COP27 considering loss and damage fund among other finance options - draft text 15/11/2022

The United Nations on Monday published a draft text setting out what the COP27 climate summit could agree on the subject of 'loss and damage' financing for countries being ravaged by climate impacts. ...more

India publishes long term emissions strategy to reach net zero in 2070 15/11/2022

India laid out on Monday the steps it will take to achieve net zero by 2070, releasing its Long-Term Low Emissions and Development Strategies (LT-LEDS) at the COP27 summit in Egypt. ...more

Japan, Indonesia collaborate as part of Asia-wide emissions cuts 15/11/2022

Japan will help to fund Indonesia's transition from coal-fired power to cleaner energy, the countries said on Monday, and invited others to join the collaboration, as part of Japan's effort to reduce planet-warming emissions throughout Asia. ...more

Retailers acclerate shift to forest friendly fibres at COP27 15/11/2022

Retailers including H&M, Kering and Inditex will purchase over half a million tonnes of low-carbon alternative fibres for clothing and packaging to help reduce global emissions, they said Monday. ...more

At COP27 climate talks, slow progress stokes worry over final deal 14/11/2022

One week into this year's U.N. climate summit in Egypt, frustrations were starting to flare as negotiators worried about resolving myriad details in time for a deal by the summit's scheduled close on Friday. ...more

Mediterranean marine heatwaves threaten coastal livelihoods 14/11/2022

A decade ago, Tunisian fisherman Ahmed Chelli's nets bulged with fish and octopus that he sold at the local market in the Kerkennah islands. Today, he pulls up only "ISIS" — the name locals have given to the blue crabs that have invaded their fishing grounds in the fast-warming waters of the Mediterranean. ...more

COP27: Global CO2 emissions to rise again, climate goals at risk, scientists say 14/11/2022

Global carbon dioxide emissions from burning fossil fuels are on track to rise around 1% this year, scientists said on Friday, warning this would make it harder for the world to avoid disastrous levels of climate change. ...more

COP27: U.S. targets methane in 'relentless' emissions focus 14/11/2022

U.S. President Joe Biden's administration plans to toughen a crackdown on oil and gas industry methane leaks as part of a "relentless focus" on preventing planet-warming emissions, officials said on Friday at the COP27 climate talks. ...more

The Alliance for Industry Decarbonization outlines core focus topics, and welcomes new partners at maiden COP27 meeting 14/11/2022

Top executives from the 28 member companies and knowledge partners of the Alliance for Industry Decarbonization held the group’s maiden meeting at COP27 on Friday, November 11 and outlined a joint vision and implementation plan. ...more

In Yemen, farmers choose narcotic over other crops, exacerbating climate woes 11/11/2022

Farmers are draining groundwater around Yemen's capital and removing soil to cultivate the narcotic green leaf qat that dominates life in the country, threatening to exhaust precious resources in the climate-vulnerable nation. ...more