A new study recognizing the link between climate change and human rights has been published to coincide with Human Rights Day. Published by the United Nations Environment Programme on Thursday — global Human Rights Day — in Paris at the United Nations COP21 climate negotiations, the new report, Climate Change and … [continued]
The EV market just got $4.5 billion hotter with a new five-year commitment from Ford for better EV batteries, 13 new electrified models, and fast-charging.
Editor’s Note: Giles has landed some great soundbites from and an interview with Boris Schucht, the CEO of 50 Hertz, a German grid operator. If that name rings a bell, you probably saw the video I published about him talking about the same matter in Abu Dhabi earlier this year. If … [continued]
The United Kingdom’s Committee on Climate Change will collaborate with its Chinese counterpart to assess climate change risk. A Memorandum of Understanding was signed between the UK’s Committee on Climate Change and the China National Expert Committee on Climate Change at an official signing ceremony held at the COP21 United … [continued]
In the last meeting of Wednesday, December 9, the Comité de Paris (Paris Committee) of the COP21 climate conference reconvened to register the reactions of conference parties to the draft agreement Laurent Fabius presented at 9 am today. Fabius opened by proposing that after Comité de Paris session closes, parties … [continued]
Originally published on WRI. By Eliza Northrop and David Waskow What will be the outcome of the Paris climate negotiations — an agreement? A package? A treaty? As delegates make progress crafting the negotiating text at COP 21, there has been intense discussion about its legal form. Below are seven … [continued]
Originally published on the ECOreport. The Guardian‘s headlines say it all: “Biggest Polluters Back Tougher Warming Target.” The United States, China, and Canada have now joined the push for a 1.5 degree ceiling at COP21 in Paris. AOSIS Targets This initiative started with the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS), … [continued]
The European Union, along with 79 countries from Africa, the Caribbean, and the Pacific Islands, have joined forces to back an ambitious global climate deal at COP21. The 28 European Union Member States and the 79 countries from the African, Caribbean, and Pacific (ACP) States publicly stressed “their shared commitment … [continued]
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology Climate CoLab, in collaboration with the United Nations Secretary-General, has announced a series of global, online contests intended to help strengthen the climate resiliency of vulnerable countries. The suite of MIT-led contests are part of the recently announced Climate Resilience Initiative — Anticipate, Absorb, Reshape (A2R), a … [continued]
Some of the best news of 2015 about our ability to resist and adapt to climate change is the powerful increase in numbers of subregional and panregional governments, businesses, and cities taking action to speed the necessary transition to renewable energy. Part of the Lima-Paris Action Agenda, Energy Day at … [continued]
