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AFED at ORF and Cairo Forum 6/11/2025
AFED at ORF and Cairo Forum Representing AFED at the Council meeting of the Observer Research Foundation (ORF) and the Cairo Forum, organized by the Egyptian Center for Economic Studies (ECES), AFED Secretary General, Najib Saab, called on Arab states to help create “Alliance of the Climate Willing” (countries which are committed to climate action). ...more
New climate pledges do little to correct global warming projection, UN warns 6/11/2025
New climate pledges do little to correct global warming projection, UN warns Available new climate pledges by governments have only slightly lowered global temperature rise over the course of this century, leaving the world on the path to a serious escalation of climate risks and damages.  ...more
EU agrees weakened climate target in final-hour deal for COP30 6/11/2025
EU agrees weakened climate target in final-hour deal for COP30 EU climate ministers agreed a 2040 climate change target in the early hours of Wednesday after watering down the goal in last-minute negotiations, as they raced to clinch the deal before the U.N. COP30 summit in Brazil. ...more
Global companies push for regulation on plastics reduction, report shows 6/11/2025
Global companies push for regulation on plastics reduction, report shows Global food and packaging companies, including Nestle (NESN.S), PepsiCo (PEP.O) and Unilever (ULVR.L) have vowed to collaborate on cutting plastic use and push for regulation after U.N. talks in August collapsed, a report published on Tuesday showed. ...more
STATEMENT: Baku to Belém Roadmap Lays Out Pathway to Scale Climate Finance  6/11/2025
STATEMENT: Baku to Belém Roadmap Lays Out Pathway to Scale Climate Finance  Today, the COP presidencies of Azerbaijan and Brazil published the Baku to Belém Roadmap to $1.3T. This report represents a key output agreed to at COP29, detailing how to deliver $1.3 trillion annually for developing countries from all international sources by 2035. ...more
EU in last-minute talks to set new climate goal for COP30 5/11/2025
EU in last-minute talks to set new climate goal for COP30 EU climate ministers will make a last-ditch attempt to pass a new climate change target on Tuesday, in an effort to avoid going to the U.N. COP30 summit in Brazil empty-handed. ...more
FAO warns of ‘silent crisis’ as land degradation threatens billions 5/11/2025
FAO warns of ‘silent crisis’ as land degradation threatens billions The finding comes in the latest State of Food and Agriculture (SOFA) report by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), released on Monday in Rome. ...more
Australia to offer three hours free solar per day to millions 5/11/2025
Australia to offer three hours free solar per day to millions Australia will offer at least three hours of free solar power every day to households including those without solar panels under an energy-saving programme that is expected to go live in 2026, energy minister Chris Bowen said on Tuesday. ...more
Norway blocks wind farm in wilderness used by reindeer herders 5/11/2025
Norway blocks wind farm in wilderness used by reindeer herders Norway's energy regulator said on Tuesday it had rejected an application to build a wind farm in its northernmost Finnmark county, citing impacts to a wilderness area as well as Indigenous Sami culture. ...more
Antarctic glacier's rapid retreat sparks scientific 'whodunnit' 5/11/2025
Antarctic glacier's rapid retreat sparks scientific 'whodunnit' When an Antarctic glacier was sparked into rapid retreat three years ago, it left scientists scratching their heads as to what might have caused it. ...more
 
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