* IPCC AR6 SYR * IPCC highlights rich nations’ failure to help developing world adapt to climate change
Vulnerable communities disproportionately affected by global warming are being given ‘insufficient’ funds to help adapt to extreme climate impacts, the latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) says.
Klimafinanzierung Uno IPCCNations seek compromise on fossil fuel phase-out ahead of Cop28
Governments will continue to discuss whether to call for a phase-out of fossil fuels ahead of the Cop28 climate talks, the Egyptian Cop27 president told reporters after a gathering of 50 climate ministers in Copenhagen today.
COP28 Ende der Fossilen UnoQ&A: What does the ‘High Seas Treaty’ mean for climate change and biodiversity?
Nations around the world have agreed to a new global treaty for governing the sustainable use and conservation of the so-called “high seas” – areas of the ocean that lie outside of any single nation’s jurisdiction.
Biodiversität Ozeane UnoVanuatu gathers support for UN climate justice statement
Of the 193 United Nations member states, 105 have now supported Vanuatu’s call to request that the International Court of Justice (ICJ) gives an advisory opinion on states’ legal obligation for climate action and the consequences of causing harm.
Australien & Ozeanien COP28 UnoRevolution im Seerecht
Nach zähen Verhandlungen auf UN-Ebene ist ein internationales Abkommen zum Schutz der hohen See geschlossen worden. (Foto: Mike Muzurakis/IISD/ENB) Konsens durch Erschöpfung. Diese altbewährte Methode der internationalen Umweltdiplomatie hat erneut zum Erfolg geführt.
Ozeane UnoCOP28 boss urges Big Oil to join fight against climate change
Jaber and Kerry, who strode to the stage and shook Jaber’s hand when the speech ended, left the room together. The two held a meeting ahead of the conference on Sunday. Jaber was a controversial pick to lead the COP28 climate summit because his country is an OPEC member and major oil exporter.
Big Oil & Gas COP28 UnoWie viel Erdöl verträgt die kommende Klimakonferenz?
Kann der Chef einer Erdölfirma ernsthaft daran interessiert sein, den internationalen Klimaschutz voranzubringen? Die Vereinigten Arabischen Emirate sagen Ja und wollen es der Welt im kommenden Dezember beweisen. Sie haben deswegen Mitte Januar den 49-jährigen Dr. Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber zum Präsidenten der 28. Weltklimakonferenz in Dubai ernannt. Umwelt-NGO schlagen Alarm.
Uno COP28 Asien Big Oil & Gas EnergiewendeUAE oil company employees given roles in office hosting Cop28
At least a dozen employees from the United Arab Emirate’s state-owned oil company have apparently taken up roles with the office of the UAE’s climate change special envoy, who will host this year’s Cop28 UN climate summit.
Anti-Klima-Lobby Big Oil & Gas COP28 Uno** RECOMMENDED READING ** | * WEF * UN head accuses fossil fuel firms of business models ‘inconsistent with human survival’
The head of the United Nations has accused the world’s biggest fossil fuel companies of refusing to abandon a business model at odds with human survival despite knowingly putting the world on course for a climate meltdown decades ago.
Big Oil & Gas Apokalypse Uno* COP28 * Qui est Sultan Al Jaber, le pétrolier «Champion de la Terre» qui présidera la COP28?
Le chef de la compagnie pétrolière d'Abu Dhabi dont les études ont été financées par l'industrie fossile, fut également entrepreneur dans le renouvelable et ministre des technologies. La nouvelle est tombée telle une blague qu’on préfère éviter.
COP28 Uno** RECOMMENDED READING ** Thirteen critical questions for international climate action in 2023
Last year was shaped by events that barely anyone predicted – Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, horrendous floods in Pakistan and a hard-fought breakthrough on finance for victims of climate disaster.
Brasilien China COP28 Abholzung Energiecharta-Vertrag foss. Energie Greenwashing Methan Uno Weltbank* CBD COP15 * Knapp ein Drittel der Erde soll unter Schutz gestellt werden
Am Montagmorgen um drei Uhr Ortszeit ist im kanadischen Montreal die 15. UN-Artenschutzkonferenz zu Ende gegangen. Trotz der Ablehnung durch die Demokratische Republik Kongo hat der Konferenzpräsident und chinesische Umweltminister Huang Runqiu das neue Abkommen für angenommen erklärt.
Biodiversität Uno* CBD COP15 * Key outcomes agreed at the UN biodiversity conference in Montreal
Almost 200 countries have agreed to a new set of goals and targets to “halt and reverse” biodiversity loss by the end of the decade. The landmark deal was reached after two weeks of often tense talks in Montreal at the UN biodiversity summit, known as COP15.
Biodiversität Uno* CBD COP15 * Un accord historique sur la biodiversité a été approuvé à la COP15
Après quatre années de négociations difficiles, dix jours et une nuit de marathon diplomatique, plus de 190 États sont parvenus à un accord sous l'égide de la Chine, présidente de la COP15, malgré une opposition de la République démocratique du Congo.
Biodiversität Uno* CBD COP15 * La COP15 décide de protéger 30% de la planète, mais au détriment de qui?
A la COP15 pour la biodiversité, 195 pays ont accepté de conserver 30% des terres et des mers d'ici 2030. Si certains s’en réjouissent, d’autres craignent qu'une telle approche menace d'expulsion jusqu'à 300 millions de personnes de ces zones.
Biodiversität UnoNatur-Retter im Anflug
"30 bis 30", so lautet die Maxime zur Rettung von Natur und Artenvielfalt. Die Formel bedeutet: Bis 2030 sollen 30 Prozent der Landfläche und der Ozeane der Erde unter Schutz gestellt werden, um Ökosysteme und Biodiversität zu stabilisieren und so auch einen Beitrag zum Klimaschutz zu leiten.
Biodiversität Naturschutz UnoUm Mitternacht die Uhr angehalten
Die USA unterzeichneten das Kyoto-Protokoll, ratifizierten es aber nicht, weil es dem amerikanischen Lebensstil widerspreche. (Foto: Anthony Arrigo/Flickr) Die Uhr tickte unerbittlich. Dabei war schon Mittwoch, der letzte Tag der Klimakonferenz von Kyoto, und es ging stark auf Mitternacht zu.
