The talks were about phasing out plastic production, improving waste management, design requirements for plastic products and funding the global transition away from plastic. Talks to reach an agreement on how to tackle the epidemic of plastic waste have collapsed. Countries spent the past week trying to create the first ever legally binding treaty on […]
Even if 50 per cent more plastic was recycled there would still be a pollution problem, a French minister said this week. In Busan, South Korea countries are trying to negotiate a landmark treaty to reduce plastic pollution. It is now entering the final stretch of talks before the treaty becomes legally binding – two […]
Talks to tackle desertification will kick off in Riyadh on Monday, the first time the UN’s Convention to Combat Desertification Cop, or Cop16, will be held in the Middle East. Desertification linked to climate change is on the rise and land degradation affects nearly 40 per cent of the planet and the lives of more than 3.2 billion […]
Bringing back ancient grains can help family farmers in the face of climate change. In a climate-vulnerable world, growing food is not as easy as it once was. Rising temperatures disrupt farming schedules, drought leaves the ground parched, or flooding wipes away crops completely. The race is on to find ways of making farming sustainable, […]
From the final deal to what happens next, here’s what you might have missed at COP29. In the early hours of Sunday morning it was finally agreed that rich countries will pay developing countries $300 billion a year by 2035 to help them cope with the effects of the climate crisis. Earlier in the climate […]
Global plastic production has increased over 200-fold to hit almost 460 million tonnes annually since 1950. The Global Plastics Treaty talks have kicked off with nations gathering in Busan, South Korea, for a week of discussions. The aim is to produce a legally binding treaty that will address the world’s plastic pollution problem by tackling […]
All eyes are on Brazil, the host of Cop30, after developing nations deemed the finance plan agreed at Cop29 to pay for the ravages of climate change to be too little, too late. The climate summit, which will bring together tens of thousands of delegates, will be held from November 10 to 21 next year in the northern city of […]
One year ago, the UAE’s Cop28 presidency placed food systems at the centre of global climate action. The UAE and a broad coalition of global partners mobilised the political support of 160 heads of state and government to adapt and transform their food systems to respond to the imperative of climate change. With climate finance now the […]
After concerns climate talks in Baku could collapse, the gavel came down on a finance deal in the early hours of the morning. The Western world has agreed to pay $300bn a year to finance emissions reduction and climate adaptation in the developing world from 2035, but developing countries from Cuba to India slammed the […]
UN climate talks went into extra time on Saturday after key players rejected a $1.3 trillion deal put on the table by Azerbaijan, as negotiators made a last-ditch bid to bridge “chasms” between rich and poor countries at the Cop29 summit. The proposal would set a $250 billion per year floor for funding for the fight against climate […]
