Topic: Environment

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UN high seas treaty finally agreed to protect vast swathes of planet's oceans

News / 6th March 2023

After 15 years of disagreement, failures and stalled formal and informal talks, there is finally a UN high seas treaty that will help to protect vast swathes of the planet's oceans.

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COP15: ‘historic’ biodiversity deal has loopholes

Blog / 21st December 2022

A lack of financial resources was a major sticking point at the talks, as well as vague commitments on reducing consumption and production. Report by Catherine Early for The Ecologist.

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The message of COP27: It’s time for continuous worldwide protest

Article / 6th December 2022

The continued failures of COP27 only reinforces the need for vastly scaled-up civil society movements, as STWR has advocated since the Paris Agreement was signed in 2015. 

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What climate debt does the North owe the South?

Article / 2nd December 2022

Richer countries haven't met their $100 billion promise to help poorer countries move beyond fossil fuels. Where's the money going to come from?

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COP27: Almost nothing–but something real–Changed

Article / 1st December 2022

COP27 marked the point where equity finally took center stage. National fair shares are now on the agenda, if only as the background to an inevitable debate about pragmatic ways forward, writes Tom Athanasiou for Foreign Policy in Focus.

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Rich polluting nations are hijacking 1.5C goal for their own aims

Blog / 1st December 2022

At COP27, wealthy governments are pushing for stronger efforts to limit global warming—while failing to deliver the finance and technology promised for climate action in poorer countries.

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COP27 closes with deal on loss and damage: ‘A step towards justice’, says UN chief

News / 22nd November 2022

After days of intense negotiations in Sharm el-Sheikh, countries at the latest UN Climate Change Conference, COP27, reached agreement on an outcome that established a funding mechanism to compensate vulnerable nations for ‘loss and damage’ from climate-induced disasters.

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People's power wins at COP27 as loss and damage fund established but talks fail to deliver on other key demands

News / 22nd November 2022

As the 27th United Nations Conference on Climate Change (COP27) closes, the collective power of civil society groups and grassroots climate activists saw a historic outcome with the establishment of a loss and damage fund. 

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The imperative of cooperation: Steps towards an equitable response to the climate crisis

Report / 16th November 2022

A new report provides a global equity analysis of how climate pledges stack up against the Paris Agreement goal of limiting warming to 1.5°C.

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Climate crisis needs cooperation between all nations – time is running out to save Earth

News / 15th November 2022

Media organisations worldwide have published a common view about the need for nations to cooperate, accept their moral responsibilities and fairly share the burden of tackling climate change.

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