Small Island States
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AustraliaClimate DenialClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsCoalDrive to 1.5National Plans & ResponsesSmall Island States
Time for Australia to ‘Answer to the Pacific’, New Zealand PM Asserts
With 18 Pacific Island nations pressing Australia to agree to a global coal phaseout, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is urging Scott Morrison’s ... -
AustraliaClimate DenialClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsCoalEnergy PoliticsEnergy SubsidiesFinance & InvestmentHuman Rights & MigrationIce Loss & Sea Level RiseNational Plans & ResponsesSevere Storms & FloodingSmall Island States
BREAKING: Australia Tries to Drop 1.5°C Target from Pacific Declaration as Endangered Countries Demand Real Carbon Reductions
Australia is trying to water down references to the climate “crisis”, the long-term goal of 1.5°C average global warming, a ban on new coal-fired ... -
Biodiversity & HabitatCarbon-Free TransitionClimate Action/"Blockadia"Climate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDrive to 1.5Energy PoliticsFinance & InvestmentHealth & SafetyHeat & TemperatureInternational Agencies & StudiesIPCC ReportMiddle EastOil & GasSmall Island States
Saudis Lead Fossil States to Block 1.5°C Report, Declare Island States a ‘Disposable Global Zone’
A landmark report on 1.5°C pathways was forever dropped from formal consideration in United Nations climate negotiations, and Climate Action Network-International scorched countries for ... -
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 ... -
Carbon-Free TransitionClimate 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 1.5Small 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, ... -
AfricaAsiaCarbon-Free TransitionClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDrive to 1.5Finance & InvestmentInternational Agencies & StudiesMexico, Caribbean & Latin AmericaPathways to 1.5Small 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/StorageCarbon-Free TransitionElectricity GridEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentSmall 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 & MeasurementCarbon-Free TransitionClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsCoalEuropeJobsMexico, Caribbean & Latin AmericaOil & GasSmall 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 ...
