Antimicrobial Resistance Death Toll Could Catch Up to Cancer by 2050, and Pollution is Fuelling its Spread 07/02/2023 Stefan Anderson A new UN Environment report calls for more attention to be focused on the environmental factors fostering the development of strains of drug-resistant bacteria immune to all known antibiotics, known as “superbugs”. By 2050, the UN estimates that up to 10 million deaths could be caused by superbugs and associated forms of antimicrobial resistance, matching […] Continue reading -> European Union Pushes for Stronger Air Pollution Rules 19/01/2023 Stefan Anderson At least 300,000 people lose their lives to air pollution each year across the European Union, and the bloc is pushing to tighten air quality regulations as part of its Green New Deal legislative package. The new rules aim to reduce the number of premature deaths and illness caused by air pollution, as well as […] Continue reading -> UN Rallies Support for Pakistan Flood Reconstruction Efforts 09/01/2023 Stefan Anderson World leaders, representatives of international development and humanitarian organizations, and UN delegations gathered in Geneva on Monday to rally financial support for Pakistan’s recovery from the devastating floods that hammered the country last year. Pakistan has appealed for $16.3 billion to assist it to rebuild the country, and almost half this amount had been pledged […] Continue reading -> Drought and Water Shortages Heighten Risk of Infectious Diseases in Tanzania 20/12/2022 Kizito Makoye DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania – For Khadija Kambi, the country’s water shortage presents a tricky moral dilemma for her family: either she lets her children drink murky water and fall sick or she lets them suffer from extreme thirst. “I don’t have the money to buy clean piped water. Well water is the cheaper option […] Continue reading -> Landmark Agreement on Preserving Biodiversity Deadlocked Over Financial Compensation to Developing Countries 16/12/2022 Stefan Anderson The United Nations has described it as “the most important conference on biodiversity in a decade,” aimed at creating a Paris Agreement-style agreement for biodiversity. Negotiations amongst more than 100 environment ministers and 196 governments at the Conference on Biodiversity in Montreal on the world’s 15th attempt to come to an agreement to protect the […] Continue reading -> UN Environment: Investments in ‘Nature-Based’ Climate Solutions Must Double by 2025 02/12/2022 Stefan Anderson A new report by the United Nations Environment Programme warns that investment in nature-based solutions must double by 2025 if the world is to limit global warming to 1.5°C, as well as halting biodiversity loss and progressively increasing land degradation. The report comes a week before world leaders will gather at the UN Biodiversity Conference […] Continue reading -> Air Pollution Linked to Nearly Half of all Stillbirths 01/12/2022 Stefan Anderson In 2020, UNICEF estimated that “a stillbirth occurs every 16 seconds somewhere in the world.” A new study has linked air pollution to nearly half of them. The study of 137 countries is the first global analysis to assess the number of fetal deaths, putting into numbers the already documented link between fine particulate matter […] Continue reading -> COP27: Diplomatic Baby Steps amid Mounting Humanitarian Crises 24/11/2022 Paula Dupraz-Dobias (SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt via The New Humanitarian) – Climate justice played a central role at COP27, where the snail’s pace of progress on addressing the climate emergency once again stood in stark contrast to the realities on disaster front lines. Negotiators and policymakers emerged from the annual summit in Egypt hailing a breakthrough on so-called […] Continue reading -> COP27 Agrees to Create a ‘Loss and Damage’ Fund; but Falls Short on Mitigation Ambition 19/11/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher & Maayan Hoffman SHARM EL SHEIKH, EGYPT – In a historic first, delegates to the 27th UN Climate Conference, COP27, agreed Sunday to create a “loss and damage” fund to assist countries suffering from the impact of the climate crisis, concluding a meeting that went into two days of overdrive, with negotiations day and night. They also added […] Continue reading -> Loss and Damage Negotiations in Overdrive; Right to ‘Healthy Environment’ Drops Out 19/11/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher & Stefan Anderson SHARM EL SHEIKH, EGYPT – Michael Terungwa, a solar entrepreneur in Abuja, Nigeria, will know that real progress is being made on climate change when things change in his hometown. When the 10-20% in customs and tariffs that he pays for cheap, imported Chinese solar panels are removed; when his customers’ solar purchases are subsidized […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts This site uses cookies to help give you the best experience on our website. Cookies enable us to collect information that helps us personalise your experience and improve the functionality and performance of our site. By continuing to read our website, we assume you agree to this, otherwise you can adjust your browser settings. Please read our cookie and Privacy Policy. Our Cookies and Privacy Policy
