Earth’s projected warming hasn’t improved for 3 years. UN climate talks are still pushing
1 month, 1 week ago

Earth’s projected warming hasn’t improved for 3 years. UN climate talks are still pushing

Associated Press  

BAKU, Azerbaijan — For the third straight year, efforts to fight climate change haven’t lowered projections for how hot the world is likely to get — even as countries gather for another round of talks to curb warming, according to an analysis Thursday. “Fossil fuels and emissions are not peaking,” said Sherry Rehman, chair of climate and environment committee in Pakistan’s senate. But Mariana Paoli of Christian Aid said any number that comes out of negotiations that’s not based in publicly-financed grants “will be meaningless.” Relying on the private sector means climate cash will not be “needs based, it will be profit-driven,” she said, adding that crises like the COVID-19 pandemic and bank bailouts proves that public funds are available. “It’s difficult to understand how a climate-vulnerable country like Argentina would cut itself from critical support,” said Anabella Rosemberg, an Argentina native who works as a senior adviser at Climate Action Network International. Agnès Pannier-Runacher called Aliyev’s remarks on France and Europe “unacceptable.” Speaking at the French Senate on Wednesday, Pannier-Runacher criticized Azerbaijan’s leader for using the fight against climate change “for a shameful personal agenda.” “The direct attacks on our country, its institutions and its territories are unjustifiable,” she said.

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NOAA: 2024 temperatures set to break last year’s global record
1 week, 4 days ago

NOAA: 2024 temperatures set to break last year’s global record

Politico  

NOAA’s findings are an ominous sign for global efforts to keep global temperatures from rising 1.5 C since the Industrial Revolution, a goal set out in the Paris climate agreement. Climate scientists had predicted earlier this year that 2024 would set a new record, but the trends are even more worrying than anticipated, said Zeke Hausfather, a research scientist at …

How Hot Does It Need to Get to Spur Climate Action?
1 week, 5 days ago

How Hot Does It Need to Get to Spur Climate Action?

Live Mint  

-- This has been the hottest year in recorded human history. On Monday, the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service said 2024 will almost certainly be the hottest year on record, with global average surface temperatures about 1.6 degrees Celsius above preindustrial averages. The greening promises that countries and companies have made aren’t nearly enough to hit that target, much …

With talks teetering, climate negotiators struck a controversial $300 billion deal
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1 month ago

With talks teetering, climate negotiators struck a controversial $300 billion deal

NPR  

With talks teetering, climate negotiators struck a controversial $300 billion deal toggle caption Sean Gallup/Getty Images/Getty Images Europe Negotiators at a global climate conference in Baku, Azerbaijan, struck a last-minute deal for wealthy countries to help their poorer neighbors deal with global warming, saving the annual meeting as it verged on collapse. Cedric Schuster, Samoa's minister of natural resources and …

Now in overtime, UN climate talks continue
1 month ago

Now in overtime, UN climate talks continue

NPR  

Now in overtime, UN climate talks continue UN climate negotiations are in overtime in Azerbiajan as countries scramble to land a deal on how to finance the damages brought on by climate change. DETROW: Now, these annual climate summits almost always run into overtime, but this year's talks have been contentious, with some countries walking out. This year, the Biden …

$300-billion-a-year deal for climate cash at U.N. summit sparks outrage for some and hope for others
1 month ago

$300-billion-a-year deal for climate cash at U.N. summit sparks outrage for some and hope for others

LA Times  

Activists call for more spending to fight climate change on Saturday at the COP29 climate summit in Baku, Azerbaijan. “It’s a paltry sum,” said Indian negotiator Chandni Raina, drawing rousing cheers as she repeatedly added that India objected to the deal. Climate Change Executive Secretary Simon Stiell called the deal an “insurance policy for humanity,” adding that, like insurance, “it …

Negotiations over climate finance remain deadlocked at UN summit
1 month, 1 week 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 …

Protesters gather at UN climate talks in global day of action as progress on a deal slows
1 month, 1 week ago

Protesters gather at UN climate talks in global day of action as progress on a deal slows

Associated Press  

BAKU, Azerbaijan — Hundreds of activists formed a human chain outside one of the main plenary halls at the United Nations climate summit on what is traditionally their biggest protest day during the two-week talks. The demonstration in Baku, Azerbaijan was echoed at sites around the world in a global “day of action” for climate justice that’s become an annual …

