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As Cop29 wraps up and the climate crisis gathers pace, Australia’s dash for gas is confounding | Bill Hare

admin — Mon, 25 Nov 2024 00:27:19 +0000

Nearly all observers believe Chris Bowen is strongly committed to action. Most agree that can’t be said for his party

Cop29 in Baku has concluded but its outcome is disappointing – in many dimensions. Its decisions on finance – agreeing that the developed world would provide US$300bn a year by 2035 – come nowhere close to what’s needed. Ultimately, it may even be poisonous because of its lack of ambition and muddled scope – it does not even cover loss and damage.

Australia urged to do more on climate crisis as activists rue trillion-dollar Cop29 funding gap

admin — Sun, 24 Nov 2024 20:07:59 +0000

Wealthy nations agree to take the lead in helping developing countries shift to a low-carbon economy

The Guardian view on Cop29: poor-world discontent over a failure of rich countries to deliver | Editorial

admin — Sun, 24 Nov 2024 17:42:52 +0000

A rushed final text in Baku strains trust between nations, as inadequate climate finance commitments leave vulnerable countries calling for justice

Cop29 climate finance deal criticised as ‘travesty of justice’ and ‘stage-managed’

admin — Sun, 24 Nov 2024 15:13:41 +0000

Some countries say deal should not have been done and is ‘abysmally poor’ compared with what is needed

The climate finance deal agreed at Cop29 is a “travesty of justice” that should not have been adopted, some countries’ negotiators have said.

The climate conference came to a dramatic close early on Sunday morning when negotiators struck an agreement to triple the flow of climate finance to poorer countries.

Deal or no deal: can Labor avoid an ‘end-of-year dumpster fire’ and pass its legislative agenda? | The Agenda

admin — Sun, 24 Nov 2024 14:00:19 +0000

If Peter Dutton senses an opportunity in blocking bills in the lead-up to an election, he might just take it

The silver lining at a disappointing Cop29? It showed climate progress can survive Trump 2.0 | Geoffrey Lean

admin — Sun, 24 Nov 2024 13:31:16 +0000

Away from the brutal main negotiations, there were important strides forward. The science can – and must – rise above politics

The resolutions reached at Cop29 on tackling the climate crisis, in the early hours of Sunday morning, are gravely disappointing but much better than nothing. And “nothing” was almost the result of this climate conference in Baku. This was one of the most difficult of the 29 Cops I have followed.

Cop29’s new carbon market rules offer hope after scandal and deadlock

admin — Sun, 24 Nov 2024 10:03:11 +0000

Countries agree on how to create, trade and register credits to meet climate commitments

Flat-cap Clarkson only wants his nose in the trough | Stewart Lee

admin — Sun, 24 Nov 2024 10:00:09 +0000

The broadcaster thinks if he fires up his farming fanbase they can shield him from his obligation to contribute his fair share to society

World will be ‘unable to cope’ with volume of plastic waste in 10 years, warns expert

admin — Sun, 24 Nov 2024 09:00:07 +0000

Countries must curb production now and tackle plastic’s full life cycle, says Norwegian minister Anne Beathe Tvinnereim ahead of key UN talks this week

The world will be “unable to cope” with the sheer volume of plastic waste a decade from now unless countries agree to curbs on production, the co-chair of a coalition of key countries has warned ahead of crunch talks on curbing global plastic pollution.

Yes, there is a lot of greenwashing, but Cop summits are our best chance of averting climate breakdown | Ashish Ghadiali

admin — Sun, 24 Nov 2024 08:00:06 +0000

Despite its imperfections the process of tackling the climate crisis will not be derailed, even in the face of US backtracking

It was never an indication of great things to come when the chief executive of Cop29, Elnur Soltanov, was filmed attempting to broker gas and oil deals for Azerbaijan in the slipstream of the past fortnight’s UN climate summit in Baku.