Africa COP Methane Reference 
DeSmogBlog
NOVEMBER 29, 2023
Farming will be front and centre at this year’s COP. Animal agriculture is the largest emitter of methane, a greenhouse gas 80 times more potent than carbon dioxide when measured over a 20 year period. Scientists say that unless swift action is taken, methane from agriculture alone will take us beyond a 1.5C
Business Green
NOVEMBER 20, 2022
Mohamed Adow, director of think tank Power Shift Africa said the achievement came after three decades of appeals for help from climate impacted nations. "To This COP caused deep frustrations but it wasn't for nothing," she said. "It The agreement was hailed by activists and developing countries as a major breakthrough. warming target.
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Business Green
NOVEMBER 12, 2021
From tackling deforestation to curbing methane emissions, the various multilateral commitments are focused on areas where they can have real impact. There was definitely some spin and duplication of effort going on, but the vast majority of the announcements point to how decarbonisation efforts can be drastically accelerated.
Business Green
NOVEMBER 13, 2021
Dubbed the Glasgow Climate Pact, the agreement crucially puts pressure on countries to come foward next year with updated climate plans, promises more funding for climate adaptation, and for the first time ever includes explicit references to the need to drive down coal and phase out fossil fuel subsidies. and coal is in the text.
DeSmogBlog
DECEMBER 1, 2023
Oil and gas has dominated discussions at past COPs, which have focused on the need to cut greenhouse gas emissions from the energy and transport sectors to tackle dangerous levels of global warming. Big companies which have previously accessed COP in this way include JBS, which came in with the Brazilian delegation for COP27 in Egypt.
Business Green
NOVEMBER 15, 2021
India and China may have got their way by watering down the language, but the precedent-setting reference to fossil fuels in a UN climate agreement and Sharma's canny insistence that India and China publicly own their act of late sabotage on the plenary floor means this debate could now dominate the next decade of global climate diplomacy.
Business Green
NOVEMBER 15, 2021
The landmark $8bn-plus agreement with South Africa to support a just transition away from coal power also provides an exciting template for how emerging economies can be provided with support as they attempt to move onto cleaner development pathways. Business played a larger and more significant role at the Glasgow COP than any before it.
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