”. With rising geopolitical instability, and a …

China's success can lead climate battle, say experts
2 months, 3 weeks ago

China's success can lead climate battle, say experts

China Daily  

LI MIN/CHINA DAILY The year 2024 was marked by unprecedented climate challenges, with record-breaking heat and increasingly severe weather events becoming the new norm. As the primary contributors to historical carbon emissions, developed countries have both a moral responsibility and an international duty under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Paris Agreement to help developing countries …

China's success can lead climate battle, say experts
2 months, 3 weeks ago

China's success can lead climate battle, say experts

China Daily  

LI MIN/CHINA DAILY The year 2024 was marked by unprecedented climate challenges, with record-breaking heat and increasingly severe weather events becoming the new norm. As the primary contributors to historical carbon emissions, developed countries have both a moral responsibility and an international duty under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Paris Agreement to help developing countries …

How global warming smashed all safety barriers in 2024
2 months, 3 weeks ago

How global warming smashed all safety barriers in 2024

Live Mint  

New Delhi: How do we feel the effects of climate change in our everyday lives? “People just get on with their lives, and that’s not nice", she says, putting the onus of this forgetfulness on the fact that in India, we tend to focus on “seasonal climate conversations"—like heat waves during summer, and floods during the monsoon. “It’s almost inevitable …

The Baku backlash: Why Cop29 needn’t be an irreversible setback for climate change
3 months, 2 weeks ago

The Baku backlash: Why Cop29 needn’t be an irreversible setback for climate change

The Independent  

I remember being captivated as a young man by this bold, Latin American leader called Rafael Correa. When the deadline passed after four years of campaigning, and deposits of only $13.3m had been received, president Correa declared that “the world has failed us” – not so different to the words echoed by the least developed country negotiators last week, who …

Climate myopia: This year’s CoP was a big disappointment but small surprise
3 months, 2 weeks 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 …

Optimizing climate health adaptation policies
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Optimizing climate health adaptation policies

China Daily  

A view shows a sign of the COP29 United Nations Climate Change Conference with a backdrop of the cityscape in Baku, Azerbaijan, Oct 31, 2024. At the just-concluded UN Climate Change Conference, or COP29, in Baku, Azerbaijan, health amid climate change was a prominent subject of discussion. Climate change does pose a serious threat to the health and wellbeing of …

Optimizing climate health adaptation policies
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Optimizing climate health adaptation policies

China Daily  

A view shows a sign of the COP29 United Nations Climate Change Conference with a backdrop of the cityscape in Baku, Azerbaijan, Oct 31, 2024. At the just-concluded UN Climate Change Conference, or COP29, in Baku, Azerbaijan, health amid climate change was a prominent subject of discussion. Climate change does pose a serious threat to the health and wellbeing of …

COP29 ends with contentious outcome
3 months, 3 weeks ago

COP29 ends with contentious outcome

China Daily  

By HOU LIQIANG | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2024-11-24 21:44 COP29 President Mukhtar Babayev walks during a closing plenary meeting at the COP29 United Nations Climate Change Conference, in Baku, Azerbaijan, Nov 24, 2024. Following two weeks of wrangling between the delegations of developing and developed countries, the COP29 United Nations climate change conference finally concluded, more than 30 hours past …

COP29: UK and China can set a powerful example for global climate cooperation
3 months, 3 weeks ago

COP29: UK and China can set a powerful example for global climate cooperation

China Daily  

chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2024-11-24 21:11 A view during a closing plenary meeting at the COP29 United Nations Climate Change Conference, in Baku, Azerbaijan, Nov 24, 2024. Amidst rising political tensions, strong bilateral cooperation between the UK and China can provide the international leadership needed to accelerate progress on climate change this decade. Following this meeting, and to support both multilateral …

