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Cop26: African nations seek talks on $700bn climate finance deal
Negotiators say funding needed to speed up decarbonisation and help developing countries to adapt
African nations want Cop26 to open discussions this week on a mega-financing deal that would channel $700bn (£520bn) every year from 2025 to help developing nations adapt to the climate crisis.
Tanguy Gahouma-Bekale, the chair of the African Group of Negotiators on climate change, said the increased finance was needed for the accelerated phase of decarbonisation required to hold global heating to 1.5C.
Continue reading...Barack Obama backs push for firm 1.5C limit at Cop26 summit
Exclusive: ex-US president’s support a boost for High Ambition Coalition of countries demanding annual targets
Developing countries pushing for a climate deal that limits global heating to 1.5C have been given a boost after Barack Obama signalled his support.
The former US president said: “Science has made it clear. The dangers of a warming climate are greater than we thought.” In a private gathering of High Ambition Coalition ministers, Obama said: “What you are doing – what the HAC is attempting to accomplish – is vital.”
Continue reading...Environmental photographer of the year 2021 – in pictures
The winners have been announced in the environmental photographer of the year competition, organised by environmental and water management charity CIWEM and WaterBear, a free streaming platform dedicated to the future of our planet. The awards celebrate humanity’s ability to survive and innovate, and showcase thought-provoking images that highlight our impact and inspire us to live sustainably
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“Transformational:” Australia passes 3 million-mark for rooftop solar systems
More than 3 million rooftop solar systems have been installed by Australian households. Can the rest of the electricity grid – and the federal government – keep up?
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‘Stop killing us’: A weekend of Cop26 activism around the world – in pictures
From Sydney to Seoul and from Swansea to Paris, protesters on the streets send messages to the climate negotiators
Continue reading...China carbon futures trading likely to go ahead after government nod
Cop26: Obama to speak; survey shows few will change lifestyle for climate – day eight live
Day eight at the Glasgow summit focuses on loss, adaptation and damage
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The fossil fuel industry has hundreds of people accredited to the key climate talks in Glasgow - giving the sector a bigger delegation than any country, campaigners have claimed.
Analysis of the UN’s provisional list of named attendees suggests 503 delegates at Cop26 who are either directly affiliated with fossil fuel companies or are part of country delegations but are affiliated to oil, gas or coal firms, PA reports.
Continue reading...COP26: Rich countries ‘pushing back’ on paying for climate loss
Move to avert sewage rebellion in Commons dismissed as too weak
Clean water campaigners say government proposals are a disgrace and would weaken current law
A government attempt to stop a rebellion in parliament over the scale of sewage spills by water companies into rivers has been criticised as too weak.
Campaigners for clean water said a government amendment to the environment bill did not create a legal duty on water companies to stop releasing raw sewage into waterways.
Continue reading...China calls for concrete action not distant targets in last week of Cop26
Senior Beijing adviser also defends scale, depth and detail of country’s ‘unappreciated’ climate actions
Chinese officials are sceptical of claims that Cop26 commitments will keep global heating below 2C, and want other countries to focus on concrete actions rather than distant targets in the final week of the talks.
They feel that China, the world’s biggest emitter, is doing more than it is given credit for, including plans to peak coal consumption by 2025 and add more new wind and solar power capacity by 2030 than the entire installed electricity system of the US.
Continue reading...COP26: New ADB carbon fund to source Article 6 credits for financiers
Ecologist so troubled by Warragamba dam wall environmental impact statement she resigned
NSW parliamentary inquiry told concerns of Rachel Musgrave and another ecologist were ‘watered down’ by consultants
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Ecologists involved in the multibillion dollar plan to raise the wall of Sydney’s main water reservoir say their input detailing the threat to endangered species in the world heritage-listed region was either watered down or ignored altogether.
The claims – made in separate evidence presented on Monday to a NSW upper house inquiry into the state government’s plan to raise the Warragamba dam wall at least 14 metres – raise fresh questions over the independence of the environmental impact statement (EIS) prepared for the project.
Continue reading...COP26: UK pledges £290m to help poorer countries cope with climate change
Cheaper, cleaner, more reliable: The stunning success of South Australia’s renewable transition
Report into South Australia's stunning renewables transition proves wind and solar delivers cheaper, cleaner and reliable power.
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COP26: Fossil fuel industry's delegation and the UK's £290m pledge
Cop26: what’s still to be resolved in the week ahead
The ratchet issue is among several sticking points still to be finalised as negotiators return to the Cop26 table
Countries that have failed to come up with national plans on cutting greenhouse gas emissions in line with limiting temperature rises to 1.5C must be forced back to the negotiating table every year from now on, poor countries have said ahead of crunch talks at the Cop26 climate summit.
Current pledges are inadequate, and would lead to heating of 2.7C, according to UN calculations. But under the Paris agreement, countries are only required to ratchet up their pledges – known as nationally determined contributions (NDCs) – every five years, with the next deadline falling in 2025. Developing countries say this is much too late.
Continue reading...More than 130 MPs call for parliament pension fund to divest from fossil fuels
Letter to Parliamentary Contributory Pension Fund trustees warns of ‘full-blown climate catastrophe’
More than 130 MPs, including over half of the parliamentary Labour party, have signed a cross-party letter to their pension fund calling on it to divest from fossil fuel companies to “ensure that our pensions are not funding climate disaster”.
The letter, to be delivered on Monday to trustees of the Parliamentary Contributory Pension Fund (PCPF), applauds recent reductions in investments in fossil fuels, but adds: “We believe you must go a step further, divesting from the fossil fuel industry in its entirety, as quickly as possible.
Continue reading...Tuvalu minister to address Cop26 knee deep in seawater to highlight climate crisis
Foreign minister Simon Kofe hopes the speech will demonstrate the reality for countries on the frontline
Tuvalu’s foreign minister has recorded a speech for the United Nations climate conference in Glasgow standing knee-deep in seawater to highlight how his low-lying Pacific Island nation is on the frontline of climate change.
Images of Simon Kofe standing in a suit and tie at a lectern set up in the sea, with his trouser legs rolled up, have been shared widely on social media, drawing attention to Tuvalu’s struggle against rising sea levels.
Continue reading...Cop26 legitimacy questioned as groups excluded from crucial talks
Communities and groups say being shut out of key negotiations will have dire consequences for millions
The legitimacy of the Cop26 climate summit has been called into question by civil society participants who say restrictions on access to negotiations are unprecedented and unjust.
As the Glasgow summit enters its second week, observers representing hundreds of environmental, academic, climate justice, indigenous and women’s rights organisations warn that excluding them from negotiating areas and speaking to negotiators could have dire consequences for millions of people.
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