Small Island States
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Batteries/StorageElectricity GridEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentPost-Carbon TransitionSmall Island StatesSolarSub-National GovernmentsUnited States
Solar+Storage in Hawaii to Offset 3.7 Million Gallons of Diesel as Costs Fall 42% in Three Years
Hawaii has produced a small surge of solar+storage news to start the year, with the world’s largest installation of its kind going into service ... -
Climate Impacts & AdaptationClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDrive to 1.5Finance & InvestmentLegal & RegulatoryNational Plans & ResponsesSmall Island States
Recognition of Loss and Damage Emerges as COP 24 Success Story
Recognition of the loss and damage vulnerable countries face due to the inevitable impacts of climate change is emerging as a major success story ... -
Air & MarineCCS & Negative EmissionsClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsCoalDrive to 1.5EuropeFinance & InvestmentHuman Rights & MigrationInternational Agencies & StudiesJobsNational Plans & ResponsesSmall Island StatesUnited States
High Ambition Coalition Drives Up Paris Commitments While Poland Earns Public Rebuke
The High Ambition Coalition that drove the Paris Agreement to a better conclusion put in a repeat performance, and the Polish Presidency responsible for ... -
AS IT HAPPENED: Poland Wins COP 24 Colossal Fossil, Pacific Islands Named Biggest Ray of Hope
The Colossal Fossil at COP 24 was the conference host, Poland, with a brief swipe at the European Union for allowing one of the ... -
AfricaClimate Impacts & AdaptationClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsFinance & InvestmentSmall Island States
Finance Emerges (Again) as Sticking Point in COP 24 Negotiations
Financial aid for poor countries—and how it is counted, publicly reported, and locked in for the future—is one of the biggest sticking points in ... -
Carbon Levels & MeasurementClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsCoalEuropeJobsMexico, Caribbean & Latin AmericaOil & GasPost-Carbon TransitionSmall Island StatesSub-National GovernmentsUnited States
National Fossil Phaseouts Gain Traction While California ‘Evaluates and Explores’
A growing group of countries moving to phase out oil and gas production may be about to deliver the “next big step in climate ... -
AustraliaCarbon Levels & MeasurementClimate Impacts & AdaptationClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDrive to 1.5Finance & InvestmentHealth & SafetyHuman Rights & MigrationIce Loss & Sea Level RiseInternational Agencies & StudiesLegal & RegulatoryNational Plans & ResponsesSevere Storms & FloodingSmall Island States
‘Carbon-Free’ Virtual Forum Demands 1.5°C Action for World’s Most Vulnerable Nations
The Climate Vulnerable Forum completed the world’s first-ever zero-emissions climate summit this week, a day-long virtual meeting that challenged the inevitably more carbon-intensive COP ... -
AsiaClimate Impacts & AdaptationCoalHuman Rights & MigrationLegal & RegulatoryOil & GasSevere Storms & FloodingSmall Island States
Philippines Commission Probes Fossils’ Accountability for Extreme Climate Impacts
The business writers at The Economist are paying attention to an inquiry launched by the Philippine Commission on Human Rights, aimed at determining for ... -
Biodiversity & HabitatBuildingsCitiesDrive to 1.5Failure Is Not An OptionHealth & SafetyIce Loss & Sea Level RiseSevere Storms & FloodingSmall Island StatesUnited States
Intense Hurricane Obliterates Hawaiian Island
A 4.5-hectare Hawaiian island was literally wiped off the map forever when Hurricane Walaka swept through the region earlier this month, just a couple ... -
CitiesClimate Impacts & AdaptationElectricity GridGeneral RenewablesHealth & SafetyHuman Rights & MigrationMexico, Caribbean & Latin AmericaOff-GridPost-Carbon TransitionSevere Storms & FloodingSmall Island States
Local Solar Installations Show the Right Way to Rebuild Hurricane-Ravaged Puerto Rico
A year after Hurricane María obliterated Puerto Rico’s power grid, causing the longest electricity outage in American history and contributing to an estimated 2,795 ... -
AfricaCanadaCarbon Levels & MeasurementClimate Impacts & AdaptationClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsCoalDrive to 1.5Electricity GridFinance & InvestmentFirst PeoplesHuman Rights & MigrationInternational Agencies & StudiesIPCC ReportMiddle EastPost-Carbon TransitionSmall Island States
Abreu: ‘The Science Prevailed’ as IPCC Hands Governments a 2050 Deadline for Net Zero Emissions
Catherine Abreu is executive director of Climate Action Network Canada, and was Climate Action Network-International’s Head of Delegation for last week’s high-stakes meeting of ... -
Climate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsCoalDrive to 1.5Energy PoliticsInternational Agencies & StudiesPathways to 1.5Post-Carbon TransitionSmall Island States
IPCC Delegates Consider Drastic Coal Cuts to Protect 1.5°C Target
Climate scientists gathered in Incheon, South Korea to review scenarios for 1.5°C average global warming may be poised to recommend a much faster phaseout ...