Host of the COP29 climate talks Is raining on his own parade
1 month, 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
1 month, 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 …

Action against climate change ‘robust and will endure’ Trump years, UN climate chief tells COP29
1 month, 1 week ago

Action against climate change ‘robust and will endure’ Trump years, UN climate chief tells COP29

Firstpost  

Trump’s election sweep has cast a long shadow over proceedings in Azerbaijan, with concerns that the imminent US withdrawal from the landmark 2015 Paris deal could undermine ambition around the negotiating table Participating world leaders and delegates arrive for a family photo during the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Baku. AFP Global action on climate change “is robust and …

2015-2024 declared hottest decade ever as COP29 kicks off in Baku
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1 month, 1 week ago

2015-2024 declared hottest decade ever as COP29 kicks off in Baku

India Today  

As COP29 convenes, the global community is met with a dire warning from the UN’s World Meteorological Organization. The WMO’s State of the Climate 2024 Update issued a red alert, pointing at the swift acceleration of climate change within a single generation. From January to September 2024, global mean surface air temperatures were 1.54°C above pre-industrial levels, a significant increase …

Earth’s biggest polluters aren’t sending leaders to U.N. climate talks in year of weather extremes
1 month, 1 week ago

Earth’s biggest polluters aren’t sending leaders to U.N. climate talks in year of weather extremes

LA Times  

Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley; United Kingdom Prime Minister Keir Starmer; Simon Stiell, United Nations climate chief; Antonio Guterres, United Nations secretary-general; Ilham Aliyev, Azerbaijan president; and Turkey President Recep Tayyip, front center, pose with others for a group photo at the COP29 U.N. “There’s nothing to be proud about.” The world’s biggest polluters and strongest economies — China and …

United Nations climate negotiations through the years to COP29: Timeline
1 month, 1 week ago

United Nations climate negotiations through the years to COP29: Timeline

The Hindu  

COP29, termed the “climate finance COP,” has one major objective: establishing a concrete financial commitment from developed countries to support climate action in developing nations. As the United Nations climate talks begin in Baku, the primary debate centers on who will provide funding and, more crucially, how much is needed. However, discussions are likely to be tense following the re-election …

Climate talks open in Azerbaijan with calls for a path away from the ‘road to ruin’
1 month, 1 week ago

Climate talks open in Azerbaijan with calls for a path away from the ‘road to ruin’

LA Times  

People walk outside the venue for the COP29 U.N. but instead we’ve got Trump, we’ve got a German government that just fell apart because part of it wanted to be even slightly ambitious,” said Imperial College London climate scientist Friederike Otto. Dozens of climate activists at the conference — many of them wearing Palestinian kaffiyehs — held up banners calling …

COP29: As Trump’s win tests the world order, diplomats are fretting over what it means for the planet
1 month, 1 week ago

COP29: As Trump’s win tests the world order, diplomats are fretting over what it means for the planet

CNN  

CNN — America’s allies and foes alike have spent the past five days speculating about what Donald Trump’s re-election will mean for their economies, security and the world’s grinding wars. Similar anxieties are brewing among diplomats gathering in Azerbaijan’s capital, Baku, on Monday for the COP29 climate talks — and for good reason: Trump has vowed to again pull the …

U.S. top climate negotiator: ‘We won’t revert back’ as Trump prepares to take over
1 month, 1 week ago

U.S. top climate negotiator: ‘We won’t revert back’ as Trump prepares to take over

LA Times  

John Podesta, U.S. climate envoy, speaks during a news conference at the COP29 U.N. No matter what kind of U-turn President-elect Donald Trump will make on climate change, America’s clean energy economy won’t reverse into the dirty past, a combative but “bitterly disappointed” top American climate negotiator said Monday. “Fortunately, many in our country and around the world are working …

COP29: As Trump’s win tests the world order, diplomats are fretting over what it means for the planet
1 month, 1 week ago

COP29: As Trump’s win tests the world order, diplomats are fretting over what it means for the planet

CNN  

CNN — America’s allies and foes alike have spent the past five days speculating about what Donald Trump’s re-election will mean for their economies, security and the world’s grinding wars. Similar anxieties are brewing among diplomats gathering in Azerbaijan’s capital, Baku, on Monday for the COP29 climate talks — and for good reason: Trump has vowed to again pull the …