Geschichte Uno‘We are at war with nature’: UN environment chief warns of biodiversity apocalypse
The UN’s environment chief has warned that “we are at war with nature” and must “make peace”, as countries gather at Cop15 in Montreal to agree a deal to protect the planet’s biodiversity. “We’ve just welcomed the 8 billionth member of the human race on this planet.
Biodiversität UnoBattle lines drawn in talks on new plastics treaty
A tourist walks on Bali's iconic Kuta beach that is buried by plastic rubbish during monsoon season in Denpasar, Bali. (Photo credit: Made Nagi/Greenpeace) As official talks on setting up a United Nations treaty on plastic pollution began in Uruguay this week, battle lines have started to form.
Kunststoffe Uno* COP27 – OUTCOMES * Key outcomes for food, forests, land and nature at the UN climate talks in Egypt
The COP27 summit in the Egyptian coastal resort of Sharm el-Sheikh made history by including food, rivers, nature-based solutions, tipping points and the right to a healthy environment in an overarching COP “cover decision” for the first time.
Landw. & Ernährung COP27 Abholzung Wälder Uno Feuchtgebiete* COP27 – CLIM. FINANCE * Who should pay for loss and damage? Spoiler: not China
At this month’s UN climate summit, rich countries agreed to set up a dedicated fund to address the loss and damage caused by climate disasters, after years of blocking. This was a big breakthrough, but it came with a catch: they want to expand the donor pool.
China Klimafinanzierung COP27 Uno* COP27 – HOW TO PROCEED * "Es braucht eine Allianz der Willigen"
Klimareporter°: Herr Latif, haben Sie nach dem jüngsten Klimagipfel in Sharm el-Sheikh noch Hoffnung, dass das 1,5‑Grad-Limit der Erderwärmung in Reichweite bleibt? In der Gipfelerklärung wird an dem Ziel festgehalten. Sind denn wenigstens die zwei Grad noch realistisch?
COP27 Uno* COP27 – FOSSIL FUEL LOBBYING * Die 636 Lobbyisten der Fossilindustrie wurden unterschätzt
Die neueste Klimakonferenz in Ägypten ging ohne Fortschritte für den Klimaschutz zu Ende. In seiner Spiegel-Kolumne «Im Hintergrund agieren die Saboteure» spürt Kolumnist Christian Stöcker die Verantwortlichen auf.
Anti-Klima-Lobby Big Oil & Gas COP27 Uno* COP27 – FOSSIL FUEL LOBBYING * ‘False solutions’: scepticism over Saudi carbon capture plan
Saudi Arabia is bolstering years of negotiation tactics designed to stymie vital climate negotiations with a focus on carbon capture technologies that experts say risk delaying a meaningful transition from fossil fuels.
Anti-Klima-Lobby COP27 Negativemissionen Uno* COP27 – OUTCOMES * Drei gute Nachrichten zur Klimakonferenz
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COP27 Abholzung Ende der Fossilen Erneuerbare Uno Hoffnung* COP27 – OUTCOMES * The big takeaway from Cop27? These climate conferences just aren’t working
In the end, the recent shenanigans at the Cop27 meeting in Sharm el-Sheikh at least ended up making modest progress on loss and damage: high-emissions nations agreeing to pay those countries bearing the brunt of climate mayhem that they had little to do with bringing about.
COP27 Uno* COP27 – OUTCOMES * Is COP27 the End of Hopes for Limiting Global Warming to 1.5 Degrees Celsius?
SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt—The COP27 climate conference in Egypt may be remembered as the moment when the world gave up on limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, the most ambitious goal set by the 2015 Paris Agreement.
1,5°-Limite COP27 Uno* COP27 – CLIM.FINANCE * ‘We couldn’t fail them’: how Pakistan’s floods spurred fight for climate justice
In early September, after unprecedented rainfall had left a third of Pakistan under water, its climate change minister set out the country’s stall for Cop27.
Asien Klimafinanzierung COP27 Überschwemmungen Uno* COP27 – CLIM. FINANCE * Fortschritt trotz Stillstand
Aus Entwicklungsperspektive waren an dieser Konferenz die Verhandlungen zur Finanzierung von klimabedingten Schäden und Verlusten besonders wichtig. Der Druck auf die Industriestaaten war dieses Jahr angesichts der Überschwemmungen in Pakistan und der Dürre in Ostafrika grösser denn je.
Klimafinanzierung COP27 Uno* COP27 – CLIM. FINANCE * Global South Campaigners Applauded for Securing Loss and Damage Fund in COP27 Deal
A decadeslong pressure campaign by policymakers and advocates in the Global South was credited Sunday with pushing wealthy nations to finally drop their opposition to a "loss and damage" fund to help developing countries that face some of the worst climate impacts, allowing the financing plan to be
Klimafinanzierung COP27 Uno* COP27 – REACTIONS * ‘We can do the impossible’: how key players reacted to end of Cop27 climate summit
World leaders, diplomats, activists and experts have been reacting to the end of the Cop27 climate conference, which produced a groundbreaking agreement on climate finance for poorer countries but failed to make significant progress on many other matters.
COP27 Uno* COP27 – REACTIONS * En Suisse et dans le monde, les réactions déplorent le manque d'ambition de la COP27
La COP27 "n'est pas un succès" si l'on regarde les mesures concrètes, a jugé dimanche Simonetta Sommaruga sur Twitter. Les regrets helvétiques se portent notamment sur le programme de travail pour la protection du climat.
COP27 Uno* COP27 – SWITZERLAND * Interview zum Abschluss des Klimagipfels – «Das habe ich so noch nie erlebt»
An der UNO-Klimakonferenz wollten die EU und auch die Schweiz ein starkes Bekenntnis, aus den fossilen Energien auszusteigen. Beschlossen wurde ein weiterer Finanztopf, um Schäden und Verluste in besonders betroffenen Entwicklungsländern zu decken.
