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- British Gas Given Under the Radar Access to COP29 Climate Summit | The boss of the UK’s largest gas supplier is listed as a representative of an African NGO.www.desmog.com British Gas Given Under the Radar Access to COP29 Climate Summit
BAKU – The CEO of Centrica, the parent company of British Gas, has quietly gained access to the flagship COP29 climate conference in Baku, Azerbaijan, DeSmog can reveal. The UN’s official attendee list indicates that Christopher O’Shea is attending the conference as a guest of the African Centre for...
- phys.org Extreme heat weakens land's power to absorb carbon, analysis finds
A new European Space Agency-backed study shows that the extreme heat waves of 2023, which fueled huge wildfires and severe droughts, also undermined the land's capacity to soak up atmospheric carbon. This diminished carbon uptake drove atmospheric carbon dioxide levels to new highs, intensifying con...
- thehill.com Climate activists sentenced for red powder attack on US Constitution
Two climate activists accused of throwing a red powder on the U.S. Constitution display case at the National Archives earlier this year have been sentenced to more than a year in prison, The W…
- www.scientificamerican.com Climate and Conservation Ballot Measures Approved Even in Places Trump Won
Four counties in Florida that voted for Trump also voted to conserve open space, reduce flood damage and protect habitat
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- www.desmog.com Canada Promises Climate Reparations at COP29 While Courting Big Oil at Home
With spotlight on politicians and their pledges in Baku, fossil fuel lobbyists are racking up private meetings with Trudeau’s government.
> With spotlight on politicians and their pledges in Baku, fossil fuel lobbyists are racking up private meetings with Trudeau’s government.
> In the last year Pathways Alliance, a coalition representing six of the largest oil sands companies, booked 78 meetings with almost 40 senior federal officials including the deputy prime minister, three ministers, three deputy ministers, six assistant deputy ministers, three chiefs of staff, seven members of parliament and two senators. The deputy secretary to the cabinet for clean growth had 38 separate meetings with lobbyists for the Pathways Alliance.
> Back at COP29, Canadian hypocrisy is rich indeed. Even if carbon capture of oil sands production worked perfectly, this multi-billion dollar bandaid – largely funded by taxpayers – would only deal with about 20 percent of ultimate emissions. The other 80 percent of downstream emissions from Canadian fossil fuels exported elsewhere in the world now exceeds our entire economy by 327 MT/yr – an amount more than the annual emissions from the UK or 190 other countries.
- apnews.com Protesters gather at UN climate talks in global day of action as progress on a deal slows
Hundreds of activists formed a human chain outside one of the main plenary halls at the United Nations climate summit on what is traditionally their biggest protest day during the two-week talks.
- A U.N. summit calling for fast action on methane may be undermined by a second Trump administration as voluntary efforts fail to curb emissions globally.insideclimatenews.org The Tug-of-War on This Climate Super Pollutant Has Big Implications for the Future - Inside Climate News
A U.N. summit calling for fast action on methane may be undermined by a second Trump administration as voluntary efforts fail to curb emissions globally.
- Host of the COP29 Climate Talks Is Raining on His Own Parade | Azerbaijani leader Ilham Aliyev has been praising fossil fuels & taking shots at rivals, casting a cloud over the climate summit
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- www.brookings.edu COP29 and the intersection of climate, gender equality, and education
Former Echidna Global Scholars share insights on the intersection of climate change and education and discuss their hopes for COP29.
