US presidential candidate Sanders sets out energy decarbonisation by 2030, $200 bln GCF contribution
US Senator and 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders unveiled Thursday his wide-ranging environmental plan modelled on the Green New Deal, aiming to decarbonise the country’s energy supply over the next 10 years and ramp up America’s international climate commitments under the UN Paris Agreement and Green Climate Fund (GCF).
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Read MoreVoluntary climate initiative sees 46 firms commit to set tougher goals
Forty-six companies worth $2.2 trillion have signed up to set tougher climate goals under the Science-Based Targets initiative (SBTi) ahead of an October ratcheting up of ambition.
Read MoreCanadian Conservative climate plan seen missing Paris target by nearly 200 Mt -report
The Canadian federal Conservatives’ climate plan would take the country even further off its Paris Agreement GHG target by scrapping or altering a variety of CO2 pricing and clean fuel measures and replacing them with negligible or difficult-to-measure initiatives, according to a new policy brief.
Read MoreNorway halts forest payments to Brazil
Norway has halted payments to the Amazon Fund for deforestation efforts in Brazil, claiming the Bolsonaro government has broken the terms of their agreement.
Read MoreCalifornia senator urges ARB to oppose Tropical Forest Standard
California regulator ARB should not endorse its Tropical Forest Standard (TFS) next month because sector-based REDD offsets lack environmental and social integrity and fail to address the root causes of deforestation, a state senator said, potentially opening a bicameral rift over the already divisive issue.
Read MoreGermany suspends Brazil forest aid amid deforestation resurgence
Germany is suspending some of its long-standing forest protection funding to Brazil because it doubts Brasilia is continuing preservation efforts.
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Read MoreGlasgow selected as venue for UN climate talks in 2020
Next year’s UN climate summit will be held in Glasgow, the UK government announced on Friday, assuming the country wins in its bid to host the annual conference.
Read MoreSouth Korean firms sign major CDM deal in Bangladesh
Korea Midland Power and trading firm Ecoeye have signed a deal with subsidiaries of Bangadesh’s state-owned oil and gas firm PetroBangla to develop a CDM project that will generate some 1 million carbon credits annually for use in the South Korean emissions trading scheme.
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