European Union Pushes for Stronger Air Pollution Rules 19/01/2023 Stefan Anderson At least 300,000 people lose their lives to air pollution each year across the European Union, and the bloc is pushing to tighten air quality regulations as part of its Green New Deal legislative package. The new rules aim to reduce the number of premature deaths and illness caused by air pollution, as well as […] Continue reading -> UN Rallies Support for Pakistan Flood Reconstruction Efforts 09/01/2023 Stefan Anderson World leaders, representatives of international development and humanitarian organizations, and UN delegations gathered in Geneva on Monday to rally financial support for Pakistan’s recovery from the devastating floods that hammered the country last year. Pakistan has appealed for $16.3 billion to assist it to rebuild the country, and almost half this amount had been pledged […] Continue reading -> Drought and Water Shortages Heighten Risk of Infectious Diseases in Tanzania 20/12/2022 Kizito Makoye DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania – For Khadija Kambi, the country’s water shortage presents a tricky moral dilemma for her family: either she lets her children drink murky water and fall sick or she lets them suffer from extreme thirst. “I don’t have the money to buy clean piped water. Well water is the cheaper option […] Continue reading -> Landmark Agreement on Preserving Biodiversity Deadlocked Over Financial Compensation to Developing Countries 16/12/2022 Stefan Anderson The United Nations has described it as “the most important conference on biodiversity in a decade,” aimed at creating a Paris Agreement-style agreement for biodiversity. Negotiations amongst more than 100 environment ministers and 196 governments at the Conference on Biodiversity in Montreal on the world’s 15th attempt to come to an agreement to protect the […] Continue reading -> UN Environment: Investments in ‘Nature-Based’ Climate Solutions Must Double by 2025 02/12/2022 Stefan Anderson A new report by the United Nations Environment Programme warns that investment in nature-based solutions must double by 2025 if the world is to limit global warming to 1.5°C, as well as halting biodiversity loss and progressively increasing land degradation. The report comes a week before world leaders will gather at the UN Biodiversity Conference […] Continue reading -> Air Pollution Linked to Nearly Half of all Stillbirths 01/12/2022 Stefan Anderson In 2020, UNICEF estimated that “a stillbirth occurs every 16 seconds somewhere in the world.” A new study has linked air pollution to nearly half of them. The study of 137 countries is the first global analysis to assess the number of fetal deaths, putting into numbers the already documented link between fine particulate matter […] Continue reading -> COP27: Diplomatic Baby Steps amid Mounting Humanitarian Crises 24/11/2022 Paula Dupraz-Dobias (SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt via The New Humanitarian) – Climate justice played a central role at COP27, where the snail’s pace of progress on addressing the climate emergency once again stood in stark contrast to the realities on disaster front lines. Negotiators and policymakers emerged from the annual summit in Egypt hailing a breakthrough on so-called […] Continue reading -> COP27 Agrees to Create a ‘Loss and Damage’ Fund; but Falls Short on Mitigation Ambition 19/11/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher & Maayan Hoffman SHARM EL SHEIKH, EGYPT – In a historic first, delegates to the 27th UN Climate Conference, COP27, agreed Sunday to create a “loss and damage” fund to assist countries suffering from the impact of the climate crisis, concluding a meeting that went into two days of overdrive, with negotiations day and night. They also added […] Continue reading -> Loss and Damage Negotiations in Overdrive; Right to ‘Healthy Environment’ Drops Out 19/11/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher & Stefan Anderson SHARM EL SHEIKH, EGYPT – Michael Terungwa, a solar entrepreneur in Abuja, Nigeria, will know that real progress is being made on climate change when things change in his hometown. When the 10-20% in customs and tariffs that he pays for cheap, imported Chinese solar panels are removed; when his customers’ solar purchases are subsidized […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts This site uses cookies to help give you the best experience on our website. Cookies enable us to collect information that helps us personalise your experience and improve the functionality and performance of our site. By continuing to read our website, we assume you agree to this, otherwise you can adjust your browser settings. Please read our cookie and Privacy Policy. Our Cookies and Privacy Policy
