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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.

COP 130
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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. This past July, the federal government indicated its plan to phase out what it termed inefficient fossil fuel subsidies. Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

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Our Best of 2023 Has Your Holiday Reading Covered

DeSmogBlog

From the Global Team American PR Firm Edelman Enabled Oil Baron Al Jaber’s Ascension to Lead COP28 Climate Conference By Cartie Werthman In 2023 we returned to our roots and investigated the ongoing relationship between the fossil fuel industry and advertising and public relations firms. Department of Justice that shed light on a $6.4

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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.

COP 130
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UK Climate Minister Pulls Out of Event with Climate Science Deniers

DeSmogBlog

Prime Minister Liz Truss is facing criticism over her support for new fossil fuel projects , including fracking , and plans to block solar farms and scrap environmental protections. Lord Wei is scheduled to speak on a panel called “Are Fossil Fuels Regaining Their Grounds? It’s part of being in a free society.”.

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

Business Green

"This includes extending support for Just Energy Transition Partnerships (JETPs), country-led partnerships supported by G7 nations that will help decarbonise economies and accelerate the transition from fossil fuels to clean, renewable energy.".

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Three things that could make COP27 a success

Business Green

Another COP is coming - the 27th United Nations Climate Change Conference. In addition, there is growing dismay, and anger in many quarters, that the unmet promises of past COPs, especially in providing finance to those that are suffering loss and damage from climate change, are going to make COP27 even more challenging.