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Climate Change

US climate envoy John Kerry admits to being ‘rattled’ over finance challenge of net zero transition

The US special presidential envoy for climate John Kerry has urged the world’s governments to engage the private sector in stumping up the huge investment required to help countries fulfil […]

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Why COP27 needs to shine a spotlight on climate change adaptation

Governments have tended to focus on cutting carbon emissions when formulating their climate change plans and policies. But with more frequent, more severe weather events blighting the globe – causing […]
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COP27: how finance ministries are working to net zero – but ‘missed a trick’ on COVID-19 response

Much talk at the COP27 has already touched on the centrality of finance to helping the world reach net zero and tackle the effects of climate change, with many developing […]
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How can governments turn COP27 climate change ambition into action?

To date, 139 countries have made net zero commitments and many agreed at COP26 in Glasgow last year to develop strengthened pledges. To fulfil these promises, governments need to put […]
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Keeping up with COP: how can countries measure progress to net zero?

The Paris Agreement established a precedent for getting countries around the table to create and manage expectations – based on evidence and subject to scrutiny – around climate action. Seven […]

Israel to prepare climate change readiness plans; Australia made ‘significant mistakes’ in COVID response, review finds: policy & delivery news in brief

Global Government Forum’s weekly digest of the news you need to know but might have missed. Israeli government departments to prepare climate change readiness plans All government departments in Israel […]
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US government agencies to roll out climate change training for officials to help meet targets

The White House has issued instructions to agencies on how to achieve the federal government’s climate change goals, including through the development of sustainability-focused training programmes for departmental staff. The […]
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Biden says government is working again as US Senate passes milestone climate change bill

Senators in the US voted through the night on Sunday to push through president Joe Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act – a major piece of legislation that allocates US$454bn to tackle […]

UK’s net zero strategy ruled ‘unlawful’ by high court

The UK high court has ruled that the government’s net zero strategy does not sufficiently detail how it will meet its emissions targets and that as such it has contravened […]
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Australian Treasury to model climate change effects on economy

The federal Treasury is to model the economic impacts of climate change on Australia for the first time in nearly a decade. Treasurer Jim Chalmers has directed the department to […]