At the 2024 global UN climate change summit, COP29, African countries failed to secure the US$1.3 trillion in climate finance that they need every year to adapt to climate change disasters.
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There are lessons from the EU’s highly financialised cap-and-trade market.
Head of the CCA former New South Wales Liberal treasurer Matt Kean, joins the podcast to talk about COP, Australia's energy transition, and the challenge of preparing that advice on the 2035 target.
Cop29, the 29th annual climate conference in Azerbaijan, came to an end on Sunday, and in its wake have come doubts about the UN process for negotiating a solution to global heating. “All this means we…
National leaders may be struggling to agree, but businesses see the economic benefits of clean energy, states are cutting emissions, and people everywhere are more cognizant of their actions.
This year will set a record for the addition of renewables to the grid, according to figures to be released on Thursday by the Clean Energy Regulator.
Climate agreements are only looking at half of the problem – we need to leave fossil fuels in the ground.
The 1,000-ton rule states that a person is killed every time humanity burns 1,000 tons of fossil carbon. Minimizing the deaths caused by climate change should be a global priority.
Credibility of the UN’s framework convention on climate change can be restored when countries take responsibility for their actions and deliver money they promise.
The annual UN climate conference ended with a weaker deal than many countries hoped for, and with calls to overhaul the climate talks for the future.
Australia is on track to reach the Albanese government’s 43% emissions reduction target by 2030, according to the most recent analysis by the f Climate Change department.
The climate fight needs huge sums, and private investment, carbon markets and development banks can provide them.
The annual COP talks on climate are flawed, without a doubt. But they are also necessary. Here’s what changes a veteran of 25 COP talks wants to see
The costs of an unequal global system are not reflected in the new finance goal.
Missing money, Saudi wrecking, methane pledges and more.
The Global North’s failure to take responsibility for the social impacts of climate change is a grave injustice.
The new system may essentially give countries and companies permission to keep polluting.
Australia and Pacific nations won’t know until June next year if they’re hosting the COP31 climate talks. But with tens of thousands of people potentially coming, they need to start planning now.
Expectations were low for the latest UN climate summit. But climate law expert Jacqueline Peel – who was at the talks – explains what progress was made.
Getting carbon credit regulations right has the potential to protect the climate, and the rights of the people whose livelihoods and lands are often directly affected by carbon offsets.
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