Recovery Money Spent On Fossils Is Twice As Much As Has Been Spent On Renewable Energy
August 31st, 2020 | by Anand Upadhyay
Twice as much recovery money has been spent on fossil fuels as clean energy
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G20 Nations Spending $63.9 Billion Annually On Coal Subsidies
June 25th, 2019 | by Joshua S Hill
Days before representatives of the G20 meet in Japan, a new report has been published by the Overseas Development Institute, or ODI, which reveals these nations are spending at least $63.9 billion on coal annually.
Climate Action Can No Longer Wait
January 28th, 2019 | by Guest Contributor
For over 30 years, a coalition of fossil fuel companies and their supporters – politicians as well as businesses who gain from maintaining the status quo – have been fighting the scientific community and their environmental supporters in the battle for and against climate change
G20 Communique Shows Trump’s Outsized Influence
December 3rd, 2018 | by Joshua S Hill
World leaders from the G20 met last week amidst tumultuous global tensions between China and the United States, publishing a joint communique at the end of proceedings which highlighted Donald Trump's outsized influence on issues of global importance.
G20 Nations Reportedly Set To Kowtow To Trump On Climate Change
November 27th, 2018 | by Joshua S Hill
A reported draft version of a communique being formulated by leaders of the G20 in advance of the 13th meeting of Group of Twenty to be held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, starting Friday, fails to back the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement
82% Of G20’s Energy Supply Still Comes From Fossil Fuels
November 16th, 2018 | by Joshua S Hill
A new report published this week has determined that 82% of the G20's energy supply is still sourced from fossil fuels and none of the countries' climate pledges are on a 1.5˚C-compatible pathway, contributing to a current trend which will see global warming of 3.2˚C unless G20 nations halve their emissions by
Global Greenhouse Gas Emissions Levels Continue Slow & Steady Increase
September 29th, 2017 | by Joshua S Hill
New figures from the PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency have confirmed global greenhouse gas emissions levels continued to increase in 2016, albeit at a relatively slow rate, reaching 49.3 gigatonnes in CO2 equivalent
“Our Democracy Has Been Hacked” — Al Gore On Climate Change
August 1st, 2017 | by Steve Hanley
Al Gore is back with a sequel to An Inconvenient Truth. Ten years on, what have we learned about climate change and those who decry it as a myth?
G20 Communique: Strong On Climate Change, On Sustainability, On Environmental Justice
July 11th, 2017 | by Jeremy Bloom
It was a victory for climate change action and support for the Paris Climate Agreement, for sure. But the G20 Communique at the end of the Hamburg summit was much more than that: A statement about sustainability, income inequality, and human rights as well
G20 Becomes G19 As Donald Trump Isolated On Climate Issues, Et Al., Surrenders Global Leadership
July 10th, 2017 | by Joshua S Hill
The G20, at the moment, is very much a G19 --- and it appears Donald Trump couldn't care less.
California Governor Jerry Brown Trolls Trump At G20
July 9th, 2017 | by Jeremy Bloom
While President Trump was blowing off the G20 session on climate change to spend more than 2 hours chilling with Vlad Putin, California Governor Jerry Brown crashed the party in Hamburg (via video) to announce that California (with an economy bigger than France, bigger than the UK) would take the lead on hosting a Global Climate Summit in San Francisco next year
Renewable Energy Soon To Be Cheapest Form Of Electricity In G20 Countries, Says Greenpeace
July 7th, 2017 | by Joshua S Hill
Renewable energy sources like wind and solar are already as cheap or cheaper than traditional fuels in about half of G20 countries, and are soon to be the cheapest form of electricity in every G20 country, according to a new report from Greenpeace in advance of the upcoming G20 Summit in Hamburg.
G20 Governments Continue Spending Billions In Public Fossil Fuel Financing
July 6th, 2017 | by Joshua S Hill
G20 countries continue to spend billions in public financing for fossil fuels, spending nearly four times as much than on clean energy, averaging more than $70 billion annually, totaling $215.3 billion in deals for oil, gas, and coal between 2013 and 2015.
Nearly 400 Global Investors Managing Over $22 Trillion Urge G20 To Commit To Paris Agreement
July 6th, 2017 | by Joshua S Hill
Nearly 400 global investors who together manage more than $22 trillion in assets have written to G20 leaders in advance of the G20 summit, urging them to commit to the Paris Agreement and help drive its implementation.
Business, Civil, & Scientific Leaders Call On G20 To Support Sustainable Energy Transition
March 24th, 2017 | by Joshua S Hill
Leaders from three of the G20's working groups representing the business sector, civil society organizations, and think tanks, have signed a joint statement encouraging the G20 nations and leaders to support a sustainable energy transition.
G20 Talks — Scaling Back Climate Change Pledges, Putting Responsibility On Private Industry
March 13th, 2017 | by James Ayre
The upcoming G20 (Group of 20) talks will see finance ministers from the US, China, Germany, and others scale back — and back away from — earlier commitments to "combat" climate change, going by reports
Leading Investors Call On G20 Governments To End Fossil Fuel Subsidies By 2020
February 16th, 2017 | by Joshua S Hill
A group of leading investors with a total of $2.8 trillion in assets under management have called on the governments of the G20 to end fossil fuel subsidies by 2020.
US & China Fossil Fuel Subsidies Exceed $20 Billion Annually
September 20th, 2016 | by Joshua S Hill
As an outcome of the G20 meeting held in China earlier this month, both China and the United States volunteered [&hellip
G20 Balks At Ending The “Dumbest Policy” Of All, Fossil Fuel Subsidies
September 6th, 2016 | by Giles Parkinson
Originally published on RenewEconomy. The G20 meeting in China may have been notable for the decision by both China and [&hellip
Major Insurers With $1.2 Trillion In Assets Urge G20 Leaders To Phase Out Fossil Fuel Subsidies
August 30th, 2016 | by Joshua S Hill
Three major insurers with more than $1.2 trillion in assets under management have urged G20 governments to commit to phasing [&hellip
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