COP29 UN climate talks wrap up in Baku
4 months ago

COP29 UN climate talks wrap up in Baku

China Daily  

A night view shows the venue of the United Nations climate change conference, known as COP29, in Baku, Azerbaijan, Nov 11, 2024. The COP29 United Nations climate change negotiations stumbled toward Friday's deadline, with a draft target of climate finance to developing nations falling far short of expectations. A key task of the UN gathering, which kicked off on Nov …

COP29 UN climate talks wrap up in Baku
4 months ago

COP29 UN climate talks wrap up in Baku

China Daily  

A night view shows the venue of the United Nations climate change conference, known as COP29, in Baku, Azerbaijan, Nov 11, 2024. The COP29 United Nations climate change negotiations stumbled toward Friday's deadline, with a draft target of climate finance to developing nations falling far short of expectations. A key task of the UN gathering, which kicked off on Nov …

COP29: World agrees to climate deal on financial aid for poor countries after summit nearly implodes
4 months ago

COP29: World agrees to climate deal on financial aid for poor countries after summit nearly implodes

CNN  

CNN — The world agreed to a new climate deal at COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan, Saturday, with wealthy countries pledging to provide $300 billion annually by 2035 to poorer countries to help them cope with the increasingly catastrophic impacts of the climate crisis — a figure many developing countries criticized as vastly insufficient. “This new finance goal is an insurance …

COP29 talks extended as draft $250 billion finance offer flops
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4 months ago

COP29 talks extended as draft $250 billion finance offer flops

Hindustan Times  

Baku: The COP29 climate summit was extended by a day after developing nations reacted with fury to developed countries’ proposal of $250 billion annual climate finance by 2035, calling it “a slap in the face” and far below their demand of $1.3 trillion, raising fears of a Copenhagen-like deadlock. “The quantum is an eyewash,” said a developing country negotiator, noting …

Cop29: Ask our climate correspondent anything amid summit in Azerbaijan
4 months ago

Cop29: Ask our climate correspondent anything amid summit in Azerbaijan

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 Welcome to an exclusive Ask Me Anything session with me, Stuti Mishra, The Independent’s Asia …

How will China impact the future of climate change? You might be surprised
4 months ago

How will China impact the future of climate change? You might be surprised

NPR  

How will China impact the future of climate change? "They've set up a situation where it's good for them to sell clean energy technologies to the world," says Alex Wang, a professor of law at UCLA focused on Chinese climate policy. toggle caption STR/AFP via Getty Images/AFP A global green race Despite headwinds from coal interests, many climate experts are …

Collective action on climate finance urged
4 months ago

Collective action on climate finance urged

China Daily  

By YANG HAN in Hong Kong | China Daily | Updated: 2024-11-19 09:51 COP29 President Mukhtar Babayev, Executive Secretary of UNFCCC Simon Stiell and Nabeel Munir, Chair of the UNFCCC's Subsidiary Body for Implementation, attend a press conference during the United Nations climate change conference COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan, November 18, 2024. Asia needs collective and sustainable action to meet …

China defends climate fund role
4 months ago

China defends climate fund role

China Daily  

A night view shows the venue of the United Nations climate change conference, known as COP29, in Baku, Azerbaijan, Nov 11, 2024. Rather, it is the obligation of developed countries to support developing economies in this matter, said China's Climate Envoy Liu Zhenmin. He also underscored China's consistent solidarity with other developing nations to ensure that developed countries come up …

Collective action on climate finance urged
4 months ago

Collective action on climate finance urged

China Daily  

COP29 President Mukhtar Babayev, Executive Secretary of UNFCCC Simon Stiell and Nabeel Munir, Chair of the UNFCCC's Subsidiary Body for Implementation, attend a press conference during the United Nations climate change conference COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan, November 18, 2024. Asia needs collective and sustainable action to meet its green finance needs, experts have said, as negotiations at the COP29 UN …

