Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt – This Wednesday (Nov 16), at the 27th United Nations Climate Conference (COP27), Fiji, Tuvalu, Kenya and Chile took an important step towards more ambitious national commitments to a managed phase-out of fossil fuels by joining as ‘friends’ of the Beyond Oil and Gas Alliance (BOGA).
Brazil – In one of the most anticipated moments of COP27, the UN climate conference, the president-elect of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, presented this Wednesday (Nov 16) measures and guidelines for the conservation of the Amazon forest, the development of that region and the protection of the rights of Indigenous and traditional peopl
Biden also announced commitments to accelerating his Emergency Plan for Adaptation and Resilience, including a further $150 million. He also spoke towards using public finance to unlock billions in private investment through the “Climate Finance +” initiative to support global south countries in issuing green bonds.
Austria has announced $50 million for climate "loss and damage" at COP27 just hours after Scotland's first Minister pledged an additional $5.7 million to support developing countries with direct finance to cope with the unavoidable, devastating impacts of the climate crisis.