Joe Lo

Nov 27, 2024 | climatechangenews.com | Vivian Chime |Mariel Lozada |Joe Lo

As the final gavel came down at 5.30am on Sunday morning, the COP29 UN climate change conference in Baku closed with many unsettled grievances and some ruffled feathers. From the controversial new climate finance goal, to the adoption of rules for a global carbon market and stalled efforts on cutting planet-heating emissions, the summit’s outcomes were contested and widely seen as inadequate to tackle the urgency of the climate crisis.

Oct 12, 2024 | news.wickedproblems.uk | Richard Delevan |Joe Lo |Prashant Rao

We think this episode is a set of great chats and clips that’s worth your time in this week of devastating disasters in the US. But indulge me for a minute of soapbox mode. Wicked Problems is audience-supported. To receive new posts and support our work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. <soapbox>The time for caution is over.

Dec 10, 2023 | climatechangenews.com | Joe Lo

A big part of the $83 billion "mobilised" at Cop28, Alterra is primarily a profit-seeking fund with some development goals

Dec 9, 2023 | multimedia.scmp.com | Marcelo Duhalde |Joe Lo |SCMP Profile |Harvey Kong

By Marcelo Duhalde, Joe Lo and Harvey Kong Published December 10, 2023 Residents head to the polls on Sunday for the first district-level vote since Beijing overhauled the electoral system to ensure only “patriots” could govern. Beijing made the changes after a landslide victory by the opposition in 2019. The overhaul slashed the number of directly elected seats and reshaped the geographical constituencies.

Nov 19, 2023 | allafrica.com | John Grobler |Joe Lo |Matteo Civillini

A months-long investigation highlights fears of the impact of an opaque EU-backed mega-project on nature and livelihoods. For Namibia, green hydrogen could be transformative. With vast sunbaked, windswept deserts and 2.5 million people, the southern African nation has plenty of renewable resources to go around. Meanwhile rich, densely populated Europe, South Korea and Japan are crying out for clean fuel to decarbonise hard-to-electrify sectors like fertilisers, steel, and shipping.