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Response: NCQG And Mitigation Working Programme Texts At COP29
Thursday, 21 November 2024, 9:46 pm | Oil Change International
In response to the latest NCQG text, Laurie van der Burg, Oil Change International Global Public Finance Manager, said: “The draft climate finance deal is a mixed bag with good, bad, and ugly options. Rich countries now have a last chance to step ... More >>
COP29 Finance Target Must Still Deliver On Trillions Of Dollars In Debt-free Commitments For Meaningful Climate Action
Thursday, 21 November 2024, 9:44 pm | 350.org
The new finance goal and the Mitigation Working Group texts in their current form currently fail to provide a global roadmap for alignment with a 1.5 degree future, which requires urgent and quality funding in the scale of trillions in order to replace ... More >>
Climate Action Network Media Reaction To Latest Text For The Climate Finance Goal
Thursday, 21 November 2024, 9:24 pm | Climate Action Network
Developing countries should push to ensure that public grants-based funding is prioritised by developed countries, and that there is robust architecture for the monitoring and accountability for the delivery of these public funds. More >>
Dame Jacinda Ardern To Be Given United Nations Leadership Award
Thursday, 21 November 2024, 9:14 pm | RNZ
She will get the champion for global change award from the United Nations Foundation at a ceremony in New York tomorrow. More >>
Samoan Local Upset With Lack Of Manawanui Updates
Thursday, 21 November 2024, 8:34 pm | RNZ
But both the Chief of Navy and the Samoan government say community engagement is being led by local authorities. More >>
‘Manifest’ Is Cambridge Dictionary Word Of The Year
Thursday, 21 November 2024, 10:10 am | Cambridge University Press
“Manifest” was looked up almost 130,000 times on the Cambridge Dictionary website, making it one of the most-viewed words of 2024. More >>
Groundbreaking Whale Rights Law Inspired By Māori King's Legacy To Be Unveiled In London
Thursday, 21 November 2024, 10:08 am | Pacific Whale Fund
Called "Te Mana o Te Tohorā" ("the enduring power of whales"), the proposed legislation offers a pathway for nations to adopt similar laws and contribute to a global movement recognising the rights of nature. More >>
United States Vetoes Gaza Ceasefire Resolution At Security Council
Thursday, 21 November 2024, 8:21 am | UN News
The United States on Wednesday vetoed a UN Security Council draft resolution that demanded an immediate and unconditional ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. More >>
U.S. Department Of The Treasury’s Office Of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) Targets Key Hamas Leaders And Financiers
Wednesday, 20 November 2024, 10:22 pm | U.S. Department of State
Individuals targeted are being designated pursuant to Executive Order (E.O.) 13224, as amended, which targets terrorist groups and their supporters. More >>
COP29: Crucial Climate Finance Deal Depends On Moral Backbones Of Wealthy Countries’ Leaders
Wednesday, 20 November 2024, 7:13 pm | Global Climate and Health Alliance
It is unconscionable that developed countries, including Canada, the US, Australia, the EU, Switzerland, France and Japan are blocking a deal on climate finance, or deflecting responsibility onto private financial entities. More >>
New Server For Palau Customs To Optimise Operations
Wednesday, 20 November 2024, 12:08 pm | UN Trade and Development
The Director of the Republic of Palau’s Bureau of Customs and Border Protection, Mr. John Tarkong Jr. said the server will become the backbone of the administration’s operations. More >>
New UN Initiative Aims To Counter Climate Disinformation
Wednesday, 20 November 2024, 11:16 am | UN News
