French President Emmanuel Macron’s One Planet Summit seems to have gone off without a hitch on Tuesday in Paris, and the flood of announcements that have poured out of the event have shown a lot of willingness to commit to tackle climate change, but eyebrows are being raised at the seeming lack of commitment by governments to turn away from funding fossil fuels.
Editorial note: If, like many Brazilians, you were on holidays for most of January, you might have missed two important international summits of relevance for climate and energy. Luckily for you, CleanTechnica was there to cover them while you were out and about on your first full-electric road trip (or whatever … [continued]
From our correspondent on the spot, Jessica Langerman: The other night, over twenty Citizens Climate Lobby volunteers crammed into a small Paris apartment to absorb the extraordinary news of the day: President François Hollande of France had joined other heads of state as well as World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim … [continued]
The Partnership For Responsible Growth has quoted 14 luminaries from around the world who are supporting a carbon fee/tax. The much-awaited UN climate conference being held in Paris later this month is nearly upon us, and the newly-formed nonprofit Partnership For Responsible Growth is doing all it can to build momentum for … [continued]
An unprecedented alliance of heads of state, city, and state leaders, has called for countries and companies around the world to put a price on carbon. The call comes by way of the Carbon Pricing Panel, a group of leaders from around the world convened by World Bank Group President Jim … [continued]
Over the weekend, thousands of the world’s finance ministers and central bankers from 188 countries of the world gathered in Lima, Peru, for the annual meetings of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund. The two United Nations groups focus on long-term economic development and macroeconomic issues, respectively. While … [continued]