COP27 Schweiz (Bund) Uno* COP27 – BRAZIL * Lula: Retter des Regenwaldes und des Klimas?
Eine Menschentraube drängt sich um Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, den designierten brasilianischen Präsidenten, als er zum Podium schreitet. Während seiner Rede bricht die Menge immer wieder in Jubel und Lula-Gesänge aus.
Brasilien COP27 Abholzung Uno* COP27 – BRAZIL * 350.org reacts to Lula’s COP27 speech: “Plans for the Amazon are very promising, but need to include a just energy transition”
Brazil – In one of the most anticipated moments of COP27, the UN climate conference, the president-elect of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, presented this Wednesday (Nov 16) measures and guidelines for the conservation of the Amazon forest, the development of that region and the protection of
Brasilien COP27 Abholzung Uno* COP27 – COLOMBIA * In Colombia, Drilling Pays the Bills. The Country’s Leaders Want to Quit Oil.
The president says oil is his economy’s worst addiction. Phasing it out would be a global first for a major oil producer. ARAUCA, Colombia — Over the past four decades, Colombia has pumped billions of barrels of oil from under a vast savanna it shares with neighboring Venezuela.
Amerikas COP27 Ende der Fossilen Uno* COP27 – ANTI CLIM. LOBBYING * Ernüchternde Klimakonferenz COP27 Im Hintergrund agieren die Saboteure
Die Klimakonferenz von Scharm al-Scheich endet mit einer Enttäuschung – und das hat seine Gründe. Es wird Zeit, die Saboteure klar zu benennen. Zumal nachweisbar ist, wie sie agieren. Die Klimakonferenz in Ägypten ist zu Ende, und das Ergebnis ist durchwachsen.
Anti-Klima-Lobby Big Oil & Gas COP27 Uno* COP28 * Fears over oil producers’ influence with UAE as next host of Cop climate talks
Fears are growing among climate experts and campaigners over the influence of fossil fuel producers on global climate talks, as a key Gulf petro-state gears up to take control of the negotiations.
Anti-Klima-Lobby Big Oil & Gas COP28 foss. Energie Uno* COP27 * „Greenwashing“ und Zeitverschwendung – oder doch nicht?
Klimakrise und Naturzerstörung: Mega-Events der Vereinten Nationen versprechen Rettung, aber ihre Ergebnisse sind bisher mager. Angesichts von Nationalismus, Krieg, Verteufelung politischer Gegner und Desinformation können wir uns trotzdem glücklich schätzen, dass es sie gibt
COP27 Uno* COP27 – CLIM. FINANCE * EU opens the door to a loss and damage facility – if China pays
The EU is open to creating a new funding stream to help victims of climate disaster recover – as long as China contributes. On one of the most contentious issues at Cop27 in Sharm el-Sheikh, EU climate chief Frans Timmermans hinted at room for compromise.
Klimafinanzierung COP27 EU & EU Mitgl. Uno* COP27 – CLIM. FINANCE * Interessen beim Naturschutz – Regenwaldstaaten fordern Entschädigung für Reduzierung der Abholzung
Die Vereinbarung sieht neben der Forderung nach Entschädigung für den Schutz des Regenwalds durch die Internationale Gemeinschaft unter anderem den Zugang zu Klimafinanzierung vor.
Klimafinanzierung COP27 Abholzung Uno* COP27 – UNTERNEHMENS-KLIMAZIELE * Einschätzung zum Report der High-Level Expert Group (HLEG) on the Net-Zero Emissions Commitments of Non-State Entities
In den letzten Jahren hat sich in der internationalen Klimapolitik, aber auch in nationalen oder sogar substaatlichen Kontexten das Ziel der „Netto-Null-Emissionen“ etabliert.
COP27 Unternehmens-Klimaziele Greenwashing Uno* COP27 – SCHWEIZ * Umweltministerin in Ägypten - Sommaruga: «Es ist eine schwierige Klimakonferenz»
Die UNO-Klimakonferenz im ägyptischen Sharm El-Sheik neigt sich dem Ende zu. Noch bleibt Zeit, um griffige Massnahmen für die Bekämpfung der Klimakrise zu ergreifen. Auch die Schweizer Umweltministerin Simonetta Sommaruga ist vor Ort.
COP27 Schweiz (Bund) Uno* COP27 – EU * Etwas mehr, aber nicht genug
"Wir sind nicht nur auf Kurs mit unserem Klimaziel. Wir gehen davon aus, dass wir bis 2030 unsere Emissionen um mindestens 57 Prozent senken werden." Mit diesen Worten ist ein energischer Frans Timmermans auf der gut gefüllten Pressekonferenz der EU zu vernehmen.
COP27 EU & EU Mitgl. Uno* COP27 – CHINA * China’s surprise visit to US-EU event hints at cooperation on methane
China’s climate envoy Xie Zhenhua unexpectedly dropped in on a Cop27 ministerial meeting led by the US and the EU, raising hopes that the world’s largest emitter will renew cooperation around methane emissions.
China COP27 EU & EU Mitgl. Methan Uno USA* COP27 – BRAZIL * Lula vows to undo Brazil’s environmental degradation and halt deforestation
President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has told the world that “Brazil is back” at Cop27, vowing to begin undoing the environmental destruction seen under his far-right predecessor, Jair Bolsonaro, and work towards zero deforestation of the Amazon rainforest.
Brasilien COP27 Abholzung Uno* COP27 – AUSTRALIA * Australia told to end new fossil fuel subsidies if it wants Pacific support to host climate summit
Australia must stop subsidising new fossil fuel developments if it is to win a key Pacific nation’s support for its plan to co-host a major UN climate summit in 2026.
Australien & Ozeanien Kohle COP27 Foss.-Subventionen Uno* COP27 – VENEZUELA * ‘Asking an arsonist to put out a fire’: climate offender Maduro makes Cop27 comeback
It is unclear whether Cop27 will have any real impact on efforts to halt climate change but one leader is likely to return from the international summit feeling that the trip to Egypt was well worth it: Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro.
