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Climate activists Patience Nabukalu, of Uganda, left, and Mitzi Jonelle Tan, of the Philippines, participate in a demonstration ahead of the Global Climate Finance Summit, on Wednesday, June 21, 2023 in Paris. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, File)

The Paris summit on finance and climate ends. Action items to come

After all the talking, time for tangible solutions?

By Samuel Petrequin & Sylvie Corbet | News | June 23rd 2023

Engineers walk next to solar panels at Benban Solar Park in Aswan, Egypt, on Oct. 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil, File)

Climate activist Nakate turns up the heat on rich countries

Facing an audience packed with world leaders and finance officials in suits, Ugandan climate activist Vanessa Nakate silenced the room, then made everyone listen to some uncomfortable facts.

By Samuel Petrequin & Sylvie Corbet | News | June 22nd 2023

People walk past a solar tree that generates energy using panels, in front of the landmark Kotoubia mosque in Marrakech, Morocco, on Nov. 12, 2022. (AP Photo/Mosa’ab Elshamy, File)

Let Global South in on green tech growth, UN says

The majority of developing nations are set to miss out on the economic benefits of booming green technologies, slowing progress toward their climate goals and widening the inequality gap between rich and poor countries, a United Nations report warned on Thursday.

By Wanjohi Kabukuru | News | March 16th 2023

Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Environment and Climate Change of Canada speaks to reporters at the COP15 the UN Biodiversity Conference in Montreal, on Sunday, December 18, 2022. File photo by The Canadian Press/Graham Hughes

Negotiators reach nature deal in Montreal despite last minute wobble from African countries

Canada and nearly 200 other countries around the world now have eight years to set aside almost one-third of their land and marine territories for conservation under a landmark new biodiversity deal reached in Montreal on Monday, December 19, 2022.

By Mia Rabson | News, Politics | December 20th 2022

‘We need everyone to be part of the solution,’ but corporate lobbyists seen as blight on UN biodiversity talks

As the United Nations biodiversity conference in Montreal nears its end, Canadian federal politicians are weighing in on the corporate, big-money influence that can shape negotiations.

Negotiating survival

By Natasha Bulowski & John Woodside | News, Politics, Climate Solutions Reporting, Ottawa Insider | December 19th 2022

Canada, EU remain optimistic, but global biodiversity deal stuck on fund to help developing countries protect nature

Virginijus Sinkevičius, EU environment commissioner and Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault remain optimistic the United Nations biodiversity conference in Montreal will result in an ambitious plan to protect nature, but developing countries appear unwilling to move forward without financing commitments from wealthy countries.

Negotiating survival

By Natasha Bulowski | News, Politics, Climate Solutions Reporting, Ottawa Insider | December 16th 2022

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau takes part in the first working session of the G20 leaders summit in Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia on Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2022. Photo by The Canadian Press/Sean Kilpatrick

By Cara Anna | News | December 10th 2021

developing countries

The Paris summit on finance and climate ends. Action items to come

Climate activist Nakate turns up the heat on rich countries

Let Global South in on green tech growth, UN says

Negotiators reach nature deal in Montreal despite last minute wobble from African countries

‘We need everyone to be part of the solution,’ but corporate lobbyists seen as blight on UN biodiversity talks

Canada, EU remain optimistic, but global biodiversity deal stuck on fund to help developing countries protect nature

Trudeau pledges cash for infrastructure and vaccine production in developing countries

Negotiations on IPCC intensify, as parties discuss future of the world

New climate finance fund targets adaptation and vulnerable populations

'We want justice' on climate: Vanessa Nakate

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