Spotlight: COP29
The 2024 United Nations Climate Change Conference will be held in Baku, Azerbaijan November 11 to 22. This is the 29th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), commonly known as COP29. Mukhtar Babayev will preside over COP29; Samir Nuriyev heads the Organising Committee.
Shanghai, Tokyo, New York, Houston spew most greenhouse gas of world cities
One site in the Permian Basin, Texas, is by far the worst polluting site in the entire world.
Global carbon offset standard setter okays three deforestation project types
Preserving forests is crucial to meeting international goals to limit global temperature increases.
Energy projects in developing countries to receive £79m in UK climate finance
The money comes under the UK’s existing pledge to spend £11.6 billion in climate finance over five years up to 2026.
Innovative Baker Hughes Emissions Abatement Solution Chosen to Reduce Routine Flaring at SOCAR’s Baku Oil Refinery
Baker Hughes to deliver integrated gas recovery and hydrogen sulfide (H2S) removal system Solution expected to recover flare gas equivalent up to 7...
Verra’s REDD Methodology and Jurisdictional and Nested REDD+ Framework Secure ICVCM Approval
Approvals set a new benchmark for integrity in forest conservation, enabling the integration of project- and jurisdictional-level efforts, and empowering buyers to invest...
UK government to ban new coal mining schemes as country turns to clean energy
There may be limited exceptions to the ban for “safety or restoration purposes.”
Climate finance: who is being asked to pay what at COP29?
Of the annual $2.4 trillion needed, an estimated $1.4 trillion will need to come from developing countries themselves.
JPMorgan gives green energy finance ratio for the first time
Banks are increasingly under pressure from investors to show how they are helping clients in the transition to clean energy.
Clarity AI Joins Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC), Strengthening Its Role in Shaping Sustainable Investment Through Data and Expertise
LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Clarity AI, the leading global sustainability tech company, announced today during COP29 that it has become an associate member of the Institutional...
Brazil’s Tocantins state to offer $430 million in carbon credits
The value and number of carbon credits is contingent on the state successfully reducing deforestation.
