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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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) […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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. […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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