Climate Curate: Wednesday 29th February 2012
The latest environmental, climate change and green news gathered every day by the RTCC Climate Curate.
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UN expects climate finance roadmap to offer “clear next steps”
But governments, multilateral development banks and civil society are still far apart on how to raise $1.3 trillion a year by 2035
A COP30 roadmap to inaction or ambition on climate finance?
If it lets wealthy countries off the hook, the “Baku-to-Belém” roadmap risks entrenching climate injustice and increasing debt burdens in the Global South
Brazil’s new funding initiative can help bring rainforests back from the brink – if done right
With the Tropical Forests Forever Facility, Global South countries are showing a path for a livable – and financially sustainable – future
As EU acts to stop greenwash, funds drop climate claims from their names
By removing words like “ESG” and “sustainable” from their titles, funds can keep investing in fossil fuels despite the Europe’s new anti-greenwash rules
Green groups push back on fossil gas funding as AfDB welcomes new head
Campaigners want the president-elect of the African Development Bank to shift away from all fossil fuels, but its energy policy signals more support for gas
Trump shifts US funds from shutting down foreign fossil fuels to expanding them
The US administration has pulled clean energy and just transition funding in South Africa and is pressuring EXIM and the World Bank to back fossil fuels
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Bonn bulletin: Developing nations call for adaptation finance to triple by 2030
The chair of the Least Developed Countries group called for a new and more ambitious goal for adaptation finance
World’s largest carbon projects unlikely to deliver emissions cuts despite reforms
So far, carbon markets have not led to a promised decrease in planet-heating emissions – and efforts to tighten standards have yet to prove their worth
Campaigners issue mass call for reforms to rescue UN climate process
Groups want governments to make decisions by voting – rather than consensus as now – to enable more ambition in negotiations under fire for not delivering enough climate action
UN expects climate finance roadmap to offer “clear next steps”
But governments, multilateral development banks and civil society are still far apart on how to raise $1.3 trillion a year by 2035
How ‘sophisticated’ climate misinformation gets to the heart of power
The fossil fuel industry and right-wing populists are increasingly targeting key policy-makers through backdoor channels, according to a new report
Brazil: Let’s deliver on our old climate promises before making new ones
The COP30 Presidency wants to focus on implementing the agreed response to the 2023 Global Stocktake including transitioning away from fossil fuels
Is the world’s big idea for greener air travel a flight of fancy?
Suspicions of fraud, ‘ridiculous’ data and a dearth of supplies – our investigation exposes the flaws in the airline industry’s big green hope: sustainable aviation fuel
Air travel’s ‘holy grail’: Jet fuel made from CO2 and water prepares for take-off
Synthetic jet fuel companies think they have the answer to tackling aviation emissions despite concerns about the cost of producing energy-hungry e-SAF
Brazilian firm behind SAF plan found growing oil palm on deforested Amazon land
Discovery of illegal palm crops comes as Grupo BBF grapples with financial problems sparked by warnings over its human rights record
Workers and grassroots groups push Just Transition agenda at Bonn climate talks
Social movements want justice placed at the heart of national climate planning, and a new global mechanism to support worker and community-led transitions