International

Canada Helped Fossil Companies Improve Global ‘Perception’ Of Oilsands

"As this year’s United Nations climate summit hits the halfway mark, newly obtained documents show how the Liberal government gave Canada’s oil and gas lobbyists a platform to polish the sector’s reputation at the same event in 2022. Days later, the same government began a process of cracking down on misleading environmental messaging."

Source: The Narwhal, 11/20/2024

"The 1.5C Climate Goal Is Dead. Why Is COP29 Still Talking About It?"

"The battle to keep global warming within 1.5 degrees Celsius has been a rallying cry for climate action for nearly a decade. Now, with the planet almost certain to blow past the target, diplomats and campaigners at the COP29 summit have found themselves awkwardly clinging to a goal that no longer makes sense."

Source: Bloomberg Green, 11/19/2024

Size and Spectacle of Global Climate Summit Is Hindering Progress: Experts

"If speeches and slogans could save the climate, COP29 would already be a success. But there are few signs the current round of climate talks will deliver on the only thing proven to slow global warming: rapid greenhouse gas cuts."

Source: Inside Climate News, 11/18/2024
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To Slow Global Warming, Fertilizers Must Be Deployed More Efficiently: UN

"At its annual conference on climate change this week, the United Nations released a major report saying the world has little hope of reaching global climate targets without quickly lowering emissions of nitrous oxide, a greenhouse gas that’s nearly 300 times more powerful at warming the atmosphere than carbon dioxide."

Source: Inside Climate News, 11/15/2024

"COP29 Climate Talks Urged To Find $1 Trillion A Year For Poorer Countries"

"Pay now to help poorer countries cope with climate change or pay more later, negotiators were warned on Thursday as experts said poor states need at least $1 trillion per year by the end of the decade to move to greener energy and protect against extreme weather."

Source: Reuters, 11/15/2024

Meat, Oil And Pesticide Lobbyists Turned Out In Record Numbers At Cop16

"In total 1,261 business and industry delegates registered for Cop16 in Cali, Colombia, which ended in disarray and without significant progress on a number of key issues including nature funding, monitoring biodiversity loss and work on reducing environmentally harmful business subsidies."

Source: Guardian, 11/14/2024

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