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Betrayal in Baku: developed countries fail people and planet
23 Nov 2024
Climate Action Network wholeheartedly rejects the outcome of COP29 in Baku. The linchpin of the climate talks was public finance, and developed countries did not deliver despite their historic responsibilities. The figure for the climate finance goal is wholly inadequate, the quality of finance is missing with no equity or justice reflected in the text, […]
‘We are not fooled’: Civil society issues letter to Developed Countries, supports G77+China in rejecting latest NCQG draft text
23 Nov 2024
As negotiations continued into the night on the climate finance goal at COP29, civil society organisations representing millions of people across the world issued letters to Developed Countries and the G77+China. Addressed to the G77+China, and hand-delivered to Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Uganda to the United Nations, Adonia Ayebare, at the COP29 conference centre, […]
It’s a joke: too low, too long – CAN response to latest climate finance goal text
22 Nov 2024
Climate Action Network responds to the latest draft text for the New Collective Quantified Goal on Climate Finance (NCQG): Tasneem Essop, Executive Director, Climate Action Network International, said: “This latest draft text on the New Collective Quantified Goal is not just a joke – it’s an insult to the people in the Global South living […]
COP29: Climate Action Network responds to latest Article 6.2 text
21 Nov 2024
Baku – In response to the latest Article 6.2 text, Climate Action Network experts expressed dismay, and called for transparency and accountability. Andy Katz, International Team Lead, Sierra Club, said: “This Wild West approach to carbon crediting leads to a race to the bottom. Transparency isn’t optional under the Paris Agreement, but the proposed decision […]
COP29: Climate Action Network Media Reaction to Latest text for the Climate Finance Goal
21 Nov 2024
Baku – In response to the latest draft text for the New Collective Quantified Goal on Climate Finance (NCQG): Tasneem Essop, Executive Director, Climate Action Network International, said: “The latest draft NCQG text remains glaringly incomplete without the concrete numbers for the finance goal – the very cornerstone of any agreement at COP29 and the […]
Fossil of the Day award of COP29 presented to Italy
16 Nov 2024
Today’s Fossil of the Day goes to a country with a colonial legacy it seems reluctant to leave behind. Pushing fossil fuel expansion beyond their shores and into Africa, through their state-controlled company – Eni. Today Italy has been awarded the infamous Fossil for being ranked the second largest importers of gas in Europe (2023) […]
First Fossil of the Day award of COP29 to be presented to G7
15 Nov 2024
PRESS RELEASE: For immediate use First Fossil of the Day award of COP29 to be presented to G7 The first Fossil of the Day at COP29 in Baku has been collectively awarded to the countries of the Group of Seven: United States, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, and the United Kingdom. The G7 have received […]
COP29: repression epidemic regarding climate activists and human rights defenders
11 Nov 2024
Baku, Azerbaijan – The world is in the throes of unprecedented repression regarding climate activists, human rights defenders, journalists, academics and others who express opposing views to their government, according to a new report, Climate Talks and the Chilling Effect: Repression on the Rise, released on the opening day of the latest round of UN […]
COP29: The UAE, host of COP28, is first to submit its new national climate plan, but fails to address fossil fuel phase out
10 Nov 2024
Nationally Determined Contributions, or NDCs, are national climate action plans by each country under the Paris Agreement, and are submitted every five years to the United Nations. This new round of NDCs is crucial for countries as it must respond to last year’s COP decision through ambitious commitments in the energy sector notably, but not […]
CAN reaction to US elections outcome
6 Nov 2024
In response to the US elections results, Tasneem Essop, Executive Director of Climate Action Network, said: “The climate crisis doesn’t care who is in the White House. If President Trump’s last time in office was anything to go by, there will be chaos and mayhem, but the climate movement will be defiant and continue fighting. […]