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]]> https://www.climatechangenews.com/2025/11/19/eu-rift-on-fossil-fuel-roadmap-threatens-strong-cop30-outcome/feed/ 0 Pressure builds for fossil fuel transition plan at COP30   https://www.climatechangenews.com/2025/11/18/pressure-builds-for-fossil-fuel-transition-plan-at-cop30/ https://www.climatechangenews.com/2025/11/18/pressure-builds-for-fossil-fuel-transition-plan-at-cop30/#respond Tue, 18 Nov 2025 21:25:48 +0000 https://www.climatechangenews.com/?p=79349 More than 80 countries issue a call for the summit outcome to include a commitment to develop a roadmap for the world to shift away from oil, gas and coal

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]]> https://www.climatechangenews.com/2025/11/05/five-big-questions-hanging-over-cop30/feed/ 0 Countries must confront fossil fuels head-on in their NDCs https://www.climatechangenews.com/2025/10/17/countries-must-confront-fossil-fuels-head-on-in-their-ndcs/ https://www.climatechangenews.com/2025/10/17/countries-must-confront-fossil-fuels-head-on-in-their-ndcs/#respond Fri, 17 Oct 2025 09:13:36 +0000 https://www.climatechangenews.com/?p=77313 Other nations should follow the rare example set by Colombia and Vanuatu, whose climate plans contain explicit goals for cutting back on oil, gas and coal

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]]> https://www.climatechangenews.com/2025/09/16/public-health-emergency-report-shows-fossil-fuel-impacts-on-every-stage-of-life/feed/ 0 The global plastics treaty must move forward, with or without the US https://www.climatechangenews.com/2025/08/04/the-global-plastics-treaty-must-move-forward-with-or-without-the-us/ https://www.climatechangenews.com/2025/08/04/the-global-plastics-treaty-must-move-forward-with-or-without-the-us/#respond Mon, 04 Aug 2025 14:59:47 +0000 https://www.climatechangenews.com/?p=73535 While the Trump administration sides with the petrochemical industry, it is time for ordinary people to speak up about plastic pollution

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]]> https://www.climatechangenews.com/2025/08/04/the-global-plastics-treaty-must-move-forward-with-or-without-the-us/feed/ 0 Banks told to dump fossil fuels to meet new net zero standard https://www.climatechangenews.com/2025/07/24/banks-told-to-dump-fossil-fuels-to-meet-new-net-zero-standard/ https://www.climatechangenews.com/2025/07/24/banks-told-to-dump-fossil-fuels-to-meet-new-net-zero-standard/#respond Thu, 24 Jul 2025 14:09:34 +0000 https://www.climatechangenews.com/?p=73203 The Science Based Targets initiative says that, to be 1.5C-aligned, financial institutions must stop funding firms that are expanding fossil fuel production and use

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]]> https://www.climatechangenews.com/2025/07/24/banks-told-to-dump-fossil-fuels-to-meet-new-net-zero-standard/feed/ 0 Brazil’s environment minister suggests roadmap to end fossil fuels at COP30 https://www.climatechangenews.com/2025/06/26/brazils-environment-minister-suggests-roadmap-to-end-fossil-fuels-at-cop30/ https://www.climatechangenews.com/2025/06/26/brazils-environment-minister-suggests-roadmap-to-end-fossil-fuels-at-cop30/#respond Thu, 26 Jun 2025 20:57:21 +0000 https://www.climatechangenews.com/?p=72258 Brazil's environment minister Marina Silva suggests this year's COP30 climate summit could result in a roadmap to guide a "planned and just transition"

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]]> https://www.climatechangenews.com/2025/06/26/brazils-environment-minister-suggests-roadmap-to-end-fossil-fuels-at-cop30/feed/ 0 How UN climate negotiations can end fossil fuel-industry influence https://www.climatechangenews.com/2025/06/26/how-un-climate-negotiations-can-end-fossil-fuel-industry-influence/ https://www.climatechangenews.com/2025/06/26/how-un-climate-negotiations-can-end-fossil-fuel-industry-influence/#respond Thu, 26 Jun 2025 10:36:44 +0000 https://www.climatechangenews.com/?p=72202 Climate COPs remain alarmingly exposed to lobbyists, unlike most global health and anti-corruption bodies that have safeguards to limit interference

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]]> https://www.climatechangenews.com/2025/05/08/cop30-must-heed-the-elephant-in-the-room-fossil-fuels/feed/ 0 The Amazon rainforest emerges as the new global oil frontier   https://www.climatechangenews.com/2025/04/02/the-amazon-rainforest-emerges-as-the-new-global-oil-frontier/ https://www.climatechangenews.com/2025/04/02/the-amazon-rainforest-emerges-as-the-new-global-oil-frontier/#respond Wed, 02 Apr 2025 14:19:21 +0000 https://www.climatechangenews.com/?p=69423 Half a century of oil drilling has left the world’s largest rainforest scarred by deforestation and pollution. Now it is bracing for a new wave of fossil fuel extraction

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