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Consensus on new climate finance goal remains elusive
The Hindu
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November 21, 2024
An activist holds a placard during the “People’s Plenary” at the COP29 United Nations climate change conference in Baku, Azerbaijan on November 21, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters A day before this round of UN climate talks are scheduled to end in...
Would you pay more for plane tickets to fund climate relief efforts?
Canada's National Observer
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November 18, 2024
This story was originally published by Grist and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration Imagine you go online to book a flight. When you pay, you notice one additional line item next to the standard taxes and fees: Something called...
NZ downgraded in global climate rankings
Newsroom
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November 20, 2024
New Zealand has dropped seven places to 41st in the global Climate Change Performance Index, which ranks countries based on their emissions, deployment of renewable electricity, overall energy use and climate policy. The announcement of the latest...
The Question Looming Over COP29: Who’s Rich Enough To Pay for Climate Change?
Truthdig
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November 18, 2024
The world’s governments have come to the United Nations’ climate summit in Baku, Azerbaijan, deadlocked on one ugly question. It has been debated for years, but now they need to find an answer in a matter of weeks; trillions of dollars’ worth of...
At COP29, WHO calls for climate-health actions and funding for Asia…
Pacific News Service
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Last week, over 40 000 delegates – including world leaders, United Nations (UN) officials, climate experts, journalists, representatives from non-governmental organisations and youth advocates – have gathered at the 29th Conference of the Parties...
Commentary: COP29 climate finance deal is a decade late and US$2 trillion short
Channel News Asia
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November 25, 2024
Haggling over such relatively petty sums while the world burns is short-sighted and self-defeating. It betrays upside-down priorities that often favour the fossil fuel producers and rich petrostates that increasingly dominate COP negotiations. The...
Shocking! Maldives and 9 other countries that could vanish sooner than you think
The Times of India
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Rising sea levels caused by climate change present an existential threat to many low-lying countries, particularly small island nations and coastal states, as highlighted by reports from the World Economic Forum and the Lowy Institute. These...
World Agrees on $300B Climate Aid Financial Deal - After COP29 Summit 'Nearly Implodes'
Slashdot
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November 25, 2024
"At points there was fear the talks would implode, as groups representing vulnerable small island states and the least-developed countries walked out of negotiations Saturday," according to a new report from CNN. But after weeks of international...
‘The Forgotten Pacific’ shows islanders’ fight against climate change
Green Left
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November 22, 2024
The Forgotten Pacific Directed by Elizabeth Koroivulaono Edited by Laura Macbeath Narrated by Suluafi Brianna Fruean A Tiki Lounge Production Free screening on The Coconet TV and YouTube “We’re not drowning, we’re fighting!” is a key theme of the...
Guardians of earth take stand for justice, climate action at summit
The Standard
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Representatives from Indigenous communities worldwide have gathered at COP29 in Baku, to push their voices to be heard at climate talks. [Flickr, Standard] The streets of Baku, Azerbaijan, are alive with colour and tradition. Representatives from...
New Research Finds Children In Asia-Pacific Suffer Mentally And Physically Due To Climate Change
Scoop
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Monday, 18 November 2024, 10:15 am Press Release: World Vision New child-led research canvassing the views of more than 2,500 children and young people in the Asia-Pacific region highlights the worsening impact of climate change on their lives....
Explained: How COP29 is Turning Commitments into Action on Climate Finance?
ABC Live
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New Delhi (ABC Live): The 29th UN Climate Conference (COP29) commenced in Baku, Azerbaijan, amidst a year marked by record-breaking heatwaves, wildfires, hurricanes, and catastrophic floods. The summit, often referred to as the “Climate Finance...
Marshallese women call for nuclear justice
RNZ
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July 24, 2024
By Netani Rika*, Majuro Photo: supplied *This is the first story in a five-part web series focused on the 15th Triennial Conference of Pacific Women taking place in the Marshall Islands this week. Feature - Women continue to fight for justice, 70...
Fear and speculation mount after another tanker is hit by unexplained blast
Lloyd's List
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INSIDE the flooded engine room of Vilamoura (IMO: 9529293), crew members have documented several shrapnel holes left in the deck after an explosion ripped through the tanker on Friday. The blast left the suezmax, operated by George Economou’s TMS...
Oslo's environmental, feminine choice, 20 years later - opinion
The Jerusalem Post
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November 20, 2024
The conference is an initiative in the framework of which an award is endowed to young women around the world for their activities in various fields to promote peace in areas of conflict and war. Most of its participants are researchers and...
Can climate diplomacy survive Trump 2.0?
The Independent
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November 15, 2024
I still remember the energy and optimism we felt on the way to the 2016 climate talks in Marrakesh. It was the first major summit after the Paris Agreement turned into reality. It felt like climate diplomacy could truly change the world for the...
Regional judicial symposium underway
Solomon Star
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June 19, 2025
The judicial Symposium 2025 got underway on Wednesday at the Pacific Forum Agency Fisheries (FFA) Conference Centre. It brought together Chiefs Justices from Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, and Tuvalu, alongside other senior...
At COP29 summit, nations big and small get chance to bear witness to climate change
The Globe and Mail
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November 13, 2024
Open this photo in gallery:People arrive for the COP29 UN climate summit, in Baku, Azerbaijan, on Nov. 13.Peter Dejong/The Associated Press More than two dozen world leaders are delivering remarks at the United Nations’ annual climate conference...
UN climate summit sees key leaders absent
Arkansas Democrat Gazette
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November 13, 2024
BAKU, Azerbaijan -- World leaders converged Tuesday at the United Nations annual climate conference with plenty of big names and powerful countries noticeably absent. Past talks often had the star power of a soccer World Cup. But the meeting just...
Commonwealth Secretary-General warns small island states cannot wait for climate finance
Pacific News Service
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The international community must fulfil its promises to provide greater financial support to small island countries at the frontline of climate change. This was the main rallying call at the Leaders’ Summit of the Small Island Developing States...