US EditionDouble Down on Push to Abandon Fossil Fuels, 82 Countries Urge at Climate Summit
The coalition aims to create clear milestones to limit warming as global temperatures have already risen 1.3°C since preindustrial times, officials said.
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Exceptionally, the Brazilian President came in person, Wednesday, November 19, to the bedside of the annual Grand Mass on the climate. He intends to use his political weight on the international scene to obtain a road map on the release of coal, oil and gas and another on the fight against deforestation.
Fossil energy is not discussed, at least not at a UN climate conference. This was true for 28 out of 30 such COPs so far. But this year could bring the breakthrough, thanks to a powerful country coalition.
Offshore fossil fuel exploration jeopardizes Brazil’s climate leadership, study says
This November, as Brazil opened the curtains to host the UN Climate Conference (COP30), in its Pará state capital, Belém, the troubles orbiting the country’s environmental agenda were featured in a new report by U.S.-based conservation technology nonprofit SkyTruth, which is dedicated to satellite-based environmental monitoring. In the run-up to the climate summit, the study revealed the growing impact offshore oil and gas structures pose to Bra…
Double down on push to abandon fossil fuels, 82 countries urge at climate summit
BELÉM, Brazil — Dozens of governments on Tuesday urged countries to agree on a “roadmap” for phasing out coal, oil and natural gas, ratcheting up the stakes for United Nations climate change negotiations that end this week. The call from 82 countries spanning Europe, the Pacific islands, Latin America and Africa immediately elevated the topic to the top of the COP30 agenda, making it one of the most substantial and likely divisive topics of the …
Brazil’s Climate Record: Lula Gov’t Reduces Deforestation, Boosts Oil & Gas Production
As we broadcast from the United Nations climate summit in Belém, we look at Brazil’s contradictory climate policies. The Lula government has reduced deforestation in the Amazon while also approving oil drilling near the Amazon. “Many parts of the Amazon are now reaching a tipping point, so a point of no return,” says Ilan Zugman, Brazilian climate activist and 350.org’s regional head for Latin America and the Caribbean. “Lula is still pushing for
BELÉM – The heat that reigns in the Hangar Convention and Fair Center of the Amazon of the northeastern Brazilian city of Belém has reached the negotiating rooms of the climate summit. During the last 72 hours there is one of the most delicate and transcendent discussions of this climate meeting: the path [...]
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