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Campaigners ask New African Development Bank president to stop funding fuels

1 week ago | climatechangenews.com | Vivian Chime

As the Annual Meetings of the African Development Bank (AfDB) took place this week in the Ivory Coast, civil society campaigners have been calling for the bank to stop funding fossil gas, but a senior official told Climate Home that the bank will continue to fund the fossil fuel in order to support intermittent sources of renewable electricity.
Nickel and cobalt free EVs batteries surge is good news for forests

1 week ago | climatechangenews.com | Joe Lo

A type of electric car battery based on iron and phosphorus that poses less of a threat to tropical forests is rapidly replacing batteries reliant on cobalt and nickel, recent data shows.
Women aren't 14 times more likely to die in disasters

1 week ago | climatechangenews.com | Bridget Burns |Megan Rowling

Bridget Burns is executive director of WEDO (Women’s Environment and Development Organization), a global advocacy organization advancing gender equality and climate justice. You’ve probably heard this stat before – it’s repeated in headlines, conferences, even UN speeches: “Women are 14 times more likely than men to die in disasters.”It’s dramatic. It sticks. It moves people. But here’s the problem: It’s not actually true. Or at least, not in the way it’s been used.
Peruvian farmer loses RWE case but sets climate precedent

1 week ago | climatechangenews.com | Megan Rowling

A German court on Wednesday dismissed a Peruvian farmer’s lawsuit seeking damages from German utility RWE for allegedly putting his home at risk through climate change, as the judge ruled that a damage-risk estimate was too small to take the case further.
Global warming may top 1.5C during 2025-2029 , experts predict

1 week ago | climatechangenews.com | Joe Lo

There is a 70% chance that the 2025-2029 period will be more than 1.5C hotter than pre-industrial times, World Meteorological Organization (WMO) forecasters predicted in a report on Wednesday. The 1.5C threshold is symbolically important, as all governments agreed in the 2015 Paris climate agreement to try to limit global warming to that level. Since then,diplomats presiding over climate talks have described the temperature goal as the world’s “North Star” and pledged to “keep 1.5 alive”.
The Peruvian farmer who has changed the climate litigation landscape forever

1 week ago | climatechangenews.com | Monica Feria-Tinta |Megan Rowling

Monica Feria-Tinta is a barrister at the Bar of England & Wales, and a leading advocate in environmental and climate change litigation both in English and international courts. What do melting glaciers in the Cordillera Blanca, a mountain range in Peru, have to do with RWE, a fossil fuel giant based in Germany? The answer could have profound consequences for the role of climate litigation in tackling the climate crisis.
Does the world need a global treaty on energy transition minerals?

1 week ago | climatechangenews.com | Chloe Farand |Chloé Farand

Electric vehicles, batteries, solar panels, wind turbines and other clean energy technologies are driving booming demand for metals and minerals – including copper, lithium, cobalt and nickel – which many countries now consider “critical” to their security. But will procuring those supplies harm the environment and human rights?
Brazil seeks early deals on contentious issues at Bonn climate talks

2 weeks ago | climatechangenews.com | Joe Lo

The Brazilian diplomats presiding over the COP30 climate summit in November have said they want an “early harvest” at June’s mid-year climate negotiations in Bonn, aiming to secure agreements on two key issues that were left unresolved at COP29 last year.
Forest loss hits "frightening" record high with climate-fuelled fires

2 weeks ago | climatechangenews.com | Matteo Civillini

Forest destruction surged to record highs in 2024 as the effects of climate change supercharged human-made fires in some of the planet’s most critical carbon stores, an annual survey by the World Resources Institute (WRI) found. The world lost 6.7 million hectares of primary tropical forest last year – nearly twice as much as in 2023 – at a rate of 18 football fields vanishing every minute, said the report based on new data from the University of Maryland.
Nigerian president's solar system stir debate over renewables for the rich

2 weeks ago | climatechangenews.com | Vivian Chime

Nigeria’s presidential villa is being kitted out with a $6-million solar mini-grid – a pricey solution to erratic power supplies that small business manager Victor Onyim can only dream of as he grapples with near-daily power cuts. For more than two weeks until early May, Onyim’s drinking water company and other businesses in the southern city of Port Harcourt struggled to keep operating due to a total blackout blamed by the local power utility on vandalism.