Tag:Climate Action Network (CAN)

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G7 ministers agree to speed up renewable energy but faulted on fossil fuel phase-out

The Group of Seven (G7) rich nations have agreed to speed up the development of renewable energy and called for reduced natural gas consumption...

Michael Simire - April 16, 2023

Climate Change

As COP27 drags into 11th hour, worrying divergences remain on key issues

“While it was pitched as an implementation COP, COP27 is turning into a ‘repetition’ COP. The situation is serious with a deadlock on an...

Michael Simire - November 18, 2022

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COP27 must be moment to put polluters on the dock, secure justice for climate suffers – Activists

Civil society representatives of Climate Action Network have emphasised that the real test of success of the forthcoming COP27 summit will be if it...

Michael Simire - November 1, 2022

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Climate crisis could increase African country debts by $1tr – Report

Sub-Saharan African countries will have to take on almost $1 trillion in debt over the next 10 years unless wealthy countries provide adequate finance...

Michael Simire - October 17, 2022

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Over 400 groups demand govts put Loss and Damage on COP27 agenda

Over 400 organisations from all over the world on Tuesday, September 6, 2022, signed a letter, initiated by Climate Action Network (CAN), addressed to UN...

Michael Simire - September 7, 2022

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G7 Summit: Activists want rich nations to recommit to end fossil fuels financing

With just a few days to go before the G7 Summit in Germany, activists consider it deeply worrying that several G7 countries, including Germany...

Michael Simire - June 23, 2022

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Campaigners seek release of jailed Vietnamese anti-coal campaigner, Nguy Thi Khanh

The Climate Action Network (CAN) has condemned the sentencing to imprisonment of Vietnamese anti-coal activist, Goldman Environmental Prize winner and Eisenhower Fellow, Nguy Thi...

Michael Simire - June 20, 2022

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Watered down language in latest text on loss and damage puts COP26 in jeopardy

With COP26 running into overtime, speakers at a media session by Climate Action Network (CAN) on Friday, November 12, 2021, highlighted that key issues...

Michael Simire - November 13, 2021

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