Year 2024 to be the first to breach 1.5C warming limit: EU climate agency
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Year 2024 to be the first to breach 1.5C warming limit: EU climate agency

Al Jazeera  

The Copernicus Climate Change Service warning comes days before nations are due to gather for crunch climate talks led by the UN. On Thursday, the Copernicus Climate Change Service said this year is also “virtually certain” to eclipse 2023 as the world’s warmest since records began. “This marks a new milestone in global temperature records and should serve as a …

Global warming will be TWICE as bad as predicted: Earth is on track for 'catastrophic' 3.1°C of warming this century, the UN warns
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Global warming will be TWICE as bad as predicted: Earth is on track for 'catastrophic' 3.1°C of warming this century, the UN warns

Daily Mail  

The world is on track for a 'catastrophic' 3.1°C of global warming by the end of this century, the UN has warned. The world is on track for a 'catastrophic' 3.1°C of global warming by the end of this century, the UN has warned The UN warned the world was currently on track for temperature rises of 2.6°C to 3.1°C, …

World on pace for significantly more warming without immediate climate action, report warns
1 month, 4 weeks ago

World on pace for significantly more warming without immediate climate action, report warns

The Independent  

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How is the world doing on climate change? Not great
1 month, 4 weeks ago

How is the world doing on climate change? Not great

NPR  

How is the world doing on climate change? Global greenhouse gas emissions rose to a new record in 2023, and if countries do not change course, the world will see warming of more than 5.5 degrees Fahrenheit by the end of the century. That would blow past the targets set in the 2015 Paris climate agreement: Countries have agreed to …

Climate Crisis: World Paying a Terrifying Price for Inaction, UN Warns
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Climate Crisis: World Paying a Terrifying Price for Inaction, UN Warns

Al Jazeera  

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned that current climate policies will result in global warming of more than 3 degrees Celsius (5.4 degrees Fahrenheit) by the end of the century. The report also finds that the world faces as much as 3.1C (5.6F) of warming above pre-industrial levels by 2100 if governments do not take greater action on slashing planet-warming …

Climate world still has no solution to Trump 2.0
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Climate world still has no solution to Trump 2.0

Politico  

Diplomats, ministers, green advocates and businesses alike avoided engaging publicly with the prospects of a Trump win during nearly a week of events at the United Nations General Assembly and Climate Week, both held in New York as a catastrophic hurricane was bearing down on Florida and the Southeast. “My expectation is, certainly if Trump wins, that he’ll pull us …

Top climate negotiators urge tougher targets, but outsiders say they aren’t cutting back themselves
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Top climate negotiators urge tougher targets, but outsiders say they aren’t cutting back themselves

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — A trio of leaders of international climate negotiations on Thursday urged colleagues to step up efforts to fight global warming, but outside groups and endangered nations told those leaders to look in the mirror, take their own advice — and stop pumping out fossil fuels. The world’s current targets are pointing to 2.7 degrees Celsius of warming …

Next UN climate talks are critical to plot aid for poorer nations, says incoming president
8 months ago

Next UN climate talks are critical to plot aid for poorer nations, says incoming president

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The man who will run United Nations climate talks this November views the negotiations as a key link in international efforts to curb global warming. The conference in Baku, Azerbaijan, must build on last year’s successful agreement to transition away from fossil fuels, said Mukhtar Babayev, Azerbaijan’s environment minister who will serve as conference president of the talks …

Two years to save the world from climate catastrophe
8 months, 1 week ago

Two years to save the world from climate catastrophe

Live Mint  

“Two years to save the world.” As far as opening lines of speeches go, that would be dramatic in most contexts. In fact, there’s growing disquiet among climate scientists that it is possible that the rate of climate impacts may have been understated—the world seems to be heading for runaway temperature rise; and climate “tipping points” that had seemed far …

UN climate chief presses for faster action, says humans have 2 years left 'to save the world'
8 months, 1 week ago

UN climate chief presses for faster action, says humans have 2 years left 'to save the world'

The Independent  

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UN climate chief presses for faster action, says humans have 2 years left ‘to save the world’
8 months, 1 week ago

UN climate chief presses for faster action, says humans have 2 years left ‘to save the world’

Associated Press  

OXFORD, England — Humanity has only two years left “to save the world” by making dramatic changes in the way it spews heat-trapping emissions and it has even less time to act to get the finances behind such a massive shift, the head of the United Nations climate agency said. With governments of the world facing a 2025 deadline for …

