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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 […]
Protest actions across the world kick off: Global Fight to End Fossil Fuels
13 Sep 2024
On Friday, September 13, climate activists are mobilising across the globe in more than 150 events, spanning over 50 countries in all continents, calling on their governments to urgently implement a fast, fair and funded phase-out of fossil fuels to prevent further climate catastrophe. In Africa, more than 70 events are planned across more than […]
Rich nations act in bad faith, stay silent on future climate finance
12 Sep 2024
Parties to the United Nations climate negotiations ended their final technical meeting ahead of November’s COP29 climate summit in Baku with little progress on an agreed new climate finance goal, known as the NCQG. Similarly, the Ad Hoc Work Programme also taking place concluded in the same manner regarding the size of the new climate […]
UN Critical Energy Transition Minerals report
11 Sep 2024
A panel set up by the UN Secretary General with the mandate to outline principles to ensure equity and justice are at the heart of energy transition minerals, such as copper, lithium, nickel, cobalt and rare earth elements, which are essential for renewable energy technology, has released a set of recommendations. In response, Tasneem Essop, […]
G20 Taskforce Clima can’t afford ambition to slip
11 Sep 2024
The G20 Taskforce for the Global Mobilization against Climate Change is meeting on 12th and 13th September in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. G20 countries account for almost 80% of the world’s GDP and are the worst emitters globally. Climate Action Network hopes the G20 will present ambitious and serious proposals for addressing the climate crisis. […]
Climate finance goal should be grounded in developing nations’ needs: CAN Media Reaction
5 Sep 2024
In response to a speech given by Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), Simon Stiell, today in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, Rebecca Thissen, Global Advocacy Lead at Climate Action Network International, said: “We couldn’t agree more with what Mr Stiell said about how the future climate finance goal should be […]
G20 agrees to make the super-rich pay their taxes
27 Jul 2024
The G20 has made an important first step in reversing the unsustainable and extractive flow of wealth from the world’s poor to a handful of billionaires. At a meeting in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, G20 finance ministers agreed on the need to work together on taxing the world’s richest individuals. Shreeshan Venkatesh, Global Policy Lead […]