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Science Based Targets initiative accused of providing a "platform for greenwashing"

Science Based Targets initiative accused of providing a “platform for greenwashing”

Nestlé, Ikea and Unilever are among brands the New Climate Institute found did not live up to the 1.5C-compatible label they’d been awarded

Total pushes ahead with Uganda oil project, stays silent on financial backers

Total pushes ahead with Uganda oil project, stays silent on financial backers

The French oil giant has struggled to attract finance for the East African Crude Oil Pipeline and opponents say it does not have funding in place

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WWF-UK faces backlash over plan to sell NFTs to fund conservation work

WWF-UK faces backlash over plan to sell NFTs to fund conservation work

On Twitter, WWF donors threatened to cancel their subscriptions, accusing the nature charity of greenwashing Ethereum and Bitcoin

European Commission endorses fossil gas as 'transition' fuel for private investment

European Commission endorses fossil gas as ‘transition’ fuel for private investment

Campaigners fear Brussels’ sustainable finance taxonomy will lead to more gas power plants being built, locking in high emissions

Storm Ana's devastation in southern Africa highlights need for early warnings

Storm Ana’s devastation in southern Africa highlights need for early warnings

More than 80 people died as the storm swept through Madagascar, Mozambique and Malawi, with the forecast not reaching some communities in time to evacuate

Turkey opens laboratory to grow algae for jet fuel, in EU-backed clean aviation push

Turkey opens laboratory to grow algae for jet fuel, in EU-backed clean aviation push

Ministers hope Turkish Airlines will make its first biofuelled flight by the end of 2022, but experts are sceptical algae can make much of a dent in aviation emissions

Crypto bubble: The hype machine behind a $70,000 carbon credit

Crypto bubble: The hype machine behind a $70,000 carbon credit

UK-based cryptocurrency venture Save Planet Earth has convinced investors it can make them rich and fix the climate, but its tree-planting vision is a long way from reality

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Science Based Targets initiative accused of providing a "platform for greenwashing"

Science Based Targets initiative accused of providing a “platform for greenwashing”

India strengthens climate targets, aiming for net zero by 2070

India strengthens climate targets, aiming for net zero by 2070

Australia is relying on offsets and future technology to meet 2050 net zero target

Australia is relying on offsets and future technology to meet 2050 net zero target

Saudi Arabia pledges net zero by 2060, but no oil exit plan

Saudi Arabia pledges net zero by 2060, but no oil exit plan

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Innovation, pastoralism and climate change in Africa’s drylands

Innovation, pastoralism and climate change in Africa’s drylands

Addressing transboundary climate and adaptation risks in Sudan and the Sahel

Addressing transboundary climate and adaptation risks in Sudan and the Sahel

In 2022, let lighting pave the way to a more efficient future

In 2022, let lighting pave the way to a more efficient future

Heating and cooling: a route to net zero emissions

Heating and cooling: a route to net zero emissions

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How the Glasgow Dialogue can deliver finance for victims of the climate crisis

How the Glasgow Dialogue can deliver finance for victims of the climate crisis

It is important to seize this opportunity to get dedicated support for people on the front lines of climate impacts, urgently and based on need

Finance must be the golden thread for climate diplomacy in 2022

Finance must be the golden thread for climate diplomacy in 2022

Here’s how G20 host Indonesia and G7 host Germany can make climate finance flow for effective action next year

Why I am calling on EU lawmakers to put climate at the heart of agricultural policy

Why I am calling on EU lawmakers to put climate at the heart of agricultural policy

The proposed reform to the EU’s farming subsidy programme continues a business-as-usual approach to farming that we cannot afford in a climate emergency

After Cop26, countries must turn climate promises into action on global shipping

After Cop26, countries must turn climate promises into action on global shipping

A meeting of the IMO this week is the first test of translating promises made in Glasgow into bold action. The world must turn its gaze to shipping

The street and the boardroom are closer than they have ever been on climate

The street and the boardroom are closer than they have ever been on climate

Action, action, action is the only antidote to “blah, blah, blah” – and forward-looking business leaders are stepping up right now

Oil and gas avoided censure in Glasgow for the 26th time. Let's not make it 27

Oil and gas avoided censure in Glasgow for the 26th time. Let’s not make it 27

Investor and state-owned oil companies in the G20 find common cause in watering down climate ambition; we need to confront their influence

To keep 1.5C alive, the super rich must change their high carbon lifestyles

To keep 1.5C alive, the super rich must change their high carbon lifestyles

The richest 1% are using way more than their fair share of the 1.5C carbon budget. Tackling inequality and emissions must go together

Big business must not be allowed to set the carbon trading agenda at Cop26

Big business must not be allowed to set the carbon trading agenda at Cop26

Delicate negotiations on carbon market rules in Glasgow could be thrown off course by the big banks’ push to “scale up” voluntary carbon trading

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