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French govt paper urges range of financing options for nature-based solutions
Only four countries have ocean acidification plans, report finds
Argentina publishes national strategy for carbon markets, hopes to salvage NDC
International ‘climate club’ to launch at COP28 conference, says EU climate chief
Capturing Cop28 chief’s oil firm emissions would take centuries – study
Analysis deems technology promoted by Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber ‘dangerous red herring’
Climate-wrecking emissions produced by the oil company of the Cop28 president, Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, would take hundreds of years to remove using the carbon capture technology he has been promoting.
With just weeks to go until the crucial Cop28 climate summit, Al Jaber, who is the boss of United Arab Emirate oil company Adnoc, has been backing carbon capture as one solution to the climate crisis.
Continue reading...Russia and Israel lead global surge in attacks on civilian water supplies
Exclusive: at least 228 water conflicts were recorded in 2022 – an 87% rise on the year before, Pacific Institute database shows
Water-related violence surged to an all-time high in 2022 – driven in large part by Russia’s war in Ukraine and Israeli attacks against Palestinian water resources in the West Bank.
At least 228 water conflicts were documented in 2022 – an 87% rise since 2021, according to research by the Pacific Institute shared exclusively with the Guardian.
Continue reading...As water becomes a weapon of war, we must focus on cooperation and peace | Peter Gleick
Record increase in water-related violence shows how urgently we need to reduce these tensions between countries
In recent months, the world has been bombarded with reports of attacks on major dams and civilian water systems in Ukraine, water being used as a weapon during the violence in Gaza and the West Bank, unrest and riots in India and Iran over water scarcity and drought, and conflicts between farmers and herders in Africa over land and water sources. Our limited and precious freshwater resources have become triggers, weapons and casualties of war and conflict.
Water is vital for everything we want to do: it allows us to grow food, run industries and businesses, cook and clean our homes, and manage our wastes. Although there is plenty of water on Earth, it is unevenly distributed in space and time, with humid and arid regions as well as wet and dry seasons. These disparities lead to competition and disputes over water access and control. As populations and economies grow, the pressure on limited water supplies and the delicate ecosystems that depend on them is intensifying. And now, human-caused climate disruptions are affecting the planet’s hydrologic cycle, worsening extreme weather events such as floods and droughts, altering rainfall patterns, melting glaciers and snowpacks, and leading to higher temperatures and increased water demands.
Peter Gleick is co-founder and Senior Fellow of the Pacific Institute, Oakland, California, and author of the new book, The Three Ages of Water (PublicAffairs/Hachette 2023)
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Climate change: US and China take 'small but important steps'
California-based firm agrees “groundbreaking” CDR tech deal with advanced materials company
China thermal power continues to grow in October, though slower than solar and hydro
Nature-based solutions a tough sell for Article 6, UN conference hears
German court orders €60 bln in climate funding be reversed after ruling 2021 budget act unconstitutional
Climate-heating gases reach record highs, UN reports
World Meteorological Organization sees ‘no end in sight to the rising trend’, largely driven by fossil fuel burning
The abundance of climate-heating gases in the atmosphere reached record highs in 2022, the UN’s World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has reported.
The WMO said “there is no end in sight to the rising trend”, which is largely driven by the burning of fossil fuels.
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