Action on climate emergency
Anger over final financial settlement as the finance deal finally reached at the COP29 summit to assist less-developed countries tackle climate change has been bitterly criticised for being nowhere near enough. Negotiations in Azerbaijan – that over ran by 33 hours – saw richer countries raise their contribution to $300bn a year by 2035. The …
It’s all about the money, as COP 29 comes to its conclusion. Just how much will be provided by richer countries to help poorer nations transition to a greener economy and cope with the impacts of climate change. The deal tabled on Friday afternoon, proposed wealthier countries give $250bn (£199bn) per year by 2035 to …
Rosebank back in court as Shell has won a landmark case in the Dutch courts, overturning a 2021 ruling requiring it to cut its carbon emissions by 45%. Ironically the ruling came as the UN climate talks (COP 29), involving some 200 countries, started in Azerbaijan earlier today. The Hague court of appeal said it …
Crunch time for climate says UN as a massive global mobilisation of renewable energy, forest protection and other measures is needed to prevent the world reaching a catastrophic temperature rise of 3.1C, a report from the UN environment programme (Unep) has found. It says that current carbon-cutting promises by countries for 2030 are not being …