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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 …

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Dutch pension fund ABP insisting banks do more to tackle climate change
1 year, 11 months ago

Dutch pension fund ABP insisting banks do more to tackle climate change

NL Times  

Banks that claim they are including more green initiatives in their investment portfolios must also demonstrate their commitment, said the Dutch civil servants’ pension fund ABP. That means they need to look "very critically" at their investments in fossil fuels and “maybe move out.” In 2021, ABP decided to sell its investments in fossil fuel companies and projects worth 15 …

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COP-ing with the climate crisis: Top stories that you should not miss
2 years ago

COP-ing with the climate crisis: Top stories that you should not miss

The Hindu  

Published : Dec 21, 2022 13:38 IST Much was made of the “loss and damage” fund announced in November 2022 at the 27th session of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change at Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. Chandrasekhar writes in his analysis of the COP27 proceedings: “Calling on developing countries to make large contributions to …

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Dutch climate minister says Cop27 results are 'extremely disappointing'
2 years, 1 month ago

Dutch climate minister says Cop27 results are 'extremely disappointing'

Dutch News  

Dutch climate minister Rob Jetten has described the lack of progress at the climate talks in Sharm El-sheikh after ‘two difficult weeks’ as ‘extremely disappointing’. ‘This is extremely disappointing.’ The 27th United Nations climate summit, hosted by Egypt, focused on measures to implement current agreements, such as the 1.5 degree limit to global warming, as well as climate adaptation. There …

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Economists, activists call for $100B climate fund in Germany
2 years, 3 months ago

Economists, activists call for $100B climate fund in Germany

Associated Press  

BERLIN — Economists, scientists and environmental campaigners called Tuesday for the German government to create a 100 billion-euro fund for tackling climate change. One of its spokespeople, Luisa Neubauer, said Germany should take its cue from a bill recently passed in the United States that envisions $375 billion in federal investments to fight climate change over the decade. Volker Quaschning, …

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How Australia earned its climate change reputation
3 years, 1 month ago

How Australia earned its climate change reputation

ABC  

Australia is often labelled a "laggard" on climate change, or worse. The European Union's environmental policy spokesman Peter Jorgensen said Australia's lobbying on climate change at the time was "wrong and immoral … a disgrace". Richie Merzian, who was a lead climate negotiator for Australia for most of the time between 2011 and 2018, says the carbon price "was a …

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