Sweden has officially committed to reach carbon neutrality by 2045, as the country’s government reports on its website. The Swedish parliament has passed a new climate policy law on Thursday, June 15. The parliamentary vote ended 254 against 41, with only the extreme-right Swedish Democrats refusing to give their consent according to Climate Home. The read more…
Category: Policies & Negotiations
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U.S. refuses to back G7 communiqué of environmental ministers on climate change issues
At the end of the Environment Minister’s Meeting of the G7 in Bologna on June 11 and 12, 2017, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the UK, as well as the respective European Commissioners reaffirmed their “strong commitment to the swift and effective implementation of the Paris Agreement”. Moreover, they highlighted that the agreement is read more…
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Climate high on the agenda of Ocean Conference
Last week, from June 5 until 9, 2017, the first-ever United Nations summit on oceans took place in New York, United States. More than 6,000 participants took part in the meeting, including representatives from 193 states, civil society, academics, artists, financial institutions and other activists. The discussions covered a broad range of topics related to read more…
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U.S. subnational entities and businesses ready to take over climate leadership
Thirteen states representing almost 40 percent of the U.S. economy, along with the mayors of nearly 200 cities and more than 900 business leaders, have signed different pledges to continue tackling climate change and reducing fossil fuel emissions, despite the decision of U.S. president Donald Trump to withdraw from the Paris climate accord. Most of read more…
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EU and China fail to issue statement on climate at summit
At the end of the summit between the European Union and China last Friday on June 2, 2017, the two global powers fell short of producing an expected joint statement on climate change because they remained divided on trade issues, as Reuters and Deutsche Welle report. Disagreement over steel production and the refusal of the read more…
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Trump pulls U.S. out of Paris Agreement
As U.S. president Donald Trump announced yesterday in a major statement, the U.S. is going to withdraw from the Paris Agreement. At the same time, the president of the United States of America pledged to begin negotiations to either re-enter or re-negotiate an entirely new agreement which would be more favourable for the U.S. However, read more…
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Bonn talks end amidst US’ uncertainty and Fijian “Bula Spirit”
The second week of the UNFCCC negotiating session in Bonn closed on Thursday (May, 18), laying down the ground for the UN Climate Change Conference to be held at the end this year (COP23, 6 – 17 November) in Bonn again. Although all eyes were pointed to the U.S., preparations are well underway and on read more…
