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#UNFCCC News

Ho Xiang Tian delivering a speech at a climate rally in Singapore in September 2023.
The Sustainability Leadership A-List Youth winner tells Eco-Business about the Singapore he wants to see: a carbon-neutral decarbonisation pioneer that has stopped financing fossil fuels in Southeast Asia.
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Along with a major expansion of renewable energy, India is also pushing for big increases in its coal production, casting doubt on its climate commitments.
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But exceptions have been made for REDD+ projects from Papua New Guinea that adopt a jurisdictional approach to measure deforestation rates. The eligibility list will be reviewed annually.
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The renewables target is achievable but other elements would be much more difficult, say Chinese experts.

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In pictures: COP28

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#UNFCCC Opinion

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An exit from coal, oil and gas must happen equitably, or it will not happen at all.
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Although legal and policy interventions could make fossil-fuel companies pay for the costs they inflict on society, the industry continues to wield undue influence over governments and bodies like the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. Clearly, new channels are needed.
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It is an open secret in climate circles that limiting global warming to 1.5° Celsius is no longer possible. As COP28 approaches, we must abandon this target, which has become an obstacle to truly innovative action.
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The most important issue for India is to grow sustainably while adhering to its international climate commitments and keeping its energy constraints in mind.
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#UNFCCC Videos

ecosperity 2019
Eminent speakers and thousands of attendees discussed strategies for a resource-efficient future at Ecosperity Week 2019. As they heard about the science of global warming, delegates were called upon to be part of the solution.
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Patricia Espinosa is tasked to steer the international climate negotiations through the finer details of the Paris Agreement. What happens if the US renegades on its current commitment? Is Brexit a threat? Her answers on this video.
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With 31 more countries submitting their instruments of ratification for the Paris climate pact last week, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says he is confident the Paris Agreement will have entered into force before his term concludes.
Screen Grab: Patricia Espinosa August 3 interview on Climate Change
UNFCCC Executive Secretary, Patricia Espinosa, talks about the need to mobilise the world in the fight against climate change, which is affecting lives every day.
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#UNFCCC Podcasts

"We are already at 1.1°C of warming – a matter of life and death for the Global South", says Professor Winston Chow, the recently appointed co-chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's working group on impacts, adaptation and vulnerability.
The Singapore scientist, recently elected to the UN's top climate body, tells the Eco-Business Podcast about the precarious state of climate adaptation in developing Asia. The region is not well-prepared to manage the cascading risks of extreme climate events, he says.
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