UN Rallies Support for Pakistan Flood Reconstruction Efforts 09/01/2023 Stefan Anderson World leaders, representatives of international development and humanitarian organizations, and UN delegations gathered in Geneva on Monday to rally financial support for Pakistan’s recovery from the devastating floods that hammered the country last year. Pakistan has appealed for $16.3 billion to assist it to rebuild the country, and almost half this amount had been pledged […] Continue reading -> Drought and Water Shortages Heighten Risk of Infectious Diseases in Tanzania 20/12/2022 Kizito Makoye DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania – For Khadija Kambi, the country’s water shortage presents a tricky moral dilemma for her family: either she lets her children drink murky water and fall sick or she lets them suffer from extreme thirst. “I don’t have the money to buy clean piped water. Well water is the cheaper option […] Continue reading -> Landmark Agreement on Preserving Biodiversity Deadlocked Over Financial Compensation to Developing Countries 16/12/2022 Stefan Anderson The United Nations has described it as “the most important conference on biodiversity in a decade,” aimed at creating a Paris Agreement-style agreement for biodiversity. Negotiations amongst more than 100 environment ministers and 196 governments at the Conference on Biodiversity in Montreal on the world’s 15th attempt to come to an agreement to protect the […] Continue reading -> UN Environment: Investments in ‘Nature-Based’ Climate Solutions Must Double by 2025 02/12/2022 Stefan Anderson A new report by the United Nations Environment Programme warns that investment in nature-based solutions must double by 2025 if the world is to limit global warming to 1.5°C, as well as halting biodiversity loss and progressively increasing land degradation. The report comes a week before world leaders will gather at the UN Biodiversity Conference […] Continue reading -> Air Pollution Linked to Nearly Half of all Stillbirths 01/12/2022 Stefan Anderson In 2020, UNICEF estimated that “a stillbirth occurs every 16 seconds somewhere in the world.” A new study has linked air pollution to nearly half of them. The study of 137 countries is the first global analysis to assess the number of fetal deaths, putting into numbers the already documented link between fine particulate matter […] Continue reading -> COP27: Diplomatic Baby Steps amid Mounting Humanitarian Crises 24/11/2022 Paula Dupraz-Dobias (SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt via The New Humanitarian) – Climate justice played a central role at COP27, where the snail’s pace of progress on addressing the climate emergency once again stood in stark contrast to the realities on disaster front lines. Negotiators and policymakers emerged from the annual summit in Egypt hailing a breakthrough on so-called […] Continue reading -> COP27 Agrees to Create a ‘Loss and Damage’ Fund; but Falls Short on Mitigation Ambition 19/11/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher & Maayan Hoffman SHARM EL SHEIKH, EGYPT – In a historic first, delegates to the 27th UN Climate Conference, COP27, agreed Sunday to create a “loss and damage” fund to assist countries suffering from the impact of the climate crisis, concluding a meeting that went into two days of overdrive, with negotiations day and night. They also added […] Continue reading -> Loss and Damage Negotiations in Overdrive; Right to ‘Healthy Environment’ Drops Out 19/11/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher & Stefan Anderson SHARM EL SHEIKH, EGYPT – Michael Terungwa, a solar entrepreneur in Abuja, Nigeria, will know that real progress is being made on climate change when things change in his hometown. When the 10-20% in customs and tariffs that he pays for cheap, imported Chinese solar panels are removed; when his customers’ solar purchases are subsidized […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts This site uses cookies to help give you the best experience on our website. Cookies enable us to collect information that helps us personalise your experience and improve the functionality and performance of our site. By continuing to read our website, we assume you agree to this, otherwise you can adjust your browser settings. Please read our cookie and Privacy Policy. Our Cookies and Privacy Policy
Drought and Water Shortages Heighten Risk of Infectious Diseases in Tanzania 20/12/2022 Kizito Makoye DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania – For Khadija Kambi, the country’s water shortage presents a tricky moral dilemma for her family: either she lets her children drink murky water and fall sick or she lets them suffer from extreme thirst. “I don’t have the money to buy clean piped water. Well water is the cheaper option […] Continue reading -> Landmark Agreement on Preserving Biodiversity Deadlocked Over Financial Compensation to Developing Countries 16/12/2022 Stefan Anderson The United Nations has described it as “the most important conference on biodiversity in a decade,” aimed at creating a Paris Agreement-style agreement for biodiversity. Negotiations amongst more than 100 environment ministers and 196 governments at the Conference on Biodiversity in Montreal on the world’s 15th attempt to come to an agreement to protect the […] Continue reading -> UN Environment: Investments in ‘Nature-Based’ Climate Solutions Must Double by 2025 