Tag: Paris Agreement

BRICS leaders call on developed countries to finance the energy transition of poorer nations

“Climate ambition without justice is hypocrisy. The finance gap is not a failure of generosity. It is a failure of global conscience.” 

The UK Conservative Party is facing fresh scrutiny after its acting shadow energy secretary branded the country's net zero emissions target as “arbitrary” and questioned the credibility of leading climate ...

At a high-level virtual summit convened on Wednesday, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres and Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva spearheaded efforts to re-energize global climate action.  The closed-door ...

In a landmark move to restore Ghana’s degraded forests and fight illegal mining, President John Dramani Mahama has officially launched the ‘Tree for Life’ Reforestation Initiative at Nkawie in the ...

The United States’ withdrawal from the Paris Agreement underlines the shifting global commitment to climate action, creating both opportunities and challenges for countries like Ghana. Denis Gyeyir, Africa Senior Programme ...

The United Nations and its agencies have responded to President Donald Trump’s executive orders withdrawing the United States from the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Paris Climate Agreement.  The ...

Europe’s Copernicus Climate Change Service has declared it “effectively certain” that 2024 will become the hottest year on record, crossing the 1.5°C (2.7°F) global warming threshold.  The announcement underscores the ...

Masdar, Infinity Power, and Hassan Allam Utilities have partnered with the Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company (EETC) to deliver large-scale solar energy projects.   The agreement, signed at a ceremony in ...

The world is at a tipping point, with annual greenhouse gas emissions hitting unprecedented levels, and the clock is ticking to prevent catastrophic temperature rises.  A new report from the ...