Amerikas Anti-Klima-Lobby COP27 Uno* COP27 – ANTI-CLIM. LOBBY * Climate Disinformation Campaigns Threaten COP27 Progress, a New Report Concludes
SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt—The slow pace of global climate talks is once again on display at COP27 this week and can be partially explained by a renewed blitz of climate disinformation, according to watchdog groups that analyze media ecosystems.
COP27 Klimaleugnung Uno** RECOMMENDED ** | * COP27 * UN-Konferenz in Ägypten: Kein Klimaschutz ohne politische Freiheit
Niemand weiß, was aus dem „verloren gegangenen“ Klimabrief wurde. Bekannt ist nur dies: Alaa Abdel Fattah, wohl der prominenteste politische Gefangene Ägyptens, schrieb ihn im September in seiner Kairoer Gefängniszelle, während er sich im Hungerstreik befand.
COP27 Demokratie Uno* COP27 * USA reklamieren beim Klima wieder die Führung
Nachdem seine Demokratische Partei unerwartet gut bei den US-Parlamentswahlen abgeschnitten hat, ist US-Präsident Joe Biden am Freitag zur 27. UN-Klimakonferenz (COP 27) nach Sharm el-Sheikh gekommen. Dort konnte er sich mit großer Glaubwürdigkeit für mehr Klimaschutz einsetzen.
COP27 Uno USA* COP27 – OFFSETTING * John Kerry’s offsets plan sets early test for UN net zero standards
A day after UN head António Guterres warned there should be “zero tolerance for net-zero greenwashing”, the standards for credible pledges proposed by his group of experts are already coming to the test.
COP27 Uno USA* COP27 – OFFSETTING * Germany ‘skeptical’ of US carbon credit plan
SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt — Top German officials said a U.S. proposal to allow major companies to buy carbon credits to fund clean energy projects in poorer countries could distract from efforts to actually cut emissions. Asked whether the U.S.
COP27 Deutschland Uno USA* COP27 – EMERGENCY * Science Day at COP27 Shows That Climate Talks Aren’t Keeping Pace With Planetary Physics
The first week of climate talks at COP27 ended with another sharp warning from scientists, who said that global warming is already killing thousands to tens of thousands of people each year, and that the carnage will only increase without immediate, sharp cuts of the emissions heating the climate.
COP27 Uno* COP27 – EMERGENCY * What the tiny remaining 1.5C carbon budget means for climate policy
Prof Piers Forster, professor of climate physics at the University of Leeds and director of the Priestley International Centre for Climate. Dr Debbie Rosen, science and policy manager of the CONSTRAIN project at the University of Leeds.
COP27 Uno THG-Emissionen 1,5°-Limite* COP27 – CLIMATE JUSTICE * After Decades of Resistance, Rich Countries Offer Direct Climate Aid
Several European leaders at COP27 announced funds to help poor nations recover from loss and damage caused by climate change. The United States was silent. Follow our live coverage of the COP27 Climate Summit in Egypt.
Klimafinanzierung COP27 Uno* COP27 – CLIMATE JUSTICE * Biden says America is doing its part to prevent “climate hell.” Is it?
President Joe Biden on Friday told international climate negotiators in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, that the US is backing its promises to cut greenhouse gas emissions with action and, crucially, with money.
Klimafinanzierung COP27 Uno USA* COP27 – CLIMATE JUSTICE * Poor Countries Need Climate Funding. These Plans Could Unlock Trillions.
As global warming delivers cascading weather disasters, leaders at U.N. climate talks say it’s time to radically overhaul the World Bank and International Monetary Fund. Gelles and Bearak are in Egypt speaking to world leaders at the United Nations climate summit.
Klimafinanzierung COP27 Uno* COP27 – CLIMATE JUSTICE * Au Burkina Faso, «Nous avons peur que la COP27 ignore les éleveurs et le pastoralisme»
Puis nous quittons le Burkina Faso en février-mars, en début de la saison sèche, pour rejoindre la saison humide des pays côtiers: Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana, Togo, Bénin. Nous restons là-bas entre trois et six mois, voire un an pendant les périodes de sécheresse.
Afrika COP27 Uno* COP27 – SWITZERLAND * La compensation carbone décrédibilise les ambitions suisses à l'international
En 2020, la Suisse a été le premier pays au monde à signer un accord d’échange de crédits carbone, avec le Pérou. Depuis, elle est également devenue le pays au monde à conclure le plus de ces accords pour compenser ses émissions.
COP27 Schweiz (Bund) Uno* COP27 – SWITZERLAND * Bericht an Klimakonferenz veröffentlicht – Schweiz rutscht im weltweiten Klima-Rating ab
Die Schweiz hat sich im internationalen Klima-Rating um sieben Ränge verschlechtert. Das zeigt der am Montag an der Uno-Klimakonferenz in Sharm el-Sheikh veröffentlichte Jahresbericht «Climate Change Performance Index» (CCPI).
COP27 Schweiz Uno* COP27 – SWITZERLAND * La Suisse dégringole dans les classements climatiques
Bonnet d’âne pour la stratégie climatique suisse. Sept places en moins. C’est la dégringolade connue par la Suisse dans le Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI), un classement dévoilé ce lundi par plusieurs ONG à l’occasion de la COP27.
COP27 Schweiz Uno* COP27 – LOBBYING * ‘Explosion’ in number of fossil fuel lobbyists at Cop27 climate summit
There are more than 600 fossil fuel lobbyists at the Cop27 climate conference, a rise of more than 25% from last year and outnumbering any one frontline community affected by the climate crisis.
Anti-Klima-Lobby Big Oil & Gas COP27 Uno* COP27 – LOBBYING * Russian oligarchs and companies under sanctions are among lobbyists at Cop27
Russian oligarchs and executives from multiple companies under international sanctions are among the lobbyists currently attending Cop27 in Sharm el-Sheikh. Attenders at the pivotal climate talks include billionaire and former aluminium magnate Oleg Deripaska, who is currently under UK sanctions.
