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Next UN climate talks are critical to plot aid for poorer nations, says incoming president
The man who will run this year’s United Nations climate talks in November views the upcoming negotiations as a key link in international efforts to curb worsening global warming — if they can be successfulABC News - Tech - Climate -
Bezos Earth Fund Commits to Continue Financing Climate Targets Group
Philanthropic body denies accusations of exerting influence over Science Based Targets initiativeThe Wall Street Journal - World - Climate -
Too hot for a lizard? Climate change quickens extinction
A disappearing lizard population in the mountains of Arizona shows how climate change is fast-tracking the rate of extinction.CBS News - Top stories - Climate -
Woodside Energy chief defends climate plan ahead of shareholder vote
Australian oil and gas developer pushed to set more binding net zero commitmentsFinancial Times - Business - Climate -
Worsening allergies tied to climate change and severe weather
As doctors report more severe allergy symptoms in patients, scientists are blaming climate change and severe weather. NBC News' Anne Thompson reports.NBC News - Top stories - Climate -
Scientists trying to protect wildlife from extinction as climate raises risk
Scientists are using a range of tools to protect the endangered wildlife that could disappear in coming decades.CBS News - Top stories - Climate -
Scotland ditches 2030 climate target as being ‘out of reach’
Decision to drop pledge to cut emissions by 75% by end of the decade labelled an ‘abject humiliation’ for SNP-Green coalitionFinancial Times - World - Climate -
Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders more likely to believe in climate change, poll shows
Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders in the United States are more likely than the overall adult population to believe in human-caused climate change, according to a new poll.NBC News - Top stories - Climate -
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Scottish government scraps climate change targets
The annual and interim climate targets will be replaced with a system measuring emissions every five years.BBC News - Top stories - Climate -
Scrapped climate target is global embarrassment - charities
Ministers are expected to confirm that the aim of reducing emissions by 75% by 2030 has been dropped.BBC News - Top stories - Climate -
Climate change may drive millions of species to extinction
At least a million species may disappear from Earth in coming decades due to a warming climate, but scientists are using a range of tools to protect plants and animals. CBS News environmental correspondent David Schechter reports.CBS News - Top stories - Climate -
Scotland to ditch key climate change target
The Scottish government is to scrap its flagship target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 75% by 2030.BBC News - Top stories - Climate -
GOP senators, Manchin challenge SEC climate disclosure rule
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) joined a resolution from Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) that aims to overturn a new rule on climate disclosures approved by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) last month. Manchin, the chair of the Senate Energy and ...The Hill - Politics - Climate -
Climate crisis: average world incomes to drop by nearly a fifth by 2050
Cost of environmental damage will be six times higher than price of limiting global heating to 2C, study finds. Average incomes will fall by almost a fifth within the next 26 years as a result of the climate crisis, according to a study that ...The Guardian - World - Climate -
How to Make Climate Progress: Tie it to CEO Pay
More company boards are doing just that. But the key is to do it right.The Wall Street Journal - World - Climate -
How to Make Climate Progress: Tie It to CEO Pay
More company boards are doing just that. But the key is to do it right.The Wall Street Journal - Business - Climate -
The climate credit trap
Also in today’s newsletter, a new attack on ESG from TexasFinancial Times - World - Climate -
Billions more in overseas aid needed to avert climate disaster, say economists
Pressure piles on World Bank and IMF to steer countries to low-carbon transition at spring summit. Governments of wealthy countries must pledge hundreds of billions more in overseas aid payments channelled through the World Bank to avert the worst ...The Guardian - World - Climate -
Healthier ready-to-eat meals would have ‘huge’ EU climate benefits – report
Co-authors say ‘no-regrets policy’ would save consumers €2.8bn a year while cutting emissions by 48m tonnes . Healthier ready-to-eat meals could cut EU emissions by 48m tonnes annually and save customers €2.8bn (£2.4bn) each year, as well as ...The Guardian - World - Climate -
Climate Change’s Hidden Costs Are the Most Damaging
We need to grapple with the many hidden, little understood, but highly damaging effects of climate change.The New York Times - Top stories - Climate -
