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COP27 on climate, a small step towards biodiversity protection
The final text of the agreement reached in Sharm finally mentions the "urgent need" to address the interweaving between the…
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COP27, carbon trading will be secret
In the fourth report on the results of the Sharm climate summit, we analyze what COP27 decided on the international…
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With the Sharm Implementation Plan, COP27 will increase emissions
The text lacks a reference to the phasing out of all fossil fuels and a commitment to reaching the peak…
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COP27 by Sharm: historic agreement on loss & damage, but stutters on everything else
The climate summit finally establishes a loss and damage fund that has been demanded by the most vulnerable countries to…
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Fossil phase down, even the EU is to approve it at COP27
The negotiations in Sharm are always slow, but there may be a small, perhaps almost symbolic, step forward from a…
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Here is the Global Shield: so the G7 “ensures” climate finance
Insurance, not compensation. Nor subsidies. The initiative led by Germany marks a point for the richest countries in the tug…
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From the UN, global guidelines to create policies toward net-zero emissions
The United Nations body responsible for establishing international standards, ISO, has submitted to COP27 a document containing a definition of…
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Businesses, banks and cities all too often lie about net-zero goals
"Too many promises of climate neutrality are little more than empty slogans and announcements," says former Canadian Environment Minister who…
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COP27, US and EU want global standards on methane emissions
Brussels and Washington will present in Sharm el-Sheikh another initiative against the CH4, a kind of club of more ambitious…
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Off-track buildings emissions: reached the historical maximum of 10GtCO2
Investments in efficiency increase and the intensity of emissions decreases, but the built surface also grows. Emissions from buildings increased…
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