Climate Scorecard has launched a Partnership Campaign to save the Paris Agreement and are inviting all concerned organizations to join the Campaign. This Campaign is targeted at getting countries, especially leading greenhouse gas emitting countries, to strengthen the ambition of their pledges to the Paris Agreement before the Agreement goes into effect. The Campaign states… Continue reading Partnership Campaign to Save the Paris Agreement
Tag: COP 23
COP23 and Historical Responsibility in Climate Finance
It was noted that rich countries have not yet delivered the promised $100bn per year in climate finance by 2020 agreed in 2009 at Copenhagen COP23, the second “conference of the parties” since the Paris Agreement was signed in 2015, was held under the presidency of the small, developing island state of Fiji. The Parties… Continue reading COP23 and Historical Responsibility in Climate Finance
What are the action points from COP 23?
Here is the new wave of climate action that has been announced during COP23 from countries, cities, states, regions, business and civil society. The common message from all sides at this conference has been that action to get on track towards the objectives of the Paris Climate Change Agreement and to ultimately achieve the 2030… Continue reading What are the action points from COP 23?
ING Bank to be investigated for not reporting climate pollution
A climate complaint against ING filed by Greenpeace Netherlands, Oxfam, BankTrack and Milieudefensie for violating OECD guidelines, was accepted by a Dutch representative of the OECD. The Dutch bank will be investigated by the Dutch National Contact Point (NCP) for having no plan to report on and reduce the amount of greenhouse gas emissions from… Continue reading ING Bank to be investigated for not reporting climate pollution
Ukraine and Belarus can phase-out fossil and nuclear by 2050, if there is a political will
Ukraine and Belarus have necessary technical potential and economic reasoning to implement energy transition and increase the share of “green” energy in the Final Energy Supply to 91% and 81% by 2050 correspondingly. This was announced during the press-conference on November 14, 2017 in Bonn, Germany in framework of the COP 23. In cases of… Continue reading Ukraine and Belarus can phase-out fossil and nuclear by 2050, if there is a political will
Recreating the Ice age and slowing global warming in remote Russian Artic
In the remote Russian Arctic, an aging scientist and his son are trying to recreate the Ice Age. They call their experiment Pleistocene Park – a perfect home for woolly mammoths, resurrected by modern genetics. But the mammoths are only a means to a bigger end: defusing a carbon timebomb frozen in the permafrost to… Continue reading Recreating the Ice age and slowing global warming in remote Russian Artic
South Asia needs a plan to address climate-induced migration
Max Martin Natural disasters – such as this year’s heavy rains, floods and cyclones in India, Bangladesh and Myanmar – have become a talking point at COP 23, indicating how such extreme events will increase in a warming globe. An outcome of such extreme events will be more forced migration, another topic which is slowly finding its place in climate negotiations.… Continue reading South Asia needs a plan to address climate-induced migration
New initiatives in energy, water and agriculture sectors announced at COP 23
New commitments and initiatives in energy, water and agriculture sectors were announced, at the United Nations Climate Conference (COP23) in Bonn, Germany, under the auspices of the Marrakech Partnership for Global Climate Action to help implement the Paris Agreement. The Marrakech Partnership aims at catalyzing greater climate action by public and private stakeholders as the Paris Agreement, adopted… Continue reading New initiatives in energy, water and agriculture sectors announced at COP 23
Maldives planning to convert mangroves forest to an airport
Maldives, one of the most vulnerable to climate change is planning to convert mangrove forests that protected against the 2004 devastating tsunami into an airport; while receiving millions of dollars from climate funds. The island of Kulhudhuffushi hosts the 7th largest mangrove in the Maldives. It is home to 8 species of true mangrove plants,… Continue reading Maldives planning to convert mangroves forest to an airport
Mangroves vanishing: Is COP 23 listening?
Despite being the fastest disappearing forest ecosystems world wide, the vanishing of mangrove forest ecosystems has not received much public attention, nor in climate talks. According to a 2014 report by the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), mangroves are being destroyed at a rate that is between three and five times greater than the average… Continue reading Mangroves vanishing: Is COP 23 listening?
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