Several supermarket chains across Europe have announced they will stop selling some or all-beef products originating in Brazil because of concerns over links to deforestation in the Amazon rainforest. The move came after a new investigation by Reporter Brasil, a …
India held out on its commitment to increase targets for emission cuts, demanding $1 trillion in climate finance from developed countries. In a surprise announcement during the opening of the UN COP26 climate summit, Prime Minister Narendra Modi committed to …
Australia’s climate efforts were ranked last in an assessment of 60 countries released at the climate summit in Glasgow, and the country was the only one to score zero on policy. The annual rankings by German advocacy group Germanwatch rated …
India, Indonesia, and the Philippines are set to join South Africa as the first to receive climate funding from the world’s largest countries to phase out coal. The multilateral Climate Investment Funds (CIF) announced on Nov. 4 that the four …
The Australian government refused to join dozens of nations who have pledged to phase out coal-fired power in a deal at the COP26 climate summit. Signatories of the COP26 agreement agreed to phase out coal-fuelled power generation in the 2030s …
A coalition of the world’s biggest firms with a collective capital of over $130 trillion has pledged to dedicate their funds to help reach net zero carbon emissions by 2050. The Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (Gfanz), a group …
More than 100 world leaders have pledged to cut methane emissions by 30% by 2030 in a commitment announced by the United States and the European Union at the COP26 Climate Summit on Nov. 2. U.S. President Joe Biden described …
Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced India’s commitment to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2070, urging developed nations to fast track $1 trillion of climate financing for developing nations. “India will be net zero by 2070,” Modi said in a surprise …
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday warned the other heads of state and government at the Cop26 summit that the planet is now “one minute to midnight.” Johnson compared the fate of the planet to that often faced by …
The United Nations told the world’s largest economies to ramp up net-zero commitments after a UN report found that their policy efforts are not enough to avert the climate crisis. The annual UN emissions gap report released on Oct. 26 …