(2024-11-18). Will COP29 be able to deliver? ummid.com Azerbaijan, the host of this year's 29th Conference of the Parties (COP), is tasked with the limited goal of rallying countries around a target for annual financial aid for developing nations facing the rising costs of climate change.
(2024-11-18). The Planet Under Threat of Breakdown. pressenza.com There's a new trend in the world that's working against the planet, you know, the one you're standing on. This new trend, over the past year or so, spells "thumbs down" for planet Earth. It's disheartening, fraught with danger, change in attitude, dismissing commitments, left and right. | A figurative Planet Support Switch has been turned off by several key players. Proof of this agnostic attitude is found in every meeting of nations of the world over the past couple of years. They are turning their noses up on prior commitments. This is a new attitude. And it's happening as climate change has turned into an ogre…
(2024-11-18). China praised for climate financial aid. ecns.cn Experts and officials from both domestic and international spheres have praised China's voluntary financial support to developing nations within the South-South cooperation framework.
(2024-11-18). China's climate envoy calls on developed countries to honor post-2025 climate financing commitment. ecns.cn China, as a developing nation, is not obliged to contribute to…
(2024-11-18). (W.E. Talk) PKU scholar: China's carbon neutrality goals enjoy distinctive wisdom under rural revitalization practices. ecns.cn The 29th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), or COP29, is currently being held in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, from November 11 to 22. China's contribution to global climate governance has been praised by the international community.
(2024-11-18). Biden: No reversal of US clean energy advances ahead of Trump presidency. aljazeera.com Biden became the first sitting US president to visit the Amazon, where he emphasised fight against climate change.
(2024-11-18). COP29: The ICRC's call to implement ambitious mitigation measures and scale up climate action in conflict settings. icrc.org
(2024-11-18). All eyes on G20 for breakthrough as COP29 climate talks stall. newarab.com 
Negotiations were deadlocked on Saturday at the midway point of the After nearly a week of bargaining in Diplomats worked through the night in a sports stadium near the Caspian Sea…
(2024-11-18). African People's Counter-COP denounces the COP system and demands climate justice for Global South be at the centre of the climate action. cadtm.org
(2024-11-18). World leaders urged to intensify fight against poverty, hunger. sanews.gov.za World leaders urged to intensify fight against poverty, hunger | By Gabisile Ngcobo, , Rio de Janeiro – President Cyril Ramaphosa has used the opening of the G20 Leaders' Summit to urge world leaders to intensify efforts to eliminate poverty and hunger. | "We must advance gender equality. And we must overcome the planetary crises of climate change, biodiversity loss, environmental degradation and pollution," he said on Monday. | The President was delivering a statement on social inclusion and the fight against poverty and hunger during the first working session on the first day of the G20 Leaders' Summit in Rio…
(2024-11-18). Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #620. wattsupwiththat.com Quote of the Week: "Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge in the field of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods."
(2024-11-18). Top climate activist warns of catastrophic outcomes if world doesn't transition to clean energy. sanews.gov.za Top climate activist warns of catastrophic outcomes if world doesn't transition to clean energy | By Gabisile Ngcobo | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – South African human rights and climate justice activist, Kumi Naidoo, has warned about the dangers of catastrophic climate change, calling on the Group of 20 (G20) leaders to urgently adopt clean energy solutions. | Naidoo, the President of the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty Initiative, emphasised the pressing need to address climate change, particularly in South Africa, citing the 2022 Durban floods, which resulted in the death of over 450 people. | "When we think…
(2024-11-18). Azerbaijan: Call on the participants of the European Political Community Summit to address the climate of repression. fidh.org The undersigned human rights organisations call on the participants of the forthcoming European Political Community Summit to address the climate of unprecedented repression in Azerbaijan and to demand the release of Anar Mammadli and other human rights defenders, civil society activists, environmental activists and journalists whose arrests are politically motivated.
6 November 2024. Less than a week before the opening of the 29th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework (…) | – |
(2024-11-18). Lula advocated financing fight against climate change in cities. plenglish.com Brasilia, Nov 17 (Prensa Latina) Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva today defended the reform of global governance, including changes in the financial architecture and multilateral development banks, as a priority of the Brazilian leadership in the G20.
(2024-11-18). Are You Even Aware That There Is Another Big UN Climate Conference Going On? wattsupwiththat.com Yes, outgoing President Biden fell for this scam and sent off billions of dollars of U.S. taxpayer funds. Put this at the top of President Trump's agenda: zero this one out. Once it becomes clear that the U.S. isn't going along any more, maybe we can even save the annual expense of sending thousands of people off to these remote corners of the world.
(2024-11-18). Global Warming: 12 Approaches. transcend.org There is much talk about global warming, and rightly so. But we need concrete ideas about moving from talk to action, possibly with two concerns lurking in the back of the mind:…
(2024-11-18). The Kalasha: Pakistan's Ancient Tribe on the Brink of Extinction. pressenza.com Nestled in the remote valleys of the Hindu Kush mountains, the Kalasha people represent one of Pakistan's last remaining indigenous tribes. With fewer than 4,000 individuals, their vibrant culture, unique animistic religious practices, and ancestral traditions are under existential threat. | A Rich Cultural History | Scientific research traces the Kalasha lineage back to some of the earliest settlers of the Indian subcontinent, with a distinct genetic heritage spanning nearly 12,000 years. While folklore links their ancestry to Alexander the Great, DNA evidence points to connections with the ancient Indo-Aryan Ga…
(2024-11-18). Plastic-eating insect discovered in Kenya. independent.co.ug 
They could play a role in natural waste reduction, especially for types of plastic that are resistant to conventional recycling methods ANALYSIS | FATHIYA KHAMIS | There's been an exciting new discovery in the fight against plastic pollution: mealworm larvae that are capable of consuming polystyrene. They join the ranks of a small group of insects …