Climate Change

Nigeria appears to have keyed into a mechanism that will enable her to engage in international emissions trading under a climate change mitigation package entrenched in the Paris Agreement. Minister of Environment, Dr. Muhammad Mahmood Abubakar, delivering the Nigerian Government statement during the Ministerial High-Level Segment of COP25 The International Transferred Mitigation Outcome (ITMO) are the new carbon credits designed ...

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has urged the continent’s nations to stay the course on climate action, after a marathon session of talks at the 25th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) ended on Sunday, December 16, 2019 in Madrid, Spain. Dr. Anthony Nyong, Director, Climate Change and Green ...

The UN climate talks (COP25) concluded on Sunday, December 15, 2019 in Madrid, Spain with the popular impression that governments showed no signs of addressing the climate emergency. Delegates at a plenary session at COP25 in Madrid Bogged down by what looked like bad faith negotiations that put politics and fossil-fuel interests above people and the planet, many countries – ...

The UNFCCC Conference on Climate Change (COP25) came to its conclusion on Sunday, December, 2019 in Madrid, with national governments making progress in a number of critical agreements to promote climate ambition in 2020, a landmark year in which nations must submit or update their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs). Delegates at a plenary session at COP25 in Madrid When the ...

On Sunday, December 15, 2019, the UN Climate Change Conference (COP25) concluded with the adoption of a cover decision titled “Chile Madrid Time for Action”, but which some key stakeholders felt left key issues unresolved. Sonam P. Wangdi, Chair of the Least Developed Countries Group Mr. Sonam P. Wangdi, Chair of the Least Developed Countries Group, said “This COP was ...

A new report commissioned by the Australia Institute from Climate Analytics finds that there is currently no legal basis for Australia’s proposed use of “carryover” Kyoto credits to meet its obligations under the Paris Agreement. Scott Morrison Australia is said to be the only country trying to get away with using “over-achievement” from this type of credit. The research makes ...

As UN Climate Change Conference (COP25) effectively came to an end on Sunday, December 15, 2019, national delegates have been accused of failing once more to step up to the existential challenge of the climate crisis. COP25 President, Carolina Schmidt For two weeks, negotiators tinkered with the last bits of the so-called “Rulebook” of the Paris Agreement – the set ...

The refusal of the United States and rich countries of the global north to advance negotiations on loss and damage and their insistence on pushing ahead with carbon markets are clear indications that they are not set to address the climate crisis, civil society from Africa has alleged. African negotiators at COP25 According to the Health of Mother Earth Foundation ...

The issues of climate finance and a call to deliver on previous financial commitment kept occurring and reoccurring at the 25th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP25) in Madrid, Spain. However, what seemed evidently missing is a clear model on how those suffering the most impact from the climate crises can truly access these funds. Youth representatives at ...

 The High-Level Segment of the UN Climate Change Conference COP25 kicked off on Tuesday, December 10, 2019 with urgent reminders that the international community is running out of time to effectively tackle the climate crisis and must change course and step up ambition in order to prevent the worst climate impacts. COP25 opening Speaking at the opening, Petteri Taalas, Secretary-General ...