As the dangers posed by climate change become increasingly evident worldwide, the need for reliable and accurate information on the impact of the environmental crisis is more crucial than ever. More >>
UN Chief Alarmed By Mounting Violence In Haiti
Wednesday, 20 November 2024, 11:07 am | UN News
UN Secretary-General António Guterres is alarmed by the escalating violence in Haiti, where armed gangs are reportedly gaining ground in the capital Port-au-Prince, his Spokesperson said on Tuesday. More >>
More Cruise Ship Gambling Victims Come Forward As Class Action Progresses
Wednesday, 20 November 2024, 9:56 am | Carter Capner Law
Carter Capner Law director Peter Carter said the practices have been modified as a result of the publicity surrounding the death and the law firm’s campaign, but more change needs to come. More >>
Ukraine: Half A Million Babies Born Into Fear And Violence In 1000 Days Of War
Wednesday, 20 November 2024, 9:21 am | Save The Children
New analysis, released today on World Children’s Day, shows more than 516,000 babies have been born in Ukraine between Feb 2022 and Aug 2024, removed of any rights to safety and healthcare, with many living on the frontlines, exposed to physical danger ... More >>
Hong Kong: 45 Activists Sentenced Under Controversial National Security Law
Wednesday, 20 November 2024, 8:25 am | UN News
The Human Rights Office (OHCHR) has expressed grave concern over the sentencing of 45 opposition activists in Hong Kong to up to 10 years in prison under China’s National Security Law, highlighting the potential erosion of fundamental freedoms ... More >>
Lebanon: Increased Violence Is The ‘Horrific New Normal’ For Children, Warns UNICEF
Wednesday, 20 November 2024, 8:18 am | UN News
Andrea Tenenti, spokesperson for the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), told reporters in Geneva that ground clashes inside Lebanon – some of them very close to UNIFIL positions – have become “more violent”. More >>
UN Underlines Solidarity With Ukraine 1,000 Days Into Russian Invasion
Wednesday, 20 November 2024, 8:09 am | UN News
The international community must continue to show solidarity with Ukraine, a senior UN aid official said on Tuesday, marking 1,000 days since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of the country. More >>
COP29 ANALYSIS: G20 Declaration And Climate Finance
Wednesday, 20 November 2024, 4:53 am | Climate Action Network
While the G20 countries are the planet's biggest economies and biggest polluters - and therefore carry a huge responsibility to address the climate crisis - let's not forget that the true negotiations are happening here in Baku. More >>
Ahead Of G20 Summit In Brazil, Guterres Urges Bloc To Take The Lead On Peace, Climate And Other Challenges
Tuesday, 19 November 2024, 10:12 pm | UN News
The G20 group of developed economies must be at the forefront of global efforts to bring about peace, climate action, fairer international financial institutions and equitable access to emerging technologies, the UN Secretary-General said on Sunday ... More >>
The United States And Ukraine Announce Partnership On Leading Edge Small Modular Reactor Projects At COP29
Tuesday, 19 November 2024, 10:09 pm | U.S. Department of State
These partnerships will help position Ukraine to take a leadership role on secure and safe nuclear energy and industrial decarbonization. More >>
Lazzarini: Annexation Of Gaza Won’t Create Lasting Middle East Peace
Tuesday, 19 November 2024, 9:46 pm | UN News
The head of the UN agency for Palestine refugees, UNRWA, confirmed on Monday that a large convoy of humanitarian aid was looted inside Gaza at the weekend, amid a near-total breakdown in law and order and harassment of the agency’s staff by Israeli ... More >>
Haiti: Over 20,000 Flee As Gang Violence Spurs Mass Displacement
Tuesday, 19 November 2024, 9:43 pm | UN News
