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Slash and burn: how the UK government is cutting aid while propping up fossil fuels

Mohamed Adow — Mon, 22 Mar 2021 11:16:40 +0000

There's a huge shameful loophole in the Cop26 host's pledge to stop funding fossil fuels abroad. It must be fixed before other nations copy it

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Total’s play for Ugandan oil tests the climate commitment of international banks

Chloé Farand — Fri, 19 Mar 2021 14:00:10 +0000

A final investment decision on the East African Crude Oil Pipeline is expected at the end of March, as campaigners urge financial institutions to avoid fossil fuels

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Trawling up trouble – Climate Weekly

Megan Darby — Fri, 19 Mar 2021 12:05:16 +0000

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Indian lawmaker submits private bill to achieve net zero emissions by 2050

Chloé Farand — Thu, 18 Mar 2021 16:35:44 +0000

A lawmaker from India's ruling party has proposed a bill to "start a discussion" on net zero emissions - while defending coal mining in his district

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How the shipping industry can halve climate-warming black carbon in the Arctic

Isabelle Gerretsen — Thu, 18 Mar 2021 16:22:50 +0000

Switching to cleaner shipping fuel would prevent Arctic warming and deliver an easy win for the climate

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Scientists push to add “huge” fish trawling emissions to national inventories

Joe Lo — Wed, 17 Mar 2021 16:00:55 +0000

Bottom-trawling for fish releases more carbon dioxide each year than Germany, a study has revealed, yet this is not included in national carbon accounts

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Lebanon increases climate goal despite political and economic turmoil

Isabelle Gerretsen — Wed, 17 Mar 2021 14:32:33 +0000

While battling political upheaval, coronavirus and its worst economic crisis in 30 years, Lebanon has strengthened its 2030 emissions target

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Joe Biden’s climate ambitions must include land rights for Congo forest communities

Serge Ngwato — Tue, 16 Mar 2021 11:14:20 +0000

Development aid from rich countries has done more harm than good to central African forests and their inhabitants. This can change with a community-led approach

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Coal-backing Japanese bank bids for Green Climate Fund partnership

Joe Lo — Mon, 15 Mar 2021 15:55:27 +0000

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation is applying to channel money from the Green Climate Fund, against opposition from green campaigners over its coal lending

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Green Climate Fund whistleblowers urge US to take its money elsewhere – until ‘toxic’ workplace is fixed

Megan Darby — Fri, 12 Mar 2021 15:17:38 +0000

As John Kerry promises to "make good" on a $2 billion pledge to the GCF, the UN's flagship fund faces critically low confidence in its senior management

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Covid-proofing Cop26 is a test of solidarity – Climate Weekly

Megan Darby — Fri, 12 Mar 2021 12:42:30 +0000

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Climate Home News seeks pitches for climate justice reporting programme

Isabelle Gerretsen — Fri, 12 Mar 2021 10:18:24 +0000

Send us your story ideas about how communities on the frontlines of climate change are building resilience and confronting injustice

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Unequal vaccine rollout threatens inclusivity of Cop26, climate diplomats warn

Chloé Farand — Thu, 11 Mar 2021 16:53:50 +0000

Negotiators are worried that requiring a vaccine passport to attend November's critical UN climate summit will exclude developing countries with limited supplies

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Five ways the UK is failing to walk the talk on a green recovery ahead of Cop26

Isabelle Gerretsen — Thu, 11 Mar 2021 13:51:45 +0000

While vocal on raising climate ambition on the global stage, recent domestic policy announcements undermine the UK host's leadership credentials

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Hall of shame: 9 countries missing the chance of a green recovery

Joe Lo — Wed, 10 Mar 2021 15:02:31 +0000

Just 18% of recovery spending globally is green, a UN report found. Despite pledges to 'build back better', governments have propped up fossil fuels, aviation and roads

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EU lawmakers threaten to veto green finance rules – for opposing reasons

Megan Darby — Tue, 09 Mar 2021 11:16:52 +0000

A draft EU sustainable finance taxonomy is under fire for being too strict and not strict enough, with gas and nuclear at the heart of the controversy

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South Sudan plans to raise climate ambition amid ‘dire’ humanitarian crisis

Chloé Farand — Mon, 08 Mar 2021 18:00:34 +0000

The world's newest country is seeking to expand renewable energy, tree planting and climate smart agriculture, but UK aid cuts threaten progress

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Descendants of former slaves in the Brazilian Amazon are still waiting for their land rights

Fabiano Maisonnave — Fri, 05 Mar 2021 14:00:49 +0000

The process of providing land deeds to communities founded by former slaves was slow before Jair Bolsonaro, but the president’s budget cuts have completely stalled progress

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China’s five-year plan underwhelms – Climate Weekly

Megan Darby — Fri, 05 Mar 2021 13:03:21 +0000

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China makes no shift away from coal in five-year plan as it ‘crawls’ to carbon neutrality

Chloé Farand — Fri, 05 Mar 2021 13:01:59 +0000

Beijing set out incremental increases in climate targets to 2025, allowing for continued expansion of "clean" coal, to the disappointment of climate watchers

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