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Repsol has played up the UCO it collects at home in Spain, but trade data shows it bought over 50,000 tonnes of UCO from Malaysia in 2024. #earthinvestigations @journalismfund buff.ly/E2ml0FB
“[The opinion] confirms what vulnerable nations have been saying and we’ve known for so long: that states do have legal obligations to act on climate change, and these obligations are granted in international law” buff.ly/0FbMzHS
⏰ Only 30 of the 195 signatories to the Paris Agreement have submitted their NDCs, although the UN had originally set a February deadline. buff.ly/LVFO0qF
“For the first time, the world’s highest court has made clear that states have a legal duty not only to prevent climate harm – but to fully repair it.” buff.ly/0FbMzHS
Comment: Four years on from their launch, our research for Recourse shows that the JET-Ps appear to be faltering. buff.ly/K2RJFYl
Green lawmakers and campaigners fear a new Brazilian bill making it easier to secure environmental licences could fuel pollution, forest loss and oil exploration buff.ly/d4GC1Or
Mohamed Adow, founder of Kenya-based think-tank Power Shift Africa, described the IEA’s report as a stark reflection of “a deep political failure – promises made, but barely delivered”. buff.ly/OlXI3qJ
Synthetic jet fuel companies think they have the answer to tackling aviation emissions despite concerns about the cost of producing energy-hungry e-SAF buff.ly/bmQrc2h
The European Union and China promised on Thursday to demonstrate joint leadership on driving a “global just transition.” They made no new commitments, but, according to experts, the agreement reaffirms their climate leadership. buff.ly/lMjCcFT
Business backers argue that streamlining environmental licensing is necessary for Brazil to gain more benefit from the critical raw materials it has – like lithium – which are in growing demand for the clean energy transition. buff.ly/d4GC1Or
In a major speech making the case for the “unstoppable” shift from fossil fuels towards renewables, Guterres urged policymakers around the world to supercharge the new “clean energy era” despite geopolitical turmoil. buff.ly/LVFO0qF
This week, the Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi) launched a net zero standard for banks, asset managers and insurance companies, which requires them to end financing for firms that are expanding coal projects immediately and for those expanding oil and gas projects by…
In a landmark case brought by the sinking Pacific island nation of Vanuatu, the ICJ’s 15 judges decided unanimously that governments have a legal duty to protect the climate buff.ly/0FbMzHS
Suspicions of fraud, ‘ridiculous’ data and a dearth of supplies – our investigation exposes the flaws in the airline industry’s big green hope: sustainable aviation fuel buff.ly/S4bMAXM
The message is clear: This week, @ICJ_ICJ ruled states must prevent harm from fossil fuels & regulate companies. This month, @UNFCCC said firms must keep environmental & social duties after divesting. Our Responsible Exit Principles offer a path forward: resourcegovernance.org/articles/call-…
NEW: World’s top court opens door to compensation from countries responsible for climate crisis International Court of Justice rules that governments have a legal duty to prevent and repair damage to the climate system buff.ly/0FbMzHS
In a landmark case brought by the sinking Pacific island nation of Vanuatu, the ICJ’s 15 judges decided unanimously that governments have a legal duty to protect the climate. buff.ly/0FbMzHS
David Waskow, international climate director at the World Resources Institute, said stronger climate leadership from the two major emitters “is critically needed to rekindle global momentum after the US stepped away from the Paris Agreement again”. buff.ly/lMjCcFT
Providing clean cooking in Africa is a problem "solvable with existing technologies, and it would cost less than 0.1% of total energy investment globally,” according to @IEA Executive Director Fatih Birol buff.ly/OlXI3qJ
Experts say the new Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi) standard for banks helps “make clear that fossil fuel expansion is not compatible with transition-readiness”. buff.ly/Sd4E2eI
Brazil, COP30's host, has significant reserves of lithium and could rapidly ramp up its 2% share in global production as new projects come online. People who support lithium mining say it could bring much-needed economic benefits and jobs to impoverished parts of the country.…
The Science Based Targets initiative says that, to be 1.5C-aligned, financial institutions must stop funding firms that are expanding fossil fuel production and use buff.ly/Sd4E2eI