Over 20,000 people have fled their homes across Haiti’s capital Port-au-Prince in just four days amid escalating gang violence, with more than 17,000 seeking shelter in 15 displacement sites as critical supply chains collapse. More >>
Pacific News In Brief For 19 November
Tuesday, 19 November 2024, 8:37 pm | RNZ
A round-up of news in brief from around the region, including a plastics pilot project in Fiji. More >>
DeSmog Releases Analysis Of Big Ag And Food Industry Lobbyists From COP29 UNFCCC Participant Data
Tuesday, 19 November 2024, 7:04 pm | Kick Big Polluters Out
“Along with the 1,770 fossil fuel lobbyists who accessed the talks this year, our reporting raises serious questions about the influence of powerful vested interests on the COP process.” More >>
A Quiet Revolution In Greening Global Trade
Tuesday, 19 November 2024, 6:38 pm | UNDP
As COP29 approaches, it is notable that the journey to a sustainable future can be made in incremental steps. ASYCUDA is considered one of these important steps - it is a practical tool that shows how small, scalable solutions can make a real impact ... More >>
Maringe-Kokota Constituents Learn About CDF Act 2023 Provisions
Tuesday, 19 November 2024, 5:35 pm | Solomon Islands Ministry of Rural Development
The series of awareness sessions were held in the constituency’s six (6) wards namely Kmagha, Koviloko, Buala, Tirotonga, Kovikoilo (Ghuguha), and Kokota. More >>
GKC Embarks On Action Plan To Foster Inclusive Growth & Tangible Outcomes For Communities
Tuesday, 19 November 2024, 5:10 pm | Solomon Islands Ministry of Rural Development
This new CDF legislation emphasises transparency, accountability, and alignment with national and local priorities, ensuring that all projects are grounded in practical and measurable goals. More >>
Fossil Of The Day Award Of COP29 Presented To S Korea, New Solidarity For Justice Award Goes To The Palestinian People
Tuesday, 19 November 2024, 12:01 pm | Climate Action Network
With things like BTS, Samsung, and Korean BBQ, South Korea may be a trendsetter, but their finance of fossil fuels puts them firmly in the ‘has been’ category. We are honoured to stand with the Palestinian people and award them the inaugural ... More >>
Six Years Of GDPR: We Won’t Pay For Our Right To Data Protection
Monday, 18 November 2024, 8:18 pm | Access Now
As the European Data Protection Board gathers input from stakeholders for feedback on their upcoming guidelines on these models for all Big Tech and other companies, Access Now urges them to comprehensively tackle the core systemic issue these models ... More >>
New Research Finds Children In Asia-Pacific Suffer Mentally And Physically Due To Climate Change
Monday, 18 November 2024, 10:15 am | World Vision
Participants reported experiencing increased vulnerability to illnesses, injuries, and anxiety and depression, as climate change and disasters cause food shortage and water scarcity and put a strain on their families’ income and communities’ livelihoods. More >>
COP29: Pacific Debt Surging As Climate Impacts Hit
Monday, 18 November 2024, 12:48 am | Caritas Aotearoa
A new report from Caritas has revealed the total annual finance needs for Pacific nations facing climate change mitigation, adaptation, loss and damage costs could conservatively sit at around $1.5bn USD. More >>
US Senator Markey, Global Legislators Tackle Trump 2.0, NDCs 3.0
Sunday, 17 November 2024, 10:42 pm | Parliamentarians for a Fossil Fuel Free Future
“Trump is going to quit the Paris Agreement, but we are still going to deploy solar and wind. He is going to have to ask red districts to destroy clean energy jobs from the Inflation Reduction Act. Enough are not going to do that. We can get through ... More >>
Will COP29 Deliver The Trillions Needed To Tackle The Man-Made Climate Crisis?