Collective action on climate finance urged
4 months ago

Collective action on climate finance urged

China Daily  

COP29 President Mukhtar Babayev, Executive Secretary of UNFCCC Simon Stiell and Nabeel Munir, Chair of the UNFCCC's Subsidiary Body for Implementation, attend a press conference during the United Nations climate change conference COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan, November 18, 2024. Asia needs collective and sustainable action to meet its green finance needs, experts have said, as negotiations at the COP29 UN …

China defends climate fund role
4 months ago

China defends climate fund role

China Daily  

A night view shows the venue of the United Nations climate change conference, known as COP29, in Baku, Azerbaijan, Nov 11, 2024. Rather, it is the obligation of developed countries to support developing economies in this matter, said China's Climate Envoy Liu Zhenmin. He also underscored China's consistent solidarity with other developing nations to ensure that developed countries come up …

Climate finance is central for enabling and implementing climate actions, says India at COP29
4 months ago

Climate finance is central for enabling and implementing climate actions, says India at COP29

Live Mint  

New Delhi: Highlighting four essential aspects of global climate action, Leena Nandan, secretary of the ministry of environment, forest and climate change at COP29 on Monday, said the pre-2030 period is an opportunity to enhance global climate action through climate finance to reduce emissions and meet net zero. It is an opportunity to enhance global climate action,” Nandan said in …

China praised for climate financial aid
4 months ago

China praised for climate financial aid

China Daily  

Experts and officials from both domestic and international spheres have praised China's voluntary financial support to developing nations within the South-South cooperation framework, highlighting it as a testament to the largest developing nation's role as a significant and responsible world power. Since 2016, China has provided and mobilized more than 177 billion yuan of financial support to bolster climate initiatives …

Climate envoy slams unjust funds demand
4 months ago

Climate envoy slams unjust funds demand

China Daily  

Liu Zhenmin, China's special envoy for climate change, speaks during the Methane and Non-CO2 Greenhouse Gases Summit at the COP29 climate conference in Baku, Azerbaijan, on Nov 12. Rather, it is the obligation of developed countries to support developing nations in this matter, said China's special envoy for climate change Liu Zhenmin during the ongoing COP29 climate conference. He also …

China praised for climate financial aid
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4 months ago

China praised for climate financial aid

China Daily  

Experts and officials from both domestic and international spheres have praised China's voluntary financial support to developing nations within the South-South cooperation framework, highlighting it as a testament to the largest developing nation's role as a significant and responsible world power. Since 2016, China has provided and mobilized more than 177 billion yuan of financial support to bolster climate initiatives …

China praised for climate financial aid
Trending News
4 months ago

China praised for climate financial aid

China Daily  

Experts and officials from both domestic and international spheres have praised China's voluntary financial support to developing nations within the South-South cooperation framework, highlighting it as a testament to the largest developing nation's role as a significant and responsible world power. Since 2016, China has provided and mobilized more than 177 billion yuan of financial support to bolster climate initiatives …

Climate envoy slams unjust funds demand
4 months ago

Climate envoy slams unjust funds demand

China Daily  

Liu Zhenmin, China's special envoy for climate change, speaks during the Methane and Non-CO2 Greenhouse Gases Summit at the COP29 climate conference in Baku, Azerbaijan, on Nov 12. Rather, it is the obligation of developed countries to support developing nations in this matter, said China's special envoy for climate change Liu Zhenmin during the ongoing COP29 climate conference. He also …

Negotiations over climate finance remain deadlocked at UN summit
4 months ago

Negotiations over climate finance remain deadlocked at UN summit

Hindustan Times  

With just days remaining at the COP29 climate talks in Baku, negotiations over climate finance remain deadlocked, with developed and developing nations still far apart on both the scale of funding and its fundamental structure, even as Argentina’s withdrawal from the talks casts a shadow over global climate cooperation. Experts say Harjeet Singh, Climate Activist and Global Engagement Director for …

Host of the COP29 climate talks Is raining on his own parade
4 months, 1 week ago

