Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - Today, UK Prime Minister Starmer and Brazilian President Lula launched the Global Clean Power Alliance (GCPA) at the Brazil-led G20. The initiative focuses on supporting emerging and developing economies with building out clean energy, including...
What we need to see from the Biden Administration before Trump takes office.
As COP29 enters its second week in Baku with the arrival of environment ministers, a pivotal moment for climate finance emerges across three crucial forums. While negotiators continue debating the new climate finance goal (NCQG), world leaders and finance ministers...
South Korea has won the closely-watched Fossil of the Day award, the first award of the second week of negotiations at COP29 in Baku. Korea has won the award for being the last major blocker on a potential historic deal...
As COP29 enters its second week in Baku, a parallel opportunity for climate finance leadership emerges in Paris, where OECD governments will gather to negotiate an end to $41 billion in annual oil and gas export subsidies.
The first week of the UN climate negotiations just wrapped up in Azerbaijan. Our team on the ground has been working hard to push back against industry spin and pressure rich countries to pay up. Here are the highlights.
As COP29 enters its sixth day, negotiators release the latest draft text for the new climate finance goal (NCQG). A critical opportunity emerges to secure real climate action through public grants rather than problematic private finance schemes.
Our new analysis shows many governments and finance models overstate the role the private sector can play in financing a just energy transition. This is coming to a head with the deadline for a new climate finance goal (NCQG) at...
“We fully support Brazil’s call for the COP process to discuss fossil fuel phaseout dates, with rich countries taking the lead, and hope this will be a central tenet of COP30."
Today, the Court of Appeal in The Hague delivered its judgment in Milieudefensie v. Shell. It established that the oil and gas giant has a legal responsibility to reduce its emissions, but it rules that it cannot derive a specific...
