All posts tagged "Paris Agreement"

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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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  COP28 climate summit just approved a ‘loss and damage’ fund. What does this mean?

  Day one of the COP28 climate summit saw the first big breakthrough: agreement on a ‘loss and damage’ fund to compensate poor states for the effects of climate change. Met

  • Posted December 4, 2023
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  From AI to net zero: what governments are focusing on around the world

  Government are dealing with major trends influencing the work of public services around the world. This article examines issues from artificial intelligence and building citizen trust and engagement, to the

  • Posted July 13, 2023
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  Citizens sue EU governments over failure to deliver on climate change pledges

  Citizens of European Union member states have sued their respective national governments over failure to tackle climate change in a first for the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). Three

  • Posted April 6, 2023
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  New US open government strategy; Turkey to use blockchain to verify service users: policy & delivery news in brief

  Global Government Forum’s weekly digest of the news you need to know but might have missed. White House releases action plan on open government The Biden administration has released plans

  • Posted January 5, 2023
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  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

  • Posted December 14, 2022
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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

  • Posted November 8, 2022
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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

  • Posted November 7, 2022
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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

  • Posted November 6, 2022
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  Australia’s new government cements more ambitious climate change targets

  Australia has formally pledged to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 43% below 2005 levels by 2030 as the prime minister Anthony Albanese said the country planned to “urgently step

  • Posted June 22, 2022
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