02/12/2022 Stefan Anderson A new report by the United Nations Environment Programme warns that investment in nature-based solutions must double by 2025 if the world is to limit global warming to 1.5°C, as well as halting biodiversity loss and progressively increasing land degradation. The report comes a week before world leaders will gather at the UN Biodiversity Conference […] Continue reading -> Air Pollution Linked to Nearly Half of all Stillbirths 01/12/2022 Stefan Anderson In 2020, UNICEF estimated that “a stillbirth occurs every 16 seconds somewhere in the world.” A new study has linked air pollution to nearly half of them. The study of 137 countries is the first global analysis to assess the number of fetal deaths, putting into numbers the already documented link between fine particulate matter […] Continue reading -> COP27: Diplomatic Baby Steps amid Mounting Humanitarian Crises 24/11/2022 Paula Dupraz-Dobias (SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt via The New Humanitarian) – Climate justice played a central role at COP27, where the snail’s pace of progress on addressing the climate emergency once again stood in stark contrast to the realities on disaster front lines. Negotiators and policymakers emerged from the annual summit in Egypt hailing a breakthrough on so-called […] Continue reading -> COP27 Agrees to Create a ‘Loss and Damage’ Fund; but Falls Short on Mitigation Ambition 19/11/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher & Maayan Hoffman SHARM EL SHEIKH, EGYPT – In a historic first, delegates to the 27th UN Climate Conference, COP27, agreed Sunday to create a “loss and damage” fund to assist countries suffering from the impact of the climate crisis, concluding a meeting that went into two days of overdrive, with negotiations day and night. They also added […] Continue reading -> Loss and Damage Negotiations in Overdrive; Right to ‘Healthy Environment’ Drops Out 19/11/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher & Stefan Anderson SHARM EL SHEIKH, EGYPT – Michael Terungwa, a solar entrepreneur in Abuja, Nigeria, will know that real progress is being made on climate change when things change in his hometown. When the 10-20% in customs and tariffs that he pays for cheap, imported Chinese solar panels are removed; when his customers’ solar purchases are subsidized […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts This site uses cookies to help give you the best experience on our website. Cookies enable us to collect information that helps us personalise your experience and improve the functionality and performance of our site. By continuing to read our website, we assume you agree to this, otherwise you can adjust your browser settings. Please read our cookie and Privacy Policy. Our Cookies and Privacy Policy
Landmark Agreement on Preserving Biodiversity Deadlocked Over Financial Compensation to Developing Countries 16/12/2022 Stefan Anderson The United Nations has described it as “the most important conference on biodiversity in a decade,” aimed at creating a Paris Agreement-style agreement for biodiversity. Negotiations amongst more than 100 environment ministers and 196 governments at the Conference on Biodiversity in Montreal on the world’s 15th attempt to come to an agreement to protect the […] Continue reading -> UN Environment: Investments in ‘Nature-Based’ Climate Solutions Must Double by 2025 02/12/2022 Stefan Anderson A new report by the United Nations Environment Programme warns that investment in nature-based solutions must double by 2025 if the world is to limit global warming to 1.5°C, as well as halting biodiversity loss and progressively increasing land degradation. The report comes a week before world leaders will gather at the UN Biodiversity Conference […] Continue reading -> Air Pollution Linked to Nearly Half of all Stillbirths 01/12/2022 Stefan Anderson In 2020, UNICEF estimated that “a stillbirth occurs every 16 seconds somewhere in the world.” A new study has linked air pollution to nearly half of them. The study of 137 countries is the first global analysis to assess the number of fetal deaths, putting into numbers the already documented link between fine particulate matter […] Continue reading -> COP27: Diplomatic Baby Steps amid Mounting Humanitarian Crises 24/11/2022 Paula Dupraz-Dobias (SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt via The New Humanitarian) – Climate justice played a central role at COP27, where the snail’s pace of progress on addressing the climate emergency once again stood in stark contrast to the realities on disaster front lines. Negotiators and policymakers emerged from the annual summit in Egypt hailing a breakthrough on so-called […] Continue reading -> COP27 Agrees to Create a ‘Loss and Damage’ Fund; but Falls Short on Mitigation Ambition 19/11/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher & Maayan Hoffman SHARM EL SHEIKH, EGYPT – In a historic first, delegates to the 27th UN Climate Conference, COP27, agreed Sunday to create a “loss and damage” fund to assist countries suffering from the impact of the climate crisis, concluding a meeting that went into two days of