After days of long, intense marathon sessions of negotiation, COP 29 concluded in the early hours of Sunday morning in Baku. The negotiated outcomes included a new $300 billion international climate finance goal, known as the New Collective Quantified Goal (NCQG). President Biden issued a statement praising the outcome, noting this goal “will help mobilize the… Read more »
November 25, 2024
COP29 Wrap Up
After days of long, intense marathon sessions of negotiation, COP 29 concluded in the early hours of Sunday morning in Baku. The negotiated outcomes included a new $300 billion international climate finance goal, known as the New Collective Quantified Goal (NCQG). President Biden issued a statement praising the outcome, noting this goal “will help mobilize the… Read more »
Climate change impacts all of us, wherever we live, work, or go to school. And in all parts of the world, people are creating economies and societies that are more resilient to climate change, ones in which clean, renewable energy is combined with sustainable use of water, land, and other natural resources. In many places, local… 
At COP29 today the United States announced that it scaled up U.S. support for vulnerable developing countries to over $3 billion in FY23 to implement the President’s Emergency Plan for Adaptation and Resilience (PREPARE). At the COP 29 U.S. Center today, speakers representing U.S. federal and local government, private sector, and civil society discussed how… 
In response to a statement by the Azerbaijani Presidency of the COP in which he defended the right of developing nations to sell their oil and gas as “gifts from God”, WCC and the ACT Alliance issued the following Press Release. As a member of ACT Alliance and the World Council of Churches, the PC(USA)… 
A draft of the new commitments out of COP28 climate summit will not be enough on their own to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit), according to the International Energy Agency (IEA), as the talks headed into the final phase. So far, 130 countries have agreed to triple renewables and double the… 
As previously mentioned here, on November 30, 2023, the first day of COP28- the UN climate conference- in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, people of faith, including members of the PC(USA) COP delegation gathered at Christ Church, Jebal Ali, to hold a Talanoa dialogue, helping to define the call from people of faith to COP28.8 December… 
Despite a commendable start of COP28 with the operationalization of the Loss and