Sunday, 17 November 2024, 10:34 pm | UN News
A major increase in financial commitments to assist vulnerable countries in mitigating and adapting to climate impacts is the main goal of this year’s UN climate negotiations, COP29, conference opened this past Monday in Baku, Azerbaijan, which has been dubbed ... More >>
Navigating Ocean Finance: Investing In A Sustainable Blue Future
Sunday, 17 November 2024, 8:00 am | COP29
The Ocean plays a central role in combating climate change, as highlighted in a side event that underscored the importance of investing in ocean-based climate solutions and the growing movement to recognize ocean finance as climate finance. More >>
Hundreds Of Climate Activists Take Over COP29 To Demand Trillions In Climate Finance And A Fossil Fuel Phaseout
Sunday, 17 November 2024, 7:00 am | Climate Action Network
COP29 is known as a “finance COP,” as governments are expected to reach an agreement on the New Collective Quantified Goal, the quantity of climate finance that Global North governments must deliver to the Global South as reparations for the North’s ... More >>
Message From Executive Secretary Simon Stiell Ahead Of G20 Leaders Summit Issued At COP29, Baku, Azerbaijan, On Saturday
Sunday, 17 November 2024, 6:34 am | UN Climate Change
Credit: UN Climate Change | Kiara Worth. Photo/Supplied. 16 November 2024 The following is a message from UN Climate Change Executive Secretary Simon Stiell at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP29) as world leaders head to Rio de Janeiro for the G20 Summit ... More >>
COP29 Presidency Hosts Inaugural Digitalisation Day
Sunday, 17 November 2024, 6:23 am | COP29
More than 90 governments and over 1,000 members of the digital tech community endorse COP29 Green Digital Declaration More >>
'Critical Motions': Leadership Challenges Loom In Vanuatu
Saturday, 16 November 2024, 7:56 pm | RNZ
A statement from the Speaker's office confirmed the motion of no confidence in the prime minister Charlot Salwai was received on Tuesday 12 November. More >>
Kick Big Polluters Out Coalition Releases Fossil Fuel Lobbyist Date For COP29
Friday, 15 November 2024, 7:31 pm | Kick Big Polluters Out
Fossil fuel lobbyists eclipse delegations from most climate vulnerable nations at COP29 climate talks. Industry influx escalates call to protect talks from Big Polluters. More >>
COP29: Nauru Unveils ‘Groundbreaking’ Citizenship By Investment Scheme For Climate Action
Friday, 15 November 2024, 6:00 pm | RNZ
The 'Nauru Economic and Climate Resilience Citizenship Programme' was announced at COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan on Thursday. More >>
At COP29, Global Activists Urge Strong Climate Finance Deal By Transforming Baku's Olympic Stadium Into Call For Action
Friday, 15 November 2024, 1:24 pm | Glasgow Actions
Large swath of seats converted to massive banners declaring “Pay Up!” demanding world leaders get climate finance done. More >>
Financing The Future: Vera Songwe’s Vision For A Climate And Growth Agenda At COP29
Thursday, 14 November 2024, 11:27 pm | UN Climate Change
As co-chair of the International High-Level Expert Group (IHLEG) on climate finance, Songwe advocates for strategies to mobilize public and private financing for climate action. More >>
COP29: Significant Strides By Cities, Businesses, & Civil Society Prepare Way For Govt To Accelerate The Pace At Baku
Thursday, 14 November 2024, 11:23 pm | UN Climate Change
Building on the momentum made throughout the year, the High-Level Champions and Marrakech Partnership Programme at COP 29 will highlight concrete and impactful projects that support national action & need to be scaled to limit warming to 1.5 degrees, build ... More >>
One Year After Signing The Tripling Pledge, Governments’ Targets Are Unchanged, Even As Solar’s Prospects Are Upgraded
Thursday, 14 November 2024, 11:16 pm | Global Strategic Communications Council
The report finds that only 30 of the 96 countries assessed have some form of national energy storage target. Their collective sum of 2030 storage targets totals 284 GW, falling short of the 1,500 GW global storage target by 1,216 GW, and 492 GW short More >>
Big Tech’s Climate Wrecks On The Way To COP29
Thursday, 14 November 2024, 11:05 pm | Climate Action Against Disinformation CAAD
Big Tech’s refusal to clean up information environments polluted by Big Oil is causing harm during extreme weather events when accurate information is most vital. More >>
COP29: Repression Epidemic Regarding Climate Activists And Human Rights Defenders
Thursday, 14 November 2024, 10:59 pm | Climate Action Network