Princeton endowment chief sees ‘worst ever’ private equity climate
Outgoing Princo investment head says signs of improving liquidity could be ‘just a blip’Financial Times - World - Climate -
Climate crisis increasing frequency of deadly ocean upwells, study finds
Intense patches of cold water rising from the depths are killing sharks, rays and other creatures, researchers say. A climate-disrupted ocean is pushing sharks, rays and other species to flee ever-hotter water in the tropics, only for them to be ...The Guardian - World - Climate -
Conspiracies and cynical indifference are the right's latest climate strategy
Science denialism — especially when it comes to climate change — is also embedded in Republican Party orthodoxy.The Hill - Politics - Climate -
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The Paradox That's Supercharging Climate Change
Humanity needs to burn less fossil fuels. But that means fewer aerosols to help cool the planet—and a potential acceleration of global warming.Wired - Tech - Climate -
Negotiators seek money for climate action at spring meetings
World Bank becomes focal point for efforts to raise up to $9tn a year to fight global warmingFinancial Times - World - Climate -
‘Grownup’ leaders are pushing us towards catastrophe, says former US climate chief
Paris agreement negotiator Todd Stern attacks premiers who say that decarbonisation programmes are unrealistic and should be slowed down. Political leaders who present themselves as “grownups” while slowing the pace of climate action are pushing ...The Guardian - World - Climate -
How climate change is beginning to be built into employee pay and benefits
Companies are facing questions from workers over their role in climate change. Aligning employee pay and benefits with environmental concerns is an option.CNBC - Business - Climate -
Strasbourg court’s Swiss climate ruling could have global impact, say experts
Decision by European court of human rights around vulnerability of older women to heatwaves marks significant shift. A landmark legal ruling at the European court of human rights could open the floodgates for a slew of new court cases around the ...The Guardian - World - Climate -
Shell says it ‘lobbies for energy transition’ during climate ruling appeal
Company is fighting Dutch court ruling that says it must emit 45% less CO2 by 2030 than in 2019. Shell has argued that it “lobbies for, not against, the energy transition” on the final day of its appeal against an important climate ruling.. The ...The Guardian - World - Climate -
The pensioners and babies behind a new era of climate lawsuits
Leading courts around the world are recognising for the first time that governments have legally binding obligations on emissionsFinancial Times - Business - Climate -
‘It’s a sun trap’: climate crisis brings boomtime for British wine
UK vineyards are thriving as far north as Yorkshire and Scotland as investors cash in on tax breaks and hotter summers. “We’ve never had frost here,” says Adrian Pike, gesturing across rows of vines just starting to show signs of tiny buds in the ...The Guardian - World - Climate -
Republican states step up legal threats to Biden’s climate agenda
New rules to curb pollution are set to face a barrage of challenges in the courtsFinancial Times - World - Climate -
After climate tipping points, change will come slowly, then all at once
Climate scientists are beginning to worry we may be at a terrifying juncture, where the climate shifts dramatically from one state to another.The Hill - Politics - Climate -
Cocoa and Coffee Prices Have Surged. Climate Change Will Only Take Them Higher.
Some chocolatiers and coffee makers say they will have to pass on the extra costs to consumers as extreme weather events continue to crimp supplies.The Wall Street Journal - World - Climate -
What Climate Change Looks Like in the Arctic
A polar explorer warns that we are running out of time to understand this unique environment.The Wall Street Journal - World - Climate -
Climate target organisation faces staff revolt over carbon-offsetting plan
Employees at SBTi have called for their CEO to resign over controversial plans which they fear will enable greenwashing. Staff at one of the world’s leading climate-certification organisations have called for the CEO and board members to resign ...The Guardian - World - Climate -
World’s coal power capacity rises despite climate warnings
Increase of 2% last year driven by plant expansion in China and slowdown in US and Europe closures. The world’s coal power capacity grew for the first time since 2019 last year, despite warnings that coal plants need to close at a rate of at least ...The Guardian - World - Climate -
The mainstream media’s climate coverage is blinkered and condescending
If we really wanted the media to shift the focus to the issues that matter when it comes to the climate, we’d have a whole lot more coverage of China.The Hill - Politics - Climate