Small Island States
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Climate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDrive to 1.5Ice Loss & Sea Level RiseNational Plans & ResponsesSevere Storms & FloodingSmall Island States
South Pacific Islands Lead Fight for Faster Carbon Cuts as UN Prepares for September Summit
South Pacific islands whose very existence is imperiled by climate change continue to use the “moral force” of their endangerment to build consensus on ... -
Radioactive Waste ‘Coffin’ on Marshall Islands Develops Cracks, Could Break Apart in Tropical Storm
The huge, concrete dome the U.S. military built on Enewetak atoll in the Marshall Islands to contain waste from early atomic bomb tests may ... -
Climate Action/"Blockadia"Climate Impacts & AdaptationClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDrive to 1.5Energy PoliticsEnergy SubsidiesEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsHealth & SafetyHuman Rights & MigrationIce Loss & Sea Level RiseInternational Agencies & StudiesPathways to 1.5Post-Carbon TransitionSmall Island States
Stop New Coal Plants by 2020, Cut Fossil Subsidies, UN Secretary General Urges
United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres is calling on countries to stop new coal plant construction by 2020, accelerate the shutdown of existing facilities, ... -
AfricaAsiaClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDrive to 1.5Finance & InvestmentInternational Agencies & StudiesMexico, Caribbean & Latin AmericaPathways to 1.5Post-Carbon TransitionSmall Island States
Climate-Vulnerable Countries Plan New Tools to Fund Green Development
With at least a billion people in developing countries facing serious risk as the climate warms, the 48 members of the Vulnerable Twenty Group ... -
AustraliaClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDrive to 1.5Electricity GridEnergy PoliticsEnergy SubsidiesFinance & InvestmentHuman Rights & MigrationNational Plans & ResponsesSmall Island StatesSoil & Natural Sequestration
Australia Yanks Support from UN’s Green Climate Fund as National Elections Loom
Australia will stop contributions to the United Nations’ major fund for battling climate change this year, according to government budget papers released on Tuesday. With ... -
AfricaAsiaClimate Impacts & AdaptationDrive to 1.5Failure Is Not An OptionHealth & SafetyHuman Rights & MigrationInternational Agencies & StudiesInternational Security & WarMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionMexico, Caribbean & Latin AmericaSmall Island States
Report Links Climate Change to Majority of 2018’s Under-Reported Humanitarian Disasters
Climate change caused the majority of the world’s under-reported humanitarian disasters last year, and nine of the top 10 occurred in Africa, the Caribbean, ... -
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 ...
