New: Bezos Earth Fund, a leading carbon market and SBTi financier, backed the approach to offsetting that sparked a revolt at the climate targets group

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Recently Ani Dasgupta told #climate journos in London that the next step in shifting the $$ trillions into greening economies is to get finance ministers involved in climate policy-making and negotiations - not just a UK problem, I feel #climate finance

Under Science Based Targets initiative initiative, businesses are not required to cut all value chain emissions in line with 1.5C warming limit - and allowing carbon offsetting as #SBTi board proposes could weaken efforts further, warns Silke Mooldijk of NewClimate Institute climatechangenews.com/2024/04/11/sbt…

Top corporate climate stds group SBTi 'in turmoil', Reuters reports, after board decision to greenlight offsets for 'scope 3' emissions

'staff accused SBTi's leadership of acting without a sound scientific basis, throwing the group - whose role as the leading arbiter of how…

Folks are gearing up to mobilise next week to #FixTheFinance for climate justice!

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Delighted AfDB President Akinwumi A. Adesina will join as co-chair International Energy Agency's Summit on Clean Cooking in Africa, alongside 🇹🇿 Samia Suluhu & 🇳🇴 Jonas Gahr Støre

With government leaders, industry, investors & civil society, we aim to make 2024 a turning point in the clean cooking challenge

BIG story this morning by Jack Graham 👇

H&M + Zara are buying cotton linked to environmental destruction and illegal deforestation - in a biodiversity hotspot in Brazil.

According to NGO Earthsight

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When it comes to solving big problems, 'what is lacking today in our world is leadership.... We don’t have fair, honest, consistent leadership. We have double standards all around the world, not just in the Global North' - Mary Robinson of The Elders at #SkollWF

The Brexit crew are planning to weaponise this week's climate win in the Europe Court of Human Rights to try and take the UK out of the court altogether.

Story from Andrew McDonald

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Sarah Rosemary Megan Rowling UN Climate Change Megan is correct with her points supported by our #ClimateScience . For alternatives, some evidence-based summaries:
1. #EcoInspiration psychologytoday.com/us/blog/disast…
2. Overcoming #doomerism
medium.com/disruptive-voi…
3. Beyond #ClimateGrief psychologytoday.com/us/blog/disast…
Happy to discuss more.

‘Two years to save the world?’ Some might say that’s a little melodramatic - judge for yourself from our exclusive conversation with UN Climate Change Chief Simon Stiell in this week’s podcast, coming to you on Friday morning.

Cooking meals over open fires or on basic stoves results in significant damage to health, living standards & opportunities.

And women suffer the worst impacts from the lack of access to cleaner options.

Tackling this issue is affordable & achievable ⬇️ iea.li/3U9ZfXF

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Important piece by Wanjira Mathai and Jamie Drummond on food security, SDGs, and global financial architecture reform

Food and Land Use Coalition Ani Dasgupta ONE david_mcnair World Resources Inst

At the UN climate talks, 159 leaders signed the COP28 Emirates Declaration on Sustainable Agriculture, Resilient Food Systems, and Climate Action, marking the first such commitment. Now, these pledges must align with the growing global finance plan.
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UN #climate chief: “It’s hard for any government to invest in renewables or climate resilience when the treasury coffers are bare, debt servicing costs have overtaken health spending, new borrowing is impossible and the wolves of poverty are at the door' climatechangenews.com/2024/04/10/un-…

Simon Stiell, the leader of the United Nations climate agency, said that a “quantum leap” in climate finance is needed for many countries to be able to submit strong new climate action plans next year. buff.ly/3VUvDi6

You and me both James Murray - twitter.com/meganrowling/s…

UN's carbon rules, created by IPCC 20 years ago, let Guyana claim net-zero as they don't specify which forests count and also because the emissions from oil are counted in the country where it is used and burned, not where it is produced. buff.ly/3U8En2P

We have two years to save the world.

Starting now, we need:

🔑 A quantum leap in climate finance

🔑 Bold new national climate plans by all nations that protect people, boost jobs and drive inclusive economic growth

More 👉 bit.ly/4d3jLkb

Love what UN Climate Change does but don't love this framing... on the one hand, it's too black & white and on the other misleading, as it's not a question of 'saving the world'. Would argue it risks playing into doomsayers' hands - #climateaction advocates must up their communication game