by sdgadmin | Jan 3, 2024 | News and Evens
The 2023 UN Conference of Parties – or COP28 – like its predecessors, concluded with mixed results. Some have lauded the “historic” consensus text which includes the need to “transition” away from fossil fuels. Others have lamented the vague language and non-binding...
by sdgadmin | Dec 24, 2023 | News and Evens
The end of COP27 closed with a historic agreement to provide “loss and damage” funding for vulnerable countries that shoulder the heavy burden of climate change. But, after launching the fund on day one, many of the other decisions at COP28 made that agreement look...
by sdgadmin | Dec 23, 2023 | News and Evens
The goals of the Paris Agreement will be missed unless there is a rapid and substantial increase in investment in emerging market and developing countries, leading finance experts have warned. The report states: “We are far behind on climate action globally, as...
by sdgadmin | Dec 23, 2023 | News and Evens
COP28 saw momentum on climate action continuing to build. More ambition is still needed to accelerate progress—so it can be measured in months not decades. Negotiations at COP28 concluded with the “UAE Consensus”. One notable element of which was the agreement on a...
by sdgadmin | Dec 22, 2023 | News and Evens
The biggest takeaway? Countries are making incremental progress on strengthening their NDCs, but what the world really needs to achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement is a radical increase in both ambition and action on almost every front. Read...