overdrive, with negotiations day and night. They also added […] Continue reading -> Loss and Damage Negotiations in Overdrive; Right to ‘Healthy Environment’ Drops Out 19/11/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher & Stefan Anderson SHARM EL SHEIKH, EGYPT – Michael Terungwa, a solar entrepreneur in Abuja, Nigeria, will know that real progress is being made on climate change when things change in his hometown. When the 10-20% in customs and tariffs that he pays for cheap, imported Chinese solar panels are removed; when his customers’ solar purchases are subsidized […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts This site uses cookies to help give you the best experience on our website. Cookies enable us to collect information that helps us personalise your experience and improve the functionality and performance of our site. By continuing to read our website, we assume you agree to this, otherwise you can adjust your browser settings. Please read our cookie and Privacy Policy. Our Cookies and Privacy Policy
UN Environment: Investments in ‘Nature-Based’ Climate Solutions Must Double by 2025 02/12/2022 Stefan Anderson A new report by the United Nations Environment Programme warns that investment in nature-based solutions must double by 2025 if the world is to limit global warming to 1.5°C, as well as halting biodiversity loss and progressively increasing land degradation. The report comes a week before world leaders will gather at the UN Biodiversity Conference […] Continue reading -> Air Pollution Linked to Nearly Half of all Stillbirths 01/12/2022 Stefan Anderson In 2020, UNICEF estimated that “a stillbirth occurs every 16 seconds somewhere in the world.” A new study has linked air pollution to nearly half of them. The study of 137 countries is the first global analysis to assess the number of fetal deaths, putting into numbers the already documented link between fine particulate matter […] Continue reading -> COP27: Diplomatic Baby Steps amid Mounting Humanitarian Crises 24/11/2022 Paula Dupraz-Dobias (SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt via The New Humanitarian) – Climate justice played a central role at COP27, where the snail’s pace of progress on addressing the climate emergency once again stood in stark contrast to the realities on disaster front lines. Negotiators and policymakers emerged from the annual summit in Egypt hailing a breakthrough on so-called […] Continue reading -> COP27 Agrees to Create a ‘Loss and Damage’ Fund; but Falls Short on Mitigation Ambition 19/11/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher & Maayan Hoffman SHARM EL SHEIKH, EGYPT – In a historic first, delegates to the 27th UN Climate Conference, COP27, agreed Sunday to create a “loss and damage” fund to assist countries suffering from the impact of the climate crisis, concluding a meeting that went into two days of overdrive, with negotiations day and night. They also added […] Continue reading -> Loss and Damage Negotiations in Overdrive; Right to ‘Healthy Environment’ Drops Out 19/11/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher & Stefan Anderson SHARM EL SHEIKH, EGYPT – Michael Terungwa, a solar entrepreneur in Abuja, Nigeria, will know that real progress is being made on climate change when things change in his hometown. When the 10-20% in customs and tariffs that he pays for cheap, imported Chinese solar panels are removed; when his customers’ solar purchases are subsidized […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts This site uses cookies to help give you the best experience on our website. Cookies enable us to collect information that helps us personalise your experience and improve the functionality and performance of our site. By continuing to read our website, we assume you agree to this, otherwise you can adjust your browser settings. Please read our cookie and Privacy Policy. Our Cookies and Privacy Policy
Air Pollution Linked to Nearly Half of all Stillbirths 01/12/2022 Stefan Anderson In 2020, UNICEF estimated that “a stillbirth occurs every 16 seconds somewhere in the world.” A new study has linked air pollution to nearly half of them. The study of 137 countries is the first global analysis to assess the number of fetal deaths, putting into numbers the already documented link between fine particulate matter […] Continue reading -> COP27: Diplomatic Baby Steps amid Mounting Humanitarian Crises 24/11/2022 Paula Dupraz-Dobias (SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt via The New Humanitarian) – Climate justice played a central role at COP27, where the snail’s pace of progress on addressing the climate emergency once again stood in stark contrast to the realities on disaster front lines. Negotiators and policymakers emerged from the annual summit in Egypt hailing a breakthrough on so-called […] Continue reading -> COP27 Agrees to Create a ‘Loss and Damage’ Fund; but Falls Short on Mitigation Ambition 19/11/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher & Maayan Hoffman SHARM EL SHEIKH, EGYPT – In a historic first, delegates to the 27th UN Climate Conference, COP27, agreed Sunday to create a “loss and