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I have yet to see a solar panel in the city that hosts Cop29
I have yet to see a solar panel in the city that hosts Cop29
A protest that will stick out in my memory was a peace protest for Gaza, writes Dr Barry Hayes

Wed, 20 Nov, 2024

Thousands of corporate lobbyists are at the UN climate summit in Baku. But what exactly is lobbying?
Thousands of corporate lobbyists are at the UN climate summit in Baku. But what exactly is lobbying?
Companies rely heavily on their associations to conduct the most obstructive lobbying. This distributes the blame for lobbying among all competitors, so no company can easily be singled out

Tue, 19 Nov, 2024

Cop29: We cannot afford to give up on these crucial climate talks
Cop29: We cannot afford to give up on these crucial climate talks
A good outcome would see an agreement on a substantial finance package to help developing nations mitigate against and adapt to climate impacts

Mon, 18 Nov, 2024

Cop29 bound ministers must accept planet’s future rests on their shoulders 
Cop29 bound ministers must accept planet’s future rests on their shoulders 
A just transition is in everyone’s interests despite the immediate costs, says Karol Balfe, but weaning the Global North off capitalist solutions is a mammoth task

Sun, 17 Nov, 2024

Climate finance talks urged to reach settlement ahead of Trump presidency
Climate finance talks urged to reach settlement ahead of Trump presidency
A group of senior voices on the climate  wrote to the UN calling for reforms to the process of Cops under the 1992 UN framework convention on climate change

Sun, 17 Nov, 2024

Protesters gather at UN climate talks in global day of action
Protesters gather at UN climate talks in global day of action
Demonstrators held up signs calling for more money to be pledged for climate finance, which involves cash for transitioning to clean energy and adapting to climate change

Sat, 16 Nov, 2024

Irish Examiner view: Too late for magical thinking at Cop29
Irish Examiner view: Too late for magical thinking at Cop29
Participating countries have been given until next February to do their homework on how they intend to recover lost ground in cutting their greenhouse gas emissions.

Sat, 16 Nov, 2024

UN told current Cop is no longer fit to deliver climate change
UN told current Cop is no longer fit to deliver climate change
Open letter, signed by former president Mary Robinson, among others, says attendance of fossil fuel lobbyists presents a 'systemic imbalance in Cop representation' and calls for 'strict eligibility criteria to exclude countries who do not support the phase out/transition away from fossil energy'

Fri, 15 Nov, 2024

Negotiators at Cop29 hoping but struggling to make progress
Negotiators at Cop29 hoping but struggling to make progress
For many millions of people, climate change is already a dangerous reality, writes Fionn Rogan

Fri, 15 Nov, 2024

Ratcliffe on Soar power station stock
Another bump upward in annual carbon emissions as new heat records set
If the world keeps burning fossil fuels at today’s level, it has six years before passing 1.5C above pre-industrial levels — the limit agreed to at 2015 climate talks

Wed, 13 Nov, 2024

TOPSHOT-SPAIN-FLOOD
Eamon Ryan: Climate is an election issue — we can't give up on the world
The vast majority of Irish people understand the risk that climate change brings and want our politicians to step up to the mark

Tue, 12 Nov, 2024

Dutch appeals court overturns landmark climate ruling against Shell
Dutch appeals court overturns landmark climate ruling against Shell
The ruling upholding Shell’s appeal came as the 12-day Cop29 UN climate conference was entering its second day in Azerbaijan

Tue, 12 Nov, 2024

Global Ireland Summit
Ireland urged to 'lead by example' at Cop29
Environment Minister Eamon Ryan attending in Baku as one of the EU's lead negotiators 

Mon, 11 Nov, 2024

Co-operation to stop climate change not 'out for the count', Cop29 told 
Co-operation to stop climate change not 'out for the count', Cop29 told 
Event hears that if two thirds of the world's nations can't afford to cut emissions quickly, every nation will pay 'a brutal price'

Mon, 11 Nov, 2024

Taliban to attend UN climate conference for first time
Taliban to attend UN climate conference for first time
The Taliban will this week attend a UN climate conference for the first time since its takeover of Afghanistan in 2021.

Mon, 11 Nov, 2024

A ‘Cop of peace’? How can the authoritarian, human rights-trashing Azerbaijan host that?
A ‘Cop of peace’? How can the authoritarian, human rights-trashing Azerbaijan host that?
The ‘theme’ chosen for Cop29 must be some kind of dark joke. This summit, like those before it, is a mere act of greenwashing

Mon, 11 Nov, 2024

Cop29: Key questions about the UN climate conference
Cop29: Key questions about the UN climate conference
Dubbed the 'finance Cop', one of the central issues at the conference will be agreeing new commitments on finance for poor countries to cope with climate change impacts and green their economies.

Mon, 11 Nov, 2024

How to decarbonise flying is Cop talking point
How to decarbonise flying is Cop talking point
The upfront costs of climate action are high and the savings are in the medium and long-term. Not all political systems can see beyond the short-term

Mon, 11 Nov, 2024

Who’s who at Cop29? The world leaders who will forge the global response to climate change
Who’s who at Cop29? The world leaders who will forge the global response to climate change
The presidents, ministers, and senior officials who will shape the UN's 29th climate summit which gets underway on Monday

Sun, 10 Nov, 2024

The Greenland Ice Sheet, Facing Intensifying Global Warming, Is Melting
'Essential to act now' to prevent chaotic climate breakdown, warns UN chief
On the eve of Cop29 in Baku, António Guterres says dangers are underestimated as irreversible tipping points near

Fri, 08 Nov, 2024

Donald Trump
Trump win worries international partners ahead of Cop29 climate summit
Donald Trump, who has called climate change a hoax, has said he plans to withdraw the US from the landmark 2015 Paris climate agreement

Thu, 07 Nov, 2024

Heat hazards responsible for more than half of all climate-related deaths in last five years
Heat hazards responsible for more than half of all climate-related deaths in last five years
Storms resulted in the greatest economic losses, contributing to 59% of the total, according to new report

Thu, 07 Nov, 2024

Global extreme weather events forced one in eight children to flee homes
Global extreme weather events forced one in eight children to flee homes
Some 300 million children across Asia, Africa, and Brazil were affected by the extreme climate events

Thu, 07 Nov, 2024

Irish delegation should reject inclusion of fossil fuel lobbyists at Cop29, Oireachtas committee hears
Irish delegation should reject inclusion of fossil fuel lobbyists at Cop29, Oireachtas committee hears
Cop29 aims to limit global warming to 1.5C.

Tue, 05 Nov, 2024

‘Crunch time for real’: UN says time for climate delays has run out
‘Crunch time for real’: UN says time for climate delays has run out
Means to stop catastrophic global heating exist, says UN chief, but political courage is needed to end world’s fossil-fuel addiction

Thu, 24 Oct, 2024

World's wildlife populations in 'free fall' due to human activity, report says
World's wildlife populations in 'free fall' due to human activity, report says
What happens in the next five years will 'determine the future of life on Earth', the WWF's latest Living Planet report says

Thu, 10 Oct, 2024

Azerbaijan is using Cop29 climate summit to ‘peacewash’ its global image
Azerbaijan is using Cop29 climate summit to ‘peacewash’ its global image
The Cop29 host is positioning itself as a peacemaker, which stands in stark contrast to the country’s record of military aggression, human rights abuses, and violations of international law

Wed, 02 Oct, 2024

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