TAG: Climate diplomacy
John Kerry’s America First climate legacy
MAGA may really hate John Kerry, but under his leadership U.S. climate diplomacy has stuck to its Am...
8 months ago
It’s time to cancel debt for climate-stricken nations, Barbados leader says
AMSTERDAM — Countries on the front lines of climate change should have their debt forgiven, the prime minister of Barbados told POLITICO as she pushes to mainstream an issue long considered taboo. “We need to have a different deal for island countries and...
6 months ago
Fossil fuel extraction compatible with climate action, says COP29 host Azerbaijan
BRUSSELS — Azerbaijan, the host of this year’s global climate talks, has suggested that continued fossil fuel extraction is compatible with the Paris Agreement. With four months to go until COP29 kicks off in Baku, the Azerbaijani presidency on Friday ann...
2 months ago
EU prepares for COP29 showdown with China over climate aid
BRUSSELS — The European Union plans to pressure emerging economies such as China to contribute funding for climate action in developing nations at global negotiations in November, according to a document seen by POLITICO. Financing is at the center of thi...
2 months ago
How Teresa Ribera became the second-most powerful person in Brussels
BRUSSELS — Ursula von der Leyen has a dream for Europe. Teresa Ribera is meant to make it happen.The European Commission president on Tuesday chose the Spanish climate expert to become one of the European Union’s most influential people — in charge of cha...
4 weeks ago
The EU’s (vague) climate aid stance: Want more money? Get more donors.
BRUSSELS — Ahead of next month's United Nations climate summit, the European Union is playing its cards close to its chest. The bloc's finance ministers on Tuesday approved the 27 countries' joint negotiating position regarding the central issue of the up...
1 week ago
World fails first review of COP renewable energy goal
BRUSSELS — Reaching the landmark renewable energy targets agreed at last year’s global climate summit will remain a distant dream unless the world invests more than $30 trillion over the next six years. That’s the stark warning the International Renewable...
2 days ago
‘Real risk’ that climate aid talks will fail, key COP29 negotiator warns
LUXEMBOURG — Global talks on how to fund climate action are so tricky that countries may not reach a deal at next month’s United Nations summit, a key negotiator said on Monday.Irish Environment Minister Eamon Ryan, who last week was appointed to co-lead...
1 day ago