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$2mn Carbon Investment Supports Family Ranch in Montana

(The Climate Trust, 25.Nov.2024) — The Climate Trust, a carbon market nonprofit, finalized a $2mn investment alongside Inlandsis Fund, a carbon finance fund, in a pair of grassland conservation carbon projects that span nearly 38,000 acres in Southeast Montana. The investment provides critical funding to support ongoing ranch management activities, […]

Cooling the Planet: COP29 Affirms Global Climate Action

(UNEP, 19.Nov.2024) — Following the landmark launch of the Global Cooling Pledge at COP28, ministers and leaders from over 30 countries, joined by partners from intergovernmental organizations and civil society, came together at COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan, to chart a bold path forward for sustainable cooling. The Ministerial Roundtable on Delivering the Global Cooling […]

Adaptation Gap Report 2024 [PDF Download]

(UNEP, 7.Nov.2024) — As climate impacts intensify and hit the world’s poorest, The Adaptation Gap Report 2024: Come hell and high water finds that nations must dramatically increase climate adaptation efforts, starting with a commitment to act on finance. The report finds that progress in adaptation financing is not fast enough […]

Biden-Harris List Top Climate Accomplishments

(Energy Analytics Institute, 28.Jan.2024) — US President Joe Biden said 28 Jan 2024 on X, formerly Twitter, that “climate action offers an opportunity for the nation to come together and do some really big things.” Some of the top climate accomplishments to date of the Biden-Kamla Harris term follow, according […]

Brazil Was A Global Leader On Climate Change. Now It’s A Threat.

Brazil Warns Against Sidelining Poorer Countries On Climate

(AP, 6.Dec.2018) — Brazil warned Wednesday against freezing developing nations out of negotiations at the UN climate summit, suggesting this could lead to an acrimonious collapse in talks as seen in Copenhagen nine years ago. Accusations of back-room deals aren’t uncommon at such meetings, where diplomatic huddles often last late […]

Brazil Withdraws Offer To Host UN Climate Change Conference

(AP, 30.Nov.2018) — Brazil has withdrawn its offer to host a large United Nations conference on climate change next year, the foreign ministry said on Wednesday, leading environmental groups to question the government’s commitment to reducing carbon emissions. Brazil pulled its offer to host the 2019 climate change conference because […]