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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. […]
Climate Action Network welcomes decisions on climate-biodiversity alignment and Indigenous Rights – but COP16 falls short on biodiversity funding
5 Nov 2024
The 16th Conference of the Parties (COP16) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) ended without the crucial agreements needed to finance and monitor the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KM-GBF). The failure to resolve these points poses a significant hurdle to building the much-needed trust and momentum essential for COP29, which begins next week. Argentinian […]
The money is there to meet Global Biodiversity Targets: CAN COP16 expectations
21 Oct 2024
Finance is the big focus at the next round of crucial UN biodiversity talks taking place in Cali, Colombia over the next two weeks. A pivotal moment for advancing global efforts on biodiversity, climate and social justice goals, it’s the first Convention on Biological Diversity Conference of the Parties (CBD COP16) since the landmark Kunming-Montreal […]
Not one country is doing enough to provide clean, accessible, and affordable energy
10 Oct 2024
Climate Action Network’s latest Renewable Energy Tracker Report reveals that not one country is doing enough to provide clean, accessible, and affordable energy. The latest findings show that the world is therefore not on track to reach 100% Renewable Energy by 2050. Renewable energy remains concentrated in just a few, often rich, countries, inaccessible to […]
Climate Action Network calls on Ministers to ensure COP29 delivers ambitious climate finance goal
8 Oct 2024
Ahead of a High Level Ministerial Dialogue on the New Collective Quantified Goal (NCQG) on climate finance and the Pre-COP meeting in Baku this week, Climate Action Network (CAN) is sending a clear and unequivocal message from more than 130 civil society organisations: failure to deliver an ambitious climate finance outcome at COP29 is not […]
CAN condemns escalating violence by Israel in Lebanon and Palestine
30 Sep 2024
There is no peace without justice. There is no climate justice without human rights. CAN condemns the current escalation of violence and the Israeli bombardment of Lebanon. This crisis reminds us that climate justice and human rights are inseparable—both demand that every person, no matter where they live, is afforded dignity, safety, and the chance […]
Global South deserves an ambitious and equitable New Collective Quantified Goal (NCQG) on climate finance
26 Sep 2024
Ahead of the informal Ministerial Dialogue on the New Collective Quantified Goal (NCQG) taking place in New York on Friday, Climate Action Network (CAN) International is urging world leaders to adopt a bold, ambitious, and equitable climate finance goal. This new goal must address the urgent needs of developing countries and uphold the principles of […]
CAN International calls on COP Troika to prioritise fair and grant-based climate finance for NDCs aligned with 1.5°C
25 Sep 2024
Ahead of Thursday’s meeting of the COP Presidencies Troika in New York City, CAN International is urging the Presidencies to prioritise public, grant-based financing as the bedrock of equitable and ambitious climate action and the embedding of just energy transition plans in the upcoming cycle of Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs). In its letter to the […]
US$5 trillion owed to Global South by Global North due to the climate crisis
20 Sep 2024
Activists will take part in hundreds of climate actions around the world this Friday to call on the governments in the Global North to pay up US$5 trillion annually as a down payment towards their climate debt to the countries, people and communities of the Global South who are the least responsible for climate disaster […]