Anti-Klima-Lobby Konflikte COP27 Russland Uno Ukrainekrieg* COP27 – LOBBYING * ‘Oil and gas trade show’ promotes carbon capture at Cop27
Fossil fuel lobbyists outnumber every national delegation at the Cop27 climate summit and their influence shows – on the sidelines and in the negotiations. The Egyptian host, a gas exporting nation, has made reducing the industry’s carbon footprint a focus of its carbon-cutting initiatives.
Big Oil & Gas COP27 Negativemissionen Uno* COP27 – DECARBONIZATION * CSO urges Nigeria, others to shut oil production for renewables
Lorraine Chiponda, Facilitator, ‘Dont Gas Aftica”, a Civil Society Organisation (CSO) has called on Nigeria and other African countries to stop oil production and focus on renewable energy.
Afrika COP27 foss. Energie Uno* COP27 – FINANCIAL MARKETS * Credibility Questions Dog World Bank President at Climate Summit
David Malpass has faced continuing criticism from those who question his commitment to climate action as well as the bank’s track record. Gelles is with a team of New York Times reporters in Egypt covering the United Nations climate summit.
COP27 Finanzmarkt Uno Weltbank* COP27 – AGRICULTURE * There’s one big subject our leaders at Cop27 won’t touch: livestock farming
There are just two actions needed to prevent catastrophic climate breakdown: leave fossil fuels in the ground and stop farming animals. But, thanks to the power of the two industries, both aims are officially unmentionable.
Landw. & Ernährung COP27 Viehhaltung & Fleisch Uno* COP27 – RELIGION * «Grüner Islam» setzt sich für Klimaschutz ein
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Religion Uno COP27* COP27 – WAR * Ukraine plädiert für Klimaschutz im Krieg
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Konflikte COP27 Uno Ukrainekrieg* COP27 * UN-Chef warnt vor „Klimahölle“
Am Montag haben auf dem Weltklimagipfel COP27 im ägyptischen Scharm El-Scheich die Beratungen auf höchster Ebene begonnen. Viele Staats- und Regierungschef:innen sind für ein zweitägiges Treffen angereist, um dem Gipfel zu seinem Auftakt politisches Gewicht zu verleihen.
COP27 Apokalypse Uno* COP27 – STATE OF CLIMATE * World close to ‘irreversible’ climate breakdown, warn major studies
The climate crisis has reached a “really bleak moment”, one of the world’s leading climate scientists has said, after a slew of major reports laid bare how close the planet is to catastrophe.
COP27 Apokalypse Uno* COP27 – STATE OF CLIMATE * La COP27 peut-elle encore sauver l'accord de Paris?
Alors que s'ouvre la COP27 sur le climat en Egypte, la planète continue de se réchauffer. Les ambitions des Etats restent encore insuffisantes pour respecter l'objectif de Paris. Ce dimanche 6 novembre est donné le coup d’envoi de la COP27.
COP27 Uno* COP27 – STATE OF CLIMATE * Hadern mit der Klimakonferenz - «Wir sind überhaupt nicht auf Kurs»
Sonia Seneviratne ist eine der meistzitierten Klimawissenschaftlerinnen der Welt. Sie hadert mit der Klimakonferenz, weil die Länder nicht einmal dazu verpflichtet sind, sich an ihre Versprechungen halten. SRF Wissen: Frau Seneviratne, am 6. November beginnt die 27.
COP27 Uno* COP27 – AMBITION * UN finds ‘no credible pathway to 1.5C in place’
There is “no credible pathway to 1.5C in place”, the UN’s environment agency has said, and the failure to reduce carbon emissions means the only way to limit the worst impacts of the climate crisis is a “rapid transformation of societies”.
COP27 Uno 1,5°-Limite* COP27 – AMBITION * The World Is Falling Short of Its Climate Goals. Four Big Emitters Show Why.
Seven years after the Paris Agreement, in which leaders pledged to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in order to avoid the worst effects of climate change, the world is still not on track to meet those goals.
COP27 Uno* COP27 – AMBITION * Countries Made Bold Climate Promises Last Year. How Are They Doing?
At last year’s U.N. climate summit in Glasgow, world leaders pledged to halt deforestation, phase out fossil fuel subsidies and offer up more climate aid. Following through has been tough. The 2022 COP summit will be the fourth one that Plumer has covered.
COP27 Uno* COP27 – AMBITION * Nothing will change on climate until death toll rises in west, says Gabonese minister
The world will only take meaningful action on the climate crisis once people in rich countries start dying in greater numbers from its effects, Gabon’s environment minister has said, while warning that broken promises on billions of dollars of adaptation finance have left a “sense of betrayal”
COP27 Uno* COP27 – SWITZERLAND * Porträt von Franz Perrez – «Dann ist nicht nur unser Land, sondern auch unser Wohlstand gefährdet»
Nun kommt die Zeit des Franz Perrez, Umweltbotschafter und Leiter der Schweizer Delegation an der Klimakonferenz in Sharm al-Sheikh. Hier ist sein Platz. Das Parkett der internationalen Umweltverhandlungen. Mehr als zwei Monate ist er jedes Jahr dafür unterwegs.
COP27 Schweiz (Bund) Uno* COP27 – AMBITION * Costa Rica backs away from leading oil and gas phaseout coalition
Denmark and Costa Rica jointly launched the Beyond Oil and Gas Alliance (Boga) at last year’s Cop26 climate summit along with six other core members. This “group of first movers” committed to phase out or rule out fossil fuel development in their countries.
Amerikas COP27 Energiewende Ende der Fossilen Uno* COP27 – ANTI CLIM. LOBBY * How Putin and Friends Stalled Climate Progress
Vladimir V. Putin has long used Russia’s oil and gas as instruments of power at home and abroad. With the invasion of Ukraine in February, he has made them a weapon of war. But he has not acted alone.