Host of the COP29 climate talks Is raining on his own parade

Live Mint  

Each year, the rotating host of the annual United Nations climate change conference rallies countries to confront global warming—and usually avoids airing grievances against geopolitical rivals or praising fossil fuels. “They are still suffering today in the 21st century from colonial rule," Aliyev said, citing protests that swept the French territories of New Caledonia and Martinique earlier this year. “The …

COP29 talks struggle in a year of climate stress and global bickering
4 months, 1 week ago

COP29 talks struggle in a year of climate stress and global bickering

The Hindu  

This year’s U.N. climate summit is struggling to focus minds on the health of the planet, with turbulent geopolitics, a confrontational host and the reelection of U.S. climate skeptic Donald Trump stealing the limelight. On Friday, midway through the two-week summit, a group of former leaders, climate experts and scientists published an open letter calling for the COP process to …

A lot riding on COP29 in spite of practical gap
4 months, 1 week ago

A lot riding on COP29 in spite of practical gap

China Daily  

A night view shows the venue of the United Nations climate change conference, known as COP29, in Baku, Azerbaijan, Nov 11, 2024. Editor's Note: The following are excerpts of speeches and interviews by Liu Zhenmin, China's special envoy for climate change, before and during the 29th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on …

COP29 and the climate crisis: Navigating a world with Trump back in charge
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4 months, 1 week ago

COP29 and the climate crisis: Navigating a world with Trump back in charge

Live Mint  

To subscribe to this fortnightly newsletter and get it in your inbox, Dear reader, Welcome to the first issue of Mint’s newsletter on the climate crisis: Climate Change And You. He writes that unless countries act now, global GDP may decline by 10% due to climate impacts, and India may lose 5.8% of working hours and 34 million jobs due …

Countries at COP29 urged to invest trillions to cope with climate change
4 months, 1 week ago

Countries at COP29 urged to invest trillions to cope with climate change

Al Jazeera  

Countries need to invest more than $6 trillion per year by 2030 to tackle the effects of climate change or risk having to pay more in the future, according to report by an independent panel of experts at a United Nations climate summit. “Investments in all areas of climate action must increase across all economies,” said the report published on …

Wealthy nations urged to lead climate action
4 months, 1 week ago

Wealthy nations urged to lead climate action

China Daily  

Emphasizing the principle of common but differentiated responsibilities as the foundation of global climate governance, Chinese Vice-Premier Ding Xuexiang has called on developed nations to take the lead in reducing carbon emissions and enhancing climate finance support for developing economies. Addressing the World Leaders Climate Action Summit on Tuesday during the ongoing COP29 climate change conference in Baku, Azerbaijan, he …

Chinese vice-premier stresses common but differentiated responsibilities in strengthening global climate governance
4 months, 1 week ago

Chinese vice-premier stresses common but differentiated responsibilities in strengthening global climate governance

China Daily  

President Xi Jinping's Special Representative Ding Xuexiang, also a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and Chinese vice premier, addresses the World Leaders Climate Action Summit during the 29th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Baku, Azerbaijan. BAKU …

Full Text: Address by Chinese Vice-Premier Ding Xuexiang at World Leaders Climate Action Summit
4 months, 1 week ago

Full Text: Address by Chinese Vice-Premier Ding Xuexiang at World Leaders Climate Action Summit

China Daily  

President Xi Jinping's Special Representative Ding Xuexiang, also a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and Chinese vice premier, meets with United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on the sidelines of the World Leaders Climate Action Summit during the 29th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United …

Chinese vice-premier calls for more intl cooperation on climate change adaptation for islands
4 months, 1 week ago

Chinese vice-premier calls for more intl cooperation on climate change adaptation for islands

China Daily  

President Xi Jinping's Special Representative Ding Xuexiang, also a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and Chinese vice premier, attends and addresses the International Zero-Carbon Island Cooperation Initiative Launching Conference held by China during the 29th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention …

