Climate finance takes centre stage at COP28 climate talks 5/12/2023

Money pledges grabbed the spotlight again at COP28 in Dubai on Monday as delegates turned their focus to the yawning gap in the need for climate finance and what's on offer. ...more

How weather apps are trying to be more accurate 5/12/2023

Travelling the world by bicycle for two years might be too physically challenging for most of us, but Zoe Ashbridge has found a way to make the pedalling a little bit easier. ...more

IBM and Nasa to launch new AI weather model to solve climate challenges 5/12/2023

IBM and Nasa have announced plans to work on a new artificial weather model to understand more about climate change and predict future weather events with greater accuracy. ...more

Greenhouse gas emissions soar – with China, US and India most at fault 4/12/2023

Electricity generation in China and India, and oil and gas production in the US, have produced the biggest increases in global greenhouse gas emissions since 2015, when the Paris climate agreement was signed, new data has shown. ...more

COP28: UN climate talks go big on ending fossil fuels 4/12/2023

Countries and oil companies at the UN climate talks have promised to make major progress in tackling global warming in a large new energy pledge. ...more

COP28: UN climate talks take aim at planet-warming food 4/12/2023

World leaders have for the first time promised to tackle the huge responsibility that food and agriculture have in climate change. ...more

US pledges $3 billion for Green Climate Fund at COP28 4/12/2023

The United States has pledged $3 billion to the Green Climate Fund, Vice President Kamala Harris said on Saturday in Dubai at the U.N. COP28 climate summit. ...more

How climate change is making the world sick 4/12/2023

Heat stress. Lung damage from wildfire smoke. The spread of disease-carrying mosquitoes into new regions as temperatures rise. ...more

Brazil launches $204 million drive to restore Amazon rainforest 4/12/2023

Brazil's national development bank (BNDES) on Saturday launched an effort to restore degraded or destroyed woodland amounting to 60,000 square km (23,160 square miles) - an area nearly the size of Latvia - in the Amazon rainforest by 2030. ...more

COP28: European Investment Bank to co-finance climate action projects with the Brazilian Development Bank, BNDES 4/12/2023

European Investment Bank (EIB) Vice-President Ambroise Fayolle and President of the Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES) Aloizio Mercadante signed a memorandum of understanding today at COP28 in Dubai, to explore co-financing opportunities in the renewable energy, environment and social sectors in Brazil, including in the Amazon region. ...more