Anti-Klima-Lobby Brasilien China COP27 Indien Russland Uno USA* COP27 – OFFSETS – SWITZERLAND * Switzerland Is Paying Poorer Nations to Cut Emissions on Its Behalf
The agreements raise concerns that other countries will follow suit, delaying more difficult cuts of greenhouse gas emissions in wealthier nations. Switzerland, one of the world’s richest nations, has an ambitious climate goal: It promises to cut its greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2030.
CO2-«Kompensation» COP27 Schweiz (Bund) Uno* COP27 – OFFSETS – SWITZERLAND * La COP27 en direct: la Suisse n'est pas un exemple à suivre, selon le New York Times
Le New York Times dénonce l’approche suisse. Un article du New York Times, paru lundi 7 novembre, remet en cause la stratégie climatique de la Suisse.
CO2-«Kompensation» COP27 Schweiz (Bund) Uno* COP27 – CLIM. FINANCE * UN-Klimakonferenz: 12 Nullen fürs Klima
Ein neuer Bericht stellt fest: Um die Folgen der Klimakrise abzufedern, müssen jährlich Billionen umverteilt werden. SCHARM AL-SCHEICH reuters/afp | Der globale Süden benötigt im Kampf gegen die Klimakrise einem Bericht zufolge bis 2030 jährlich 2,4 Billionen Dollar (rund 2,4 Billionen Euro).
Klimafinanzierung COP27 Uno* COP27 – CLIM. FINANCE * A Core Question at COP27: Who Will Pay for Climate Change?
When world leaders gather in Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt, this week for the annual United Nations climate summit, the debate over who bears financial responsibility for climate change will be center stage.
Klimafinanzierung COP27 Uno* COP27 – CLIM. FINANCE * Developing countries ‘will need $2tn a year in climate funding by 2030’
About $2tn (£1.75bn) will be needed each year by 2030 to help developing countries cut their greenhouse gas emissions and cope with the effects of climate breakdown, new data suggests.
Klimafinanzierung COP27 Uno* COP27 – CLIM. FINANCE * Wer zahlt für die Schäden des Klimawandels? Die Klimaverhandlungen in Ägypten sollen erste Antworten geben
Sollen reiche Staaten Entwicklungsländer vermehrt unterstützen? Bei der Klimakonferenz in Sharm al-Sheikh soll nun ein erster Durchbruch gelingen. Interessenkonflikte sind programmiert.
Klimafinanzierung COP27 Uno* COP27 – CLIM. FINANCE * How can climate finance be increased from ‘billions to trillions’?
From the moment in the early 1990s when nations began grappling with the threat posed by climate change, money has been at the heart of discussions. Over a decade ago, rich countries promised to raise $100bn each year by 2020 to help developing countries pay for climate action.
Klimafinanzierung COP27 Uno* COP27 – CLIM. FINANCE * Klimafinanzierung braucht mehr Transparenz
Auf der 27. Weltklimakonferenz (COP27) in Ägypten, die jetzt während zwei Wochen läuft, ist die Klimafinanzierung wieder ein dominierendes Thema. Was bereits im Vorfeld für angespannte Stimmung sorgte: So grosszügig wie einst versprochen fliessen die Gelder bis anhin nicht.
Klimafinanzierung COP27 Uno* COP27 – CLIM. FINANCE * African nations can’t ‘adapt’ to famine or floods. Rich countries should pay us for the climate crisis they caused
In September, I travelled from my home country, Uganda, to Turkana County in Kenya, which is suffering from a historic drought. One morning, I met a boy in a hospital where doctors see patients with the worst cases of severe acute malnutrition.
Anpassung Afrika Klimafinanzierung COP27 Uno* COP27 – CLIM. FINANCE * Barbados PM launches blistering attack on rich nations at Cop27 climate talks
Mia Mottley, prime minister of Barbados, has criticised industrialised nations for failing the developing world on the climate crisis, in a blistering attack at the Cop27 UN climate talks.
Amerikas Klimafinanzierung COP27 Uno* COP27 – CLIM. FINANCE * How Belize Cut Its Debt by Fighting Global Warming
TURNEFFE ATOLL, Belize — Belize faced an economic meltdown. The pandemic had sent it into its worst ever recession, putting the government on the brink of bankruptcy. For Belize, that meant its oceans, endangered mangroves and vulnerable coral reefs.
Amerikas Klimafinanzierung COP27 Uno* COP27 – CIVIL SOCIETY * Rahmina Paullete, la crise climatique dans les veines
Elle va célébrer ses 17 ans à la COP27. Etoile montante de l’activisme environnemental en Afrique, la jeune Kényane confronte les dirigeants sur des questions de pollution et de réparation financière. L’énergie que dégage l’adolescente est peu commune.
Afrika COP27 Uno* COP27 – CIVIL SOCIETY * La société civile persona non grata en Egypte?
Les manifestations, happenings et sit-in seront très strictement encadrés par les autorités égyptiennes durant la conférence. Une situation qui prive la société civile de l’un de ses principaux outils pour mobiliser le grand public et faire pression sur les dirigeants.
COP27 Uno Repression* COP27 – LITIGATION * See you in court: how climate lawsuits could sharpen Cop27 loss and damage talks
If international solidarity with climate victims falls short, litigation offers a vital but imperfect avenue for compensation Loss and damage has been at the heart of much media reporting about the upcoming Cop27 climate talks in Egypt in November.
COP27 Uno Klima-Haftung* COP27 – FOSSIL FUELS * Cop27 host Egypt plans to push gas as ‘the perfect solution’
Cop27 host Egypt and 16 other gas-exporting governments have pledged to use upcoming climate talks to promote fossil gas as “the perfect solution” to climate change and energy security.
Afrika COP27 foss. Energie Greenwashing Uno* COP27 * In numbers: The state of the climate ahead of Cop27
In the two weeks ahead of the Cop27 summit in Egypt, every group of climate wonks has a report out on the state of the play. Overwhelmed? We’ve got you covered. This year as every year, they show that climate action is off the pace. But don’t switch off. The trends are worth a closer look.
