Washington, DC – In 10 days, charged with charting a path forward to avoid the worst effects of the climate crisis, global leaders will convene in Dubai for the United Nations Conference of Parties (COP) 28. At COP21, world leaders made history by agreeing to a treaty aimed at holding global average temperature well below two degrees celsius above pre-industrial levels.
El Presidente Biden anunció una contribución de $1.000 millones al Fondo Verde Climático, una iniciativa creada para ayudar a las naciones en desarrollo a reducir su contaminación climática y adaptarse a los efectos de la crisis climática.
WASHINGTON, DC -- Today during the Major Economies Forum, President Biden announced a new $1 billion contribution to the Green Climate Fund (GCF), a fund created to help developing countries reduce their climate pollution and adapt to the effects of the climate crisis. Today’s announcement brings the United States’ total contribution to the GCF to $2 billion, still well below the initial $3 billion President Obama pledged in 2014. Since 2014, other countries have led the way by fulfilling their initial commitments and making additional pledges to the Green Climate Fund.
New letter urges the Biden Administration to oppose the Japan-led G7 efforts to support expansion of new Liquefied Natural Gas supplies.
El Panel Intergubernamental sobre Cambio Climático (PICC) de la ONU emitió hoy su síntesis del Sexto Ciclo de Evaluación, el análisis más completo de los datos climáticos en la historia del PICC.
INTERLAKEN, SWITZERLAND -- Today, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released its synthesis report for the sixth assessment cycle, which is the most comprehensive analysis of climate data in IPCC history. Among the report’s findings, it concludes that:
WASHINGTON, DC -- Today, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) released their 2022 Global Temperatures Update report, which found that 2022 was either the fifth or sixth hottest year on record and the world has warmed 1.1 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels. The average rate of warming is currently 0.2 degrees Celsius per decade. The scientists from NASA and NOAA noted that they expect the world to continue to warm in 2023 and 2024, with the latter expected to be the warmest year ever recorded.
Montreal, Canada – Today, governments from around the world agreed to adopt the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, in conclusion of the United Nations’ Biodiversity Conference (COP15).
BRUSSELS -- Today, during the EU-ASEAN Commemorative Summit, the Vietnamese government, the European Union, the United Kingdom, and others announced a Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP) to help Vietnam transition from coal power and accelerate clean energy growth. Vietnam is one of the world’s top coal-using countries. The Vietnam JETP includes $15.5 billion over the next three to five years and aims to peak Vietnam’s power sector emissions by 2030, five years earlier than initially planned.
SHARM EL-SHEIKH -- Today, the 27th UN Conference of Parties (COP27) climate negotiations ended, with countries agreeing to develop new funding arrangements, including a dedicated fund to help the most vulnerable countries cope with the adverse impacts of climate change and reaffirming the need to stay below 1.5 degrees Celsius of warming.
SHARM EL-SHEIKH -- Today at 5 p.m. EET, the Sierra Club’s Senior International Climate and Policy Campaign Director Cherelle Blazer will be co-hosting a climate justice discussion live from COP27 with the #BLAIRISMS’ Blair and Brandon Dottin-Haley. The discussion will focus on what has happened at COP27 so far, what the expectations are for the outcomes at the end of this week, and what the US and other major emitters need to do to do their part to tackle the climate crisis.
SHARM EL-SHEIKH — Today on Energy Day at COP27, the International Energy Agency (IEA) released its new report entitled, “Coal In Net Zero Transitions: Strategies for rapid, secure and people-centered change.” The report called for “secure, fair, and affordable” transitions from coal to solar and wind, and found that emissions from existing coal-fired power plants will