Wealthy nations urged to lead climate action
4 months, 1 week ago

Wealthy nations urged to lead climate action

China Daily  

Emphasizing the principle of common but differentiated responsibilities as the foundation of global climate governance, Chinese Vice-Premier Ding Xuexiang has called on developed nations to take the lead in reducing carbon emissions and enhancing climate finance support for developing economies. Addressing the World Leaders Climate Action Summit on Tuesday during the ongoing COP29 climate change conference in Baku, Azerbaijan, he …

Chinese vice-premier calls for more intl cooperation on climate change adaptation for islands
4 months, 1 week ago

Chinese vice-premier calls for more intl cooperation on climate change adaptation for islands

China Daily  

President Xi Jinping's Special Representative Ding Xuexiang, also a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and Chinese vice premier, attends and addresses the International Zero-Carbon Island Cooperation Initiative Launching Conference held by China during the 29th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention …

Watch: Starmer unveils UK’s ambitious climate change goal at COP29 conference
4 months, 1 week ago

Watch: Starmer unveils UK’s ambitious climate change goal at COP29 conference

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 Watch again as Sir Keir Starmer unveilED the UK’s climate goals at the 2024 United …

World leaders address climate crisis at COP29 amid growing disasters
4 months, 1 week ago

World leaders address climate crisis at COP29 amid growing disasters

Deccan Chronicle  

Azerbaijan: The 29th UN climate conference began with world leaders discussing the devastating effects of climate change and calling for urgent global action. Bahamas Prime Minister Philip Edward Davis spoke on behalf of vulnerable island nations facing mounting debt from climate-related catastrophes, such as Hurricanes Dorian and Matthew, despite contributing minimally to global emissions. COP29 marks a critical point in …

At UN climate talks, nations big and small get chance to bear witness to climate change
4 months, 1 week ago

At UN climate talks, nations big and small get chance to bear witness to climate change

Associated Press  

BAKU, Azerbaijan — When more than two dozen world leaders deliver remarks at the United Nations’ annual climate conference on Wednesday, many are likely to detail their nations’ firsthand experience with the catastrophic weather that has come with climate change. That could include Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, whose nation has seen deadly flooding this year from monsoon rains that …

An update on the COP29 Climate Change Conference
4 months, 1 week ago

An update on the COP29 Climate Change Conference

NPR  

An update on the COP29 Climate Change Conference The U.K., Brazil and China are stepping up as climate leaders as the incoming Trump administration picks heads for key agencies who may increase U.S. climate pollution. A MARTÍNEZ, HOST: With the new Trump administration coming in, there's not as much expectation for the U.S. setting a big climate goal, but at …

Chinese vice-premier calls for strengthening early warnings for all at COP29
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4 months, 1 week ago

Chinese vice-premier calls for strengthening early warnings for all at COP29

China Daily  

BAKU -- Chinese President Xi Jinping's special representative Ding Xuexiang, also China's vice-premier, on Tuesday called for strengthening early warning systems for all and enhancing climate adaptation capacity when addressing a high-level meeting held by China on early warnings during the 29th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Baku, …

Act on climate at home despite global ennui
4 months, 1 week ago

Act on climate at home despite global ennui

New Indian Express  

The longest shadow cast on the COP29 climate conference going on in Baku is the re-election of Donald Trump. The president-elect has already picked Vivek Ramaswamy, who has criticised big companies for basing business strategy around climate change concerns, to co-head a new department of government efficiency. That is the main agenda at COP29—to push for a new global climate …

Chinese vice-premier calls for strengthening early warnings for all at COP29
4 months, 1 week ago

Chinese vice-premier calls for strengthening early warnings for all at COP29

China Daily  

BAKU -- Chinese President Xi Jinping's special representative Ding Xuexiang, also China's vice-premier, on Tuesday called for strengthening early warning systems for all and enhancing climate adaptation capacity when addressing a high-level meeting held by China on early warnings during the 29th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Baku, …

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