In a first, delegates at UN climate talks agree to transition away from planet-warming fossil fuels
1 year ago

In a first, delegates at UN climate talks agree to transition away from planet-warming fossil fuels

Associated Press  

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Nearly 200 countries agreed Wednesday to move away from planet-warming fossil fuels — the first time they’ve made that crucial pledge in decades of U.N. climate talks though many warned the deal still had significant shortcomings. “This document sends very strong messages to the world.” United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said in a statement that …

Will declaration on fossil fuels at UN climate talks lead to action? Consider 5 previous decisions
1 year ago

Will declaration on fossil fuels at UN climate talks lead to action? Consider 5 previous decisions

Associated Press  

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — United Nations climate negotiators on Wednesday declared the world must transition away from oil, gas and coal, a significant decision by nearly 200 countries in nearly 30 years of climate talks. THE PARIS AGREEMENT It wasn’t until 2015 that a global pact to fight climate change was adopted by nearly 200 nations, which called on …

Negotiators, activists and officials ramp up the urgency as climate talks enter final days
1 year ago

Negotiators, activists and officials ramp up the urgency as climate talks enter final days

The Independent  

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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 …

U.N. climate talks head says "no science" backs ending fossil fuels. That's incorrect
1 year ago

U.N. climate talks head says "no science" backs ending fossil fuels. That's incorrect

NPR  

U.N. climate talks head says "no science" backs ending fossil fuels. That's incorrect Enlarge this image toggle caption Kamran Jebreili/AP Kamran Jebreili/AP The head of United Nations climate talks underway in Dubai insisted incorrectly that there is no science to support phasing out fossil fuels to avoid catastrophic warming. Sponsor Message In reality, scientists warn that the only paths to …

Progress on climate change has been too slow. But it’s been real
1 year ago

Progress on climate change has been too slow. But it’s been real

Hindustan Times  

The agreement at the conference of the parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, which took place in Paris in 2015, was somewhat impotent. But it could at least lay down the law for subsequent COPs, decreeing that this year’s should see the first “global stocktake” of what had and had not been done to bring the agreement’s …

President Joe Biden plans to skip U.N. climate talks beginning this week in Dubai
1 year ago

President Joe Biden plans to skip U.N. climate talks beginning this week in Dubai

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden plans to skip the annual climate talks in Dubai this week, an event that is expected to draw heads of state and diplomats from roughly 200 nations and the Vatican. The White House said it was sending a climate team, including Special Envoy John Kerry, climate adviser Ali Zaidi and clean energy adviser John Podesta. …

FAQ: Annual climate negotiations are about to start. Do they matter?
1 year ago

FAQ: Annual climate negotiations are about to start. Do they matter?

NPR  

FAQ: Annual climate negotiations are about to start. "One of the big values of the U.N. process, actually, is that everybody's at the table," says David Waskow, director of the International Climate Initiative at the World Resources Institute. "The needs for climate finance are much, much higher — more on the order of a trillion dollars per year," says Laura …

Emissions Gap report: ‘World to warm by nearly 3°C without aggressive action’
1 year, 1 month ago

Emissions Gap report: ‘World to warm by nearly 3°C without aggressive action’

The Hindu  

Countries’ current emissions pledges to limit climate change would still put the world on track to warm by nearly 3 degrees Celsius this century, according to a United Nations analysis released on November 20, 2023. The annual Emissions Gap report, which assesses countries’ promises to tackle climate change compared with what is needed, finds the world faces between 2.5°C and …

Earth to warm up to 2.9C even with current climate pledges: UN
1 year, 1 month ago

Earth to warm up to 2.9C even with current climate pledges: UN

Al Jazeera  

UN warns world ‘out of road’ for limiting warming to 1.5C ahead of COP28 meeting in Dubai. The world’s emissions-cutting pledges are nowhere near enough to curb the effects of climate change, with Earth on track for warming a potentially catastrophic 2.9C this century, the United Nations has warned. Time to ‘step up’ The 2015 Paris Agreement saw countries agree …

World failing to get a grip on the climate crisis, says UN chief on new report
1 year, 1 month ago

