Nicaragua joined Paris pact in bid for top climate fund appointment: sources
Nicaragua’s announcement last month that it was joining the Paris Agreement had an ulterior motive, sources have told Climate Home News.
The central American country’s...
US governor elections inspire hope during UN climate talks
Yesterday’s elections in the US suggest that voters across the country are beginning to reject Trumpist candidates and policies, a sentiment that may grant...
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Xi expected to skirt climate issue with Trump
As leaders of the world’s two largest economies and carbon emitters meet in Beijing today, climate change is expected to be given little spotlight,...
Climate finance helps ayahuasca culture protect remote Amazon forest
A light shower cooled the warm Amazon night as the Yawanawá priests started serving ayahuasca.
After my second cup of the bitter psychedelic brew, the rainforest...
It is time for the UN climate process to tackle fossil fuel supply
This week, negotiators are gathered in Germany for the annual UN climate change conference. If previous meetings are any indication, the negotiating halls will...
UN climate talks: India puts heat on rich countries, China takes softer stance
India and China had a lot to disagree with each other over the past year: border dispute, trade friction, glitches in water data sharing,...
Me too: I left the climate movement because of its toxic culture
I left the climate movement a year ago because I felt it didn’t value me or honour the people who dedicated their lives to...
African campaigners call for US to be kicked out of climate talks
African campaigners called for US negotiators to be barred from climate talks under way in Bonn, Germany, at a press conference on Tuesday.
Members of...
Syria to join Paris Agreement, isolating US
Syria has announced that it will sign up to the Paris agreement at the COP23 climate summit in Bonn, meaning the US would be alone...