All posts tagged "COP29"

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  UN hails leap forward in global climate action transparency

  Ninety nations have formally reported progress towards meeting their Paris Agreement commitments, in what the UN called a “critical effort… ensuring transparency in global climate action”. The cornerstone of

  • Posted January 31, 2025
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  Why countering climate misinformation must be a priority

  Discussing the open letter on curbing disinformation published during the COP29 conference, Pallavi Sethi, a policy fellow at the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, argues governments have

  • Posted December 20, 2024
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  What was – and wasn’t – achieved at the COP29 climate talks

  The petroleum-laden dust has settled on this year’s United Nations climate summit, COP29, held over the past fortnight in Baku, Azerbaijan. Climate scientists, leaders, lobbyists and delegates are heading for

  • Posted November 26, 2024
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  AI and digital technology can help treble renewable energy by 2030, says UN report

  A new United Nations (UN) report highlights the “pivotal role” of innovation, digitalisation and finance in scaling up renewable energy to achieve climate goals. The Climate Technology Progress Report finds that

  • Posted November 11, 2024
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  UK to introduce duty of candour for civil servants, COP29 vision takes shape: news in brief

  Global Government Forum’s weekly roundup of public service news In this edition: UK prime minister to introduce ‘duty of candour’ for civil servants  Keir Starmer has pledged to introduce a

  • Posted September 26, 2024
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  Azerbaijan adds women to COP committee after backlash

  Azerbaijan has added 12 women to the COP29 organising committee, having initially announced an all-male line-up. Earlier this month, Azerbaijan’s president Ilham Aliyev announced the committee for this year’s global

  • Posted January 24, 2024
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