The report reveals how repression and barriers, like visa restrictions and hotel price gouging, have significantly worsened at the most recent UN climate negotiations from Katowice to Baku, as well as most recently in Kenya, Germany and the UK. More >>
Women Climate Leaders Call On COP29 To Phase Out Fossil Fuels, Deliver Ambitious NDCs & Mobilise Finance
Thursday, 14 November 2024, 10:56 pm | We Mean Business Coalition
Women and girls bear the brunt of climate change—but they’re also at the forefront of the fight for solutions, with research indicating they are 2.5 times more likely to push for bold climate action and 60% more likely to advocate for social good. More >>
UN Special Committee Finds Israel’s Warfare Methods In Gaza Consistent With Genocide
Thursday, 14 November 2024, 10:49 pm | OHCHR
Covering the period from October 2023 to July 2024, the report examines developments across the occupied Palestinian territory and the occupied Syrian Golan but focuses on the catastrophic impact of the current war in Gaza on the rights of Palestinians. More >>
New Discovery: Largest Coral In The World Found In The Solomon Islands
Thursday, 14 November 2024, 7:49 pm | Pristine Seas
Visible from space, the mega coral is three times larger than the previous record-breaker, is believed to be about 300 years old, storing a record of ocean conditions from past centuries. More >>
Money For War But Not For Climate In Baku
Thursday, 14 November 2024, 7:20 pm | Demand Climate Justice DCJ
Decades of inaction and broken promises have not only compounded today’s climate impacts but have also deepened the extreme inequalities and injustices endured by communities, economies, and ecosystems. More >>
New World Bank Research Outlines Adaptation Pathways For Pacific Atoll Countries
Thursday, 14 November 2024, 6:13 pm | World Bank
Country Climate and Development Report for Tuvalu, Marshall Islands, and Kiribati highlights urgent need for action in face of rising seas More >>
French Legislators Discuss New Caledonia Sovereignty
Thursday, 14 November 2024, 2:43 pm | RNZ
The French National Assembly and Senate presidents, Yaël Braun-Pivet and Gérard Larcher, met and held talks with a wide range of stakeholders. More >>
350.org Responds To Formation Of 'Indigenous Peoples' Troika' At COP29
Thursday, 14 November 2024, 1:25 pm | 350.org
The Indigenous troika marks an exciting opportunity for global south solidarity and the preservation of dignified multilateralism which couldn’t come at a more crucial time. Indigenous peoples are the moral authority that should set the benchmark for ... More >>
Global Community Advances The Future Of Data For Sustainable Development At Fifth UN World Data Forum
Thursday, 14 November 2024, 9:48 am | UN Department of Global Communications
During the Forum, participants will have the opportunity to attend over 100 concurrent conferences featuring a diverse array of data experts and leaders from various countries and organizations. More >>
Public Execution In Afghanistan Condemned As ‘Clear Human Rights Violation’
Thursday, 14 November 2024, 9:31 am | UN News
A public execution carried out in a sports stadium in Afghanistan drew condemnation from senior UN officials on Wednesday, who demanded an immediate end to such practices by the ruling Taliban. More >>
Iran: Civic Space Shrinks As Executions Rise, Warns Independent Rights Expert
Thursday, 14 November 2024, 9:11 am | UN News
Civic space in the Islamic Republic of Iran is shrinking, as human rights defenders and journalists continue to be targeted and charged for “vaguely defined national security offences”, Mai Sato, the independent UN expert on the human rights situation ... More >>
Middle East: Gaza Food Markets ‘In Decay’ As Starvation Looms
Thursday, 14 November 2024, 8:09 am | UN News
Reports of ongoing bombardments, likely starvation and despair continue to emerge from Gaza where many basic daily staples now “barely exist”, UN humanitarians warned on Wednesday. More >>
COP29: Countries’ Early Delivery Of National Climate Plans Welcome, But More Ambition Required Say Health Orgs
Thursday, 14 November 2024, 7:35 am | Global Climate and Health Alliance
In the lead up to COP29 and in recent days, Brazil, the United Arab Emirates, the UK, and others - all parties to the Paris Agreement - announced the emissions reductions targets they are committing to in their third iterations (NDCs 3.0) of their national ... More >>
COP29 Climate Talks: Major Emitters Must Right ‘colossal Injustice’ On Island Nations, Says UN Chief
Thursday, 14 November 2024, 7:25 am | UN News
Addressing the COP29 Small Island Developing States Summit, UN Secretary-General António Guterres emphasized that the injustice facing these nations is being “perpetrated by the few”. More >>