World failing to get a grip on the climate crisis, says UN chief on new report

Hindustan Times  

NEW DELHI: Even if nations meet all of their current climate commitments, submitted as nationally determined contributions under the Paris Agreement, the 1.5 degrees C global warming threshold will be breached, a new UN report said on Tuesday. FILE The world is off track in its efforts to curb global warming, a new international report calculates The report flagged that …

UN chief calls for an “ambition supernova” as nations make minor progress on climate action
1 year, 1 month ago

UN chief calls for an “ambition supernova” as nations make minor progress on climate action

Associated Press  

Countries’ climate action plans are still far behind what’s needed to curb human-caused warming and limit the devastating effects of extreme heat, storms and droughts, but some nations have taken marginal steps toward slashing emissions, a United Nations analysis of national plans found Tuesday. The U.N. climate chief, Simon Stiell, urged that upcoming international climate talks in Dubai become a …

Pope challenges leaders at United Nations talks to slow global warming before it's too late
1 year, 2 months ago

Pope challenges leaders at United Nations talks to slow global warming before it's too late

The Hindu  

Pope Francis challenged world leaders on October 4 to commit to binding targets to slow climate change before it’s too late, warning that God’s increasingly warming creation is fast reaching a “point of no return.” In an update to his landmark 2015 encyclical on the environment, Pope heightened the alarm about the “irreversible” harm to people and planet already under …

Top warming talks official hopes for ‘course correction’ and praises small steps in climate efforts
1 year, 3 months ago

Top warming talks official hopes for ‘course correction’ and praises small steps in climate efforts

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — A top official helping to oversee upcoming international climate negotiations hopes to prove critics wrong — and surprise them with a “course correction” for an ever-warming world. Yet Amin said that while an agreement ridding the world of fossil fuels doesn’t look likely, a “phase-down of fossil fuels is inevitable.” In an interview with The Associated Press, …

Climate change ‘dystopian future already here’
1 year, 3 months ago

Climate change ‘dystopian future already here’

Al Jazeera  

Climate change is causing human rights emergencies around the world, the United Nations human rights chief says, specifically highlighting Iraq’s “spiralling damage” from global warming. In view of the record global temperatures this year, Guterres last week called for much more ambition in the fight against climate change to prevent “the worst climate chaos”. At last year’s UN COP27 climate …

U.N. says more needed 'on all fronts' to meet climate goals
1 year, 3 months ago

U.N. says more needed 'on all fronts' to meet climate goals

The Hindu  

The world is not on target to curb global warming and more action is needed on all fronts, the United Nations warned on Friday, in the run-up to crucial international talks aimed at stemming the climate crisis. "The Paris Agreement has driven near-universal climate action by setting goals and sending signals to the world regarding the urgency of responding to …

UN report says the world is way off track to curb global warming, but offers ways to fix that
1 year, 3 months ago

UN report says the world is way off track to curb global warming, but offers ways to fix that

Associated Press  

With the world far off track on its 2015 pledge to curb global warming, a new United Nations report central to upcoming climate negotiations details how quickly and deeply energy and financial systems must change to get back on a safer path. To get there, the report said, “the phase-out of unabated fossil fuels is required,” using a phrase international …

UN report says the world is way off track to curb global warming, but offers ways to fix that
1 year, 3 months ago

UN report says the world is way off track to curb global warming, but offers ways to fix that

The Independent  

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CLIMATE GLIMPSE: Here’s what you need to see and know today
1 year, 4 months ago

CLIMATE GLIMPSE: Here’s what you need to see and know today

Associated Press  

Leaders and ministers of eight nations that span the Amazon rainforest are meeting in Brazil to chart a course for the protection of a region that’s crucial to countering climate change. Evidence of that climate change has been scattered across the globe this year, ranging from crushing heat to costly droughts and devastating flooding. —Tuesday was the first time since …

Climate talks chief, who also heads oil company, says world must ‘attack all emissions, everywhere’
1 year, 5 months ago

Climate talks chief, who also heads oil company, says world must ‘attack all emissions, everywhere’

Associated Press  

BERLIN — The head of this year’s United Nations climate talks called Thursday for governments and businesses to tackle global warming by reducing greenhouse gas emissions in all regions and sectors if they want to stop the planet from passing a key temperature limit agreed on more than seven years ago. “We need to attack all emissions, everywhere: one, two …

Climate talks chief urges oil producing states to slash emissions
1 year, 5 months ago

Climate talks chief urges oil producing states to slash emissions

The Independent  

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