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Time for adaptation?

Envirotec Magazine

“The Glasgow COP is going to fail us,” writes Rupert Read in one of the essays in a new collection, Climate Adaptation. Speaking at the launch of the book in Glasgow on 30 October, he shared some of his views on the measures that might constitute a successful COP, or a not-entirely-disastrous-one, at least.

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Defend Our Future Goes Abroad

Defend Our Future

For many years, young people were left out of formal negotiations and workshops at COP, but that changed with the creation of the Conference of Youth (COY) in 2005 and YOUNGO, the official children and youth constituency of UNFCCC in 2009. This statement is both functional and symbolic.

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WoodMac: Emerging Solar Markets to Come of Age in 2020s

GreenTechMedia

Cumulative global solar installations have now surpassed 600 gigawatts, from around 20 gigawatts at the end of 2009. In 2009, China accounted for 2 percent of global installations. Reflecting on the 2010s. In the 2010s, solar defied expectations. Just eight years later, it claimed more than half of the market.

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Preparing for COP26

Envirotec Magazine

What are the big priorities for COP? Clearly it will be a major achievement for the UK government if the UK can hold a successful COP, so one can only assume the will is there to try to bring it off. This “would level the playing field,” she said, “and it would be a massive result if we got that done at COP.”.

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Initiative to create ‘world’s first’ transnational solar grid network formed at COP26

Renewable Energy World

Developed countries committed in 2009 to provide $100 billion annually in climate finance to developing countries by 2020. Biden is working to secure enhanced emissions reduction targets from world leaders at COP 26, while his signature domestic climate change agenda remains in the balance in Congress. billion in 2019.

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Report: Canada and U.S. Are Top Public Funders for CCS with Nations Prepared to Inject $200 Million More

DeSmogBlog

Since 2009, Canadian federal and provincial governments have supplied at least $3 billion in public funding, including grants and loans, to support CCS efforts, according to Stockman.

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Alok Sharma to call on IMF and World Bank to ramp up climate finance

Business Green

In a speech that has been billed as his last in his role as COP president, Sharma is set to outline the climate finance priorities ahead of the climate talks taking place next month, where the UK will officially hand over the COP presidency to host nation Egypt.

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