It is a standard for international journalists to cover conflicts & wars. Not in #Gaza. For nearly 11 months now, international media crews have been banned from freely entering + reporting on the humanitarian crisis + impact of the war. Palestinian journalists have my

Read about AF-funded work across the globe to climate-proof housing, schools and other key infrastructure in vulnerable communities against extreme weather and #climatechange disasters, from #Fiji to #Haiti.

Verra said it first suspended the projects in February 2023 after it became aware of concerns over how their rules were being applied. By then, however, they had been active on Verra’s register for nearly two years and had issued millions of credits. buff.ly/4cVzXlT

🗣 Simon Stiell, the UNFCCC chief, cautioned world leaders – especially those from the G20 group of the largest economies – against dismissing climate impacts across Africa as someone else’s problem. buff.ly/4dHxCfL

Boreal Summer Seasonal Highlights 🌡Global-average temperature for June-August 2024 was the highest on record at 0.69°C above 1991-2020 average 🌡European-average temperature for this period was the highest on record at 1.54°C above 1991-2020 average 👉 climate.copernicus.eu/climate-bullet…

"We need a coordinated industrial strategy across the continent, where African nations cooperate to develop their mineral processing and manufacturing capabilities." Adam Anthony buff.ly/3XwdfMT

The UNFCCC has changed quota allocations for observers in a bid to address historical Global North over-representation at climate summits buff.ly/4cYEkwy

UN climate body UN Climate Change has shifted its quota allocation for COP observers towards a larger share for NGOs in the Global South - but that's causing problems for some in the Global North who are used to bringing large teams. Matteo Civillini reports #COP29 climatechangenews.com/2024/09/06/big…

The Green Climate Fund HQ is restructuring. Its ED Mafalda Duarte sets out her strategy of "an institution that can deliver at scale, efficiently and with impact so that it becomes clear that it’s a key mechanism to deliver resources" - my i/v with Green Climate Fund climatechangenews.com/2024/09/09/hol…

#GreenClimateFund chief Mafalda Duarte told @MeganRowling from Climate Home News how she plans to boost the fund’s impact and position it to secure more resources climatechangenews.com/2024/09/09/hol…

Pacific islands submit proposal for crime of ecocide to ICC theguardian.com/law/article/20…

A panel of experts convened by the UN chief has called on governments and industry to prevent #humanrights abuses in mining for minerals that will play a key role in the world’s transition to #cleanenergy - will it be heeded? Sebastián Rodriguez reports climatechangenews.com/2024/09/12/hum…

Airline British Airways has completed a deal to cancel out some of its rising emissions by financing a process that sprinkles crushed-up rocks on the ground to capture and store more planet-warming CO2 - Joe Lo explains how it works climatechangenews.com/2024/09/12/bri…

⭐️TODAY! 🌏 Climate activists are mobilising in more than 150 events, spanning over 50 countries on all continents, calling on governments to urgently implement a fast, fair and funded phase-out of fossil fuels to prevent more climate catastrophe. We say: #EndFossilFuels! 🧵

"The demise of coal, as it turns out, is a lot of gas" literally and figuratively, according to this op ed by Lidy Nacpil published today on Climate Home News in time for the kick off of global week of actions for climate finance and a fossil free future. climatechangenews.com/2024/09/13/the…

After scant progress on new #climatefinance goal at talks in Baku this week, COP29 Azerbaijan president calls for "determination and leadership... from all parties to bridge the gaps" ahead of #COP29 climatechangenews.com/2024/09/13/slo…

West Cumbria Mining said it would "consider the implications" of its plans for the UK's first deep coal mine in more than 30 years being quashed, as Friends of the Earth said campaigners had won "a massive victory" bbc.in/4glZSpY

New Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research PIK study: Erratic weather events will raise economic risks for high-income consumers the most in the next 20 years Also, Brazil and China are highly vulnerable to severe impacts from extreme weather and possible trade disruptions

UN chief António Guterres convened the panel of experts in April, gathering representatives from 25 governments, as well as from the mining industry, finance, Indigenous peoples and civil society. buff.ly/47nTuuk

The global climate summary for Aug 2024 is in. NOAA confirms 15-consecutive months of record-setting global temperatures. According to NOAA NCEI Global Annual Temp Outlook, there is a 97% chance that 2024 will rank as the warmest year on record. More: climate.gov/news-features/…