damage” fund to assist countries suffering from the impact of the climate crisis, concluding a meeting that went into two days of overdrive, with negotiations day and night. They also added […] Continue reading -> Loss and Damage Negotiations in Overdrive; Right to ‘Healthy Environment’ Drops Out 19/11/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher & Stefan Anderson SHARM EL SHEIKH, EGYPT – Michael Terungwa, a solar entrepreneur in Abuja, Nigeria, will know that real progress is being made on climate change when things change in his hometown. When the 10-20% in customs and tariffs that he pays for cheap, imported Chinese solar panels are removed; when his customers’ solar purchases are subsidized […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts This site uses cookies to help give you the best experience on our website. Cookies enable us to collect information that helps us personalise your experience and improve the functionality and performance of our site. By continuing to read our website, we assume you agree to this, otherwise you can adjust your browser settings. Please read our cookie and Privacy Policy. Our Cookies and Privacy Policy
COP27: Diplomatic Baby Steps amid Mounting Humanitarian Crises 24/11/2022 Paula Dupraz-Dobias (SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt via The New Humanitarian) – Climate justice played a central role at COP27, where the snail’s pace of progress on addressing the climate emergency once again stood in stark contrast to the realities on disaster front lines. Negotiators and policymakers emerged from the annual summit in Egypt hailing a breakthrough on so-called […] Continue reading -> COP27 Agrees to Create a ‘Loss and Damage’ Fund; but Falls Short on Mitigation Ambition 19/11/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher & Maayan Hoffman SHARM EL SHEIKH, EGYPT – In a historic first, delegates to the 27th UN Climate Conference, COP27, agreed Sunday to create a “loss and damage” fund to assist countries suffering from the impact of the climate crisis, concluding a meeting that went into two days of overdrive, with negotiations day and night. They also added […] Continue reading -> Loss and Damage Negotiations in Overdrive; Right to ‘Healthy Environment’ Drops Out 19/11/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher & Stefan Anderson SHARM EL SHEIKH, EGYPT – Michael Terungwa, a solar entrepreneur in Abuja, Nigeria, will know that real progress is being made on climate change when things change in his hometown. When the 10-20% in customs and tariffs that he pays for cheap, imported Chinese solar panels are removed; when his customers’ solar purchases are subsidized […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts This site uses cookies to help give you the best experience on our website. Cookies enable us to collect information that helps us personalise your experience and improve the functionality and performance of our site. By continuing to read our website, we assume you agree to this, otherwise you can adjust your browser settings. Please read our cookie and Privacy Policy. Our Cookies and Privacy Policy
COP27 Agrees to Create a ‘Loss and Damage’ Fund; but Falls Short on Mitigation Ambition 19/11/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher & Maayan Hoffman SHARM EL SHEIKH, EGYPT – In a historic first, delegates to the 27th UN Climate Conference, COP27, agreed Sunday to create a “loss and damage” fund to assist countries suffering from the impact of the climate crisis, concluding a meeting that went into two days of overdrive, with negotiations day and night. They also added […] Continue reading -> Loss and Damage Negotiations in Overdrive; Right to ‘Healthy Environment’ Drops Out 19/11/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher & Stefan Anderson SHARM EL SHEIKH, EGYPT – Michael Terungwa, a solar entrepreneur in Abuja, Nigeria, will know that real progress is being made on climate change when things change in his hometown. When the 10-20% in customs and tariffs that he pays for cheap, imported Chinese solar panels are removed; when his customers’ solar purchases are subsidized […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts This site uses cookies to help give you the best experience on our website. Cookies enable us to collect information that helps us personalise your experience and improve the functionality and performance of our site. By continuing to read our website, we assume you agree to this, otherwise you can adjust your browser settings. Please read our cookie and Privacy Policy. Our Cookies and Privacy Policy
Loss and Damage Negotiations in Overdrive; Right to ‘Healthy Environment’ Drops Out 19/11/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher & Stefan Anderson SHARM EL SHEIKH, EGYPT – Michael Terungwa, a solar entrepreneur in Abuja, Nigeria, will know that real progress is being made on climate change when things change in his hometown. When the 10-20% in customs and tariffs that he pays for cheap, imported Chinese solar panels are removed; when his customers’ solar purchases are subsidized […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts