Latest climate change news
Canadian minister vows to fight attempts to weaken plastic pollution treaty
News Environment minister Steven Guilbeault accuses “some countries” of slow-walking negotiations, ahead of talks in Ottawa next week
Analysis As donors dither, Indigenous funds seek to decolonise green finance
Analysis Tired of waiting for donor dollars for climate and nature protection to trickle down, Indigenous rights groups are creating new funds to do things differently
Comment Fossil fuel debts are illegitimate and must be cancelled
Comment The Spring Meetings of the World Bank and IMF are a chance to transform outstanding debts for fossil fuel projects into grants for renewable energy systems
Analysis World Bank climate funding greens African hotels while fishermen sink
Analysis Climate Home reveals that the World Bank Group has counted support for luxury hotels as climate finance, which experts say fails the most vulnerable
Comment SBTi’s rigid emissions rules don’t reflect business reality
Comment The Science Based Targets initiative ignores the good a company’s products do in avoiding planet-heating emissions – only counting those from its operations
Comment SBTi needs tighter rules on companies’ indirect emissions
Comment Businesses are not required to cut all their value chain emissions in line with a 1.5C warming limit – and allowing offsetting could weaken efforts further
UN climate chief calls for “quantum leap in climate finance”
News Simon Stiell says far more money is required for developing countries to submit bold new climate plans, which would benefit all economies
Spring Meetings can jump-start financial reform for food and climate
Comment The World Bank and IMF have a big part to play in raising the $3 trillion needed to help countries meet global development goals and the Paris accord