COP27 Uno* COP27 * Die Zeit wird knapp für das 1.5-Grad-Ziel
Damit die katastrophalen Folgen des Klimawandels abgewendet werden können, müssen jetzt Massnahmen ergriffen werden. Hitzewellen, Dürren und Überschwemmungen rund um den Globus haben die Folgen des Klimawandels nicht erst in den letzten Monaten deutlich gemacht.
COP27 Uno 1,5°-Limite* COP27 * As Xi reaffirms climate goals, China faces economic and geopolitical headwinds
China reaffirmed its commitment to its climate goals at last week’s party congress and is likely to over-achieve its renewable targets in Xi Jinping’s third term in power, experts told Climate Home News.
China COP27 Emissionsreduktion Uno** RECOMMENDED READING ** | * COP27 * Current emissions pledges will lead to catastrophic climate breakdown, says UN
Pledges to cut greenhouse gas emissions will lead to global heating of 2.5C, a level that would condemn the world to catastrophic climate breakdown, according to the United Nations.
COP27 Emissionsreduktion Uno** RECOMMENDED READING ** Emissions Gap Report 2022
What’s new in this year’s report The report is the 13th edition in an annual series that provides an overview of the difference between where greenhouse emissions are predicted to be in 2030 and where they should be to avert the worst impacts of climate change.
COP27 THG-Emissionen UnoCoke Sponsoring COP27 Is the Definition of ‘Greenwashing,’ Activists Say
Activists are calling on the United Nations to remove Coca-Cola as a sponsor of the year’s most significant global climate summit, calling the partnership “pure greenwash” and pointing to the soft drink giant’s outsized contribution to the global plastic waste crisis and its role in perpetua
COP27 Greenwashing Uno* COP27 * UNO-Bericht zu Klimazielen - Ein Hoffnungsschimmer vor der Klimakonferenz ist nicht genug
Nach dem Pariser Klimaabkommen wollten die Länder ihre Klimaziele regelmässig verschärfen. Das funktioniert nur ungenügend. Das Pariser Klimaabkommen von 2015 hat ein klares Ziel: Die Erderwärmung soll auf unter zwei Grad, wenn möglich auf 1.5 Grad begrenzt werden.
COP27 Emissionsreduktion Uno* COP27 * Von der Gerechtigkeit blieb wenig
Nr. 43 – 27. Oktober 2022 Endlich sollten die Milliarden fliessen: Selbst kritische Südafrikaner:innen reagierten hoffnungsvoll, als ihrem Land bei der COP26 vor einem Jahr Unterstützungsgelder versprochen wurden. Ein Jahr später ist Ernüchterung eingekehrt.
COP27 globale Gerechtigkeit UnoKlimakrise in Ozeanien - Pazifikstaaten fordern neue Gangart in der Klimapolitik
Der steigende Meeresspiegel zerstöre Inselstaaten und vertreibe die Menschen, beklagen Ex-Regierungschefs. Die Inseln von Kiribati mögen für europäische Augen das Klischeebild eines Südseeparadieses sein.
COP27 Uno globale GerechtigkeitProbleme wegen Klimawandel - Industrieländer sollen für Klimaschäden aufkommen
Die Folgen des Klimawandels treffen vor allem die Entwicklungsländer. Deshalb sollen die Industrieländer zahlen, so die betroffenen Staaten. Sie hoffen auf die Klimakonferenz im November.
Klimafinanzierung COP27 Uno globale GerechtigkeitFlood-hit Pakistan should suspend debt repayments, says UN policy paper
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Asien Überschwemmungen Uno KlimafinanzierungUN chief: Windfall tax on oil and gas can pay for loss and damage
United Nations secretary general António Guterres has called on developed economies to tax the windfall profits of oil and gas companies and redirect some of the revenues to help nations affected by climate disasters recover.
Big Oil & Gas Uno KlimafinanzierungMia Mottley builds global coalition to make financial system fit for climate action
Barbados’ prime minister Mia Mottley is building a global coalition of nations committed to overhaul the financial system and unleash trillions of dollars of investments to the climate frontlines.
Finanzmarkt Uno globale Gerechtigkeit KlimafinanzierungVanuatu backs fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty at UN general assembly
Vanuatu also sought support for its campaign to seek an opinion from the International Court of Justice on countries’ legal obligations to protect people from climate disasters Vanuatu, a Pacific island nation of 310,000 people, has called on countries at the UN general assembly to sign up to a fo
Ende der Fossilen Uno globale Gerechtigkeit1,5 Grad – um am Leben zu bleiben
Wir müssen lernen, in einer anderen Welt zu leben: Diesen Appell wiederholt Historiker und Philosoph Philipp Blom seit Jahren. Anlässlich der Finanzkrise, der Flüchtlingskrise und der Pandemie – vor allem aber im Zusammenhang mit dem Klimawandel.
Australien & Ozeanien Meeresspiegel Uno globale GerechtigkeitIn the Amazon, a U.N. Agency Has a Green Mission, but Dirty Partners
RESGUARDO BUENAVISTA, Colombia — At the edge of the Colombian Amazon, in an Indigenous village surrounded by oil rigs, the Siona people faced a dilemma. The United Nations Development Program, or U.N.D.P., had just announced a $1.9 million regional aid package.
UnoHumanity faces ‘collective suicide’ over climate crisis, warns UN chief
Wildfires and heatwaves wreaking havoc across swathes of the globe show humanity facing “collective suicide”, the UN secretary general has warned, as governments around the world scramble to protect people from the impacts of extreme heat.
Uno‘Perfect storm’ of crises is widening global inequality, says UN chief
Humanity is facing a “perfect storm” of crises that is widening inequality between the north and south, the UN secretary general has warned. The divide is not only “morally unacceptable” but dangerous, further threatening peace and security in a conflicted world.
Uno‘It’s a crunch’: Hunger and unease shape Egypt’s strategy for Cop27
Global wheat prices hit an all-time high in March, as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine disrupted exports from the breadbasket of Europe and triggered a market panic. In Egypt, a major wheat importer from what was now a conflict zone, this raised the spectre of revolution.
