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COP29: “Fighting Climate Change” is Euphemism for Ending Fossil Fuels

November 26, 2024 admin climate change, Coal, cop28, cop29, Fossil Fuels, natural gas, Oil, policy & politics, Saudi Arabia

Credit to Author: Maarten Vinkhuyzen| Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2024 04:16:48 +0000

After the only win from last year’s COP28 was saying out loud “End Fossil Fuels,” the Drill-Baby-Drill crowd under the leadership of Saudi Arabia is doing everything in their power to make it just a line in an “All of the Above” policy agenda. At every international forum — from … [continued]

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Aviation Contrails — Low Hanging Fruit of the Climate Fight

November 26, 2024 admin Aviation, climate change, cop29, green economy, policy & politics

Credit to Author: Maarten Vinkhuyzen| Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2024 03:46:08 +0000

In a recent report, “Contrail avoidance: aviation’s climate opportunity of the decade,” Transport & Environment explained how cheap it was to avoid 80% of the contrails damage. The report was published just before COP29. It got a followup with an event at the conference in BAKU. Recognizing the impact of … [continued]

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Sufficiency — It’s All We Need

November 22, 2024 admin built environment, cop29, green economy, policy & politics, sufficiency

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2024 16:19:36 +0000

When is enough, enough? Is the idea of sufficiency what we are missing as we grasp and claw for more and more stuff?

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House Republicans Take A Victory Lap In Baku

November 21, 2024 admin cop 29, cop29, Fossil Fuels, green economy, inflation reduction act of 2022., policy & politics

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2024 17:30:09 +0000

If anyone had any doubts about climate policy once the new administration in the US takes over in January, the behavior of five Republicans in the House of Representatives at a press conference in Baku last week left little to the imagination. As reported by Jake Bittle for Grist, at … [continued]

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Financial Investments In Smallholder Farmers Are Big Talk At UN Climate Change Conference

November 21, 2024 admin Agriculture, carbon emissions, climate change, cop29, Farmers, farming, green jobs, investment, waste reduction

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2024 17:05:19 +0000

Smallholder farmers sustain humanity every day of the year. The 600 million smallholder farmers around the world, who are working on less than two hectares of land, are estimated to be responsible for 28-31% of total crop production and contribute 30-34% of food supply on 24% of gross agricultural area. … [continued]

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ClimeFi Launches Global 1000 Carbon Removal Challenge With XPrize

November 18, 2024 admin carbon dioxide removal, carbon removal, cop29, green economy, UN, xprize

Credit to Author: Jonny Tiernan| Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2024 17:30:30 +0000

Today, ClimeFi, in partnership with XPRIZE, formally launched the Global 1000 CDR Challenge at the 29th United Nations Climate Change conference (COP29 Azerbaijan) taking place in Baku. The challenge calls for immediate action by each of the world’s largest 1,000 companies to enter new purchase agreements for at least 1,000 … [continued]

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USA a Solar Champion at COP29?

November 16, 2024 admin clean power, cop29, inflation reduction act of 2022., policy & politics, seia, Solar energy, solar energy industries association (seia)

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2024 04:57:29 +0000

The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) put out a story yesterday that caught my attention. The title of the organization’s article was “America’s New Role at COP29: Global Solar Champion.” My first thought was, “Great, the US is doing something good on solar at COP29.” My next thought was, “Wait, … [continued]

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