Afrika COP27 Hunger UnoNot-Verhandlungen in letzter Minute sollen Weltnaturabkommen retten
Wieder schaffen es 190 Staaten nicht, sich auf gemeinsame Ziele zum Schutz der natürlichen Lebensgrundlagen zu verständigen. Eine weitere Verhandlungsrunde im November soll den UN-Naturschutzgipfel retten
Biodiversität Naturschutz Uno** RECOMMENDED READING ** Fossil fuel firms ‘have humanity by the throat’, says UN head in blistering attack
Fossil fuel companies and the banks that finance them “have humanity by the throat”, the UN secretary general has said, in a “blistering” attack on the industry and its backers, who are pulling in record profits amid energy prices sent soaring by the Ukraine war.
Big Oil & Gas Klimaleugnung UnoWhy 1.5C and ‘well below’ 2C are part and parcel of one temperature goal
Dr Carl-Friedrich Schleussner, head of climate science and impacts at Climate Analytics and a group leader at Humboldt University of Berlin. Gaurav Ganti is a research analyst at Climate Analytics and a doctoral researcher at Humboldt University of Berlin.
Uno 1,5°-LimiteDeny, Deceive, Delay: Documenting and Responding to Climate Disinformation at COP26 and Beyond
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Anti-Klima-Lobby UnoCurrent policies will bring ‘catastrophic’ climate breakdown, warn former UN leaders
The policies currently in place to tackle the climate crisis around the world will lead to “catastrophic” climate breakdown, as governments have failed to take the actions needed to fulfil their promises, three former UN climate leaders have warned.
UnoDie Klimakrise lässt sich nur mit einer geeinten Weltordnung bewältigen
Ohne Kooperation kein Klimaschutz: Was Diplomaten schon lange wissen, müssen Regierungen erst wieder lernen. (Foto: UN Climate Change/Flickr) Der Krieg in der Ukraine zerrüttet die auf Regeln basierende Weltordnung. Globale Institutionen wie die Vereinten Nationen geraten zunehmend ins Stocken.
Geopolitik UnoThe UN needs a climate chief who can name the problem – Climate Weekly
In six years at the helm of UN Climate Change, Mexico’s Patricia Espinosa has kept her advocacy conscientiously within the guardrails of international consensus. Call for more ambitious national climate plans, yes. Single out major polluting industries, no.
UnoEgypt says climate finance must be top of agenda at Cop27 talks
Financial assistance for developing countries must be at the top of the agenda for UN climate talks later this year, the host country Egypt has made clear, as governments will be required to follow through on promises made at the Cop26 summit last year.
COP27 Uno KlimafinanzierungAfrican nations’ dash for gas exposes division at the UN and ‘hypocrisy’ in Europe
African leaders’ dash for gas is raising tensions at the top of the UN and exposing Europe’s conflicted approach to the fuel. Across Africa, gas is at the heart of a development versus decarbonisation challenge.
Afrika Energiepolitik foss. Energie UnoDo not work for ‘climate wreckers’, UN head tells graduates
The UN secretary general has told new university graduates not to take up careers with the “climate wreckers” – companies that drive the extraction of fossil fuels. António Guterres addressed thousands of graduates at Seton Hall University in New York state on Tuesday.
Uno* UKRAINE WAR * Do not use Ukraine war to defer climate goals, warns Mark Carney
The UN climate envoy Mark Carney has warned against deferring emissions reduction targets in reaction to the energy crisis linked to the war in Ukraine, saying it will only require more “radical” action in the future.
Konflikte Uno Ukrainekrieg* UKRAINE WAR * John Kerry warns a long Ukraine war would threaten climate efforts
The longer the war in Ukraine carries on, the worse the consequences will be for the climate, the US presidential envoy John Kerry has warned. Many countries are struggling with an energy crisis while also urgently needing to cut greenhouse gas emissions to limit global heating to 1.5C, he said.
Konflikte Uno UkrainekriegSoll man Russland bei der Klimadiplomatie ausschließen?
Klimareporter°: Frau Dröge, mit dem Pariser Klimaabkommen haben sich die Staaten der Welt darauf geeinigt, den Klimawandel gemeinsam zu bekämpfen. Droht diese kooperative Idee vor dem Hintergrund des russischen Angriffskriegs nun zu scheitern?
Konflikte Russland Uno Ukrainekrieg‘Historic’: global climate plans can now keep heating below 2C, study shows
For the first time the world is in a position to limit global heating to under 2C, according to the first in-depth analysis of the net zero pledges made by nations at the UN Cop26 climate summit in December.
Emissionsreduktion UnoWe must use Cop27 to transform energy and food systems
“Rapid, deep and immediate” emissions reductions across all sectors: the third part of the IPCC report, released this month, leaves no room for speculation as to what must be done. We know that the window for staving off runaway climate change has been closing for some time.
Landw. & Ernährung UnoBrazil accused of backsliding in updated climate pledge to UN
Brazil has been accused of using a carbon accounting trick to cover for weakened ambition in its updated climate plan submitted to the UN last week. Under the plan, Brazil pledged to cut emissions 50% between 2005 and 2030 – up from 43% previously. A goal of 37% emissions cuts by 2025 remains.
Amerikas Brasilien Uno* IPCC REPORT * World on 'fast track to climate disaster', says UN secretary general – video
António Guterres says the latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reveals 'a litany of broken climate promises' by governments and businesses, and accuses some of them of lying in claiming to be on track to limiting future heating to 1.5C above pre-industrial levels.
IPCC Uno* UKRAINE WAR * Responses to Putin’s war risk impeding international cooperation on climate
Less than a month after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the conflict which has so far caused thousands of military and civilian deaths and forced millions to flee, has already been dubbed a “climate change war”.
Konflikte Russland Uno UkrainekriegPlastics resolution tees up battle over oil industry’s plan B
UN deputy secretary-general Amina Mohammed poses with a plastic art exhibit at the UNEA. (Photo: UNEP/Cyril Villemain) The fossil fuel industry’s attempt to prolong its life through plastic production hit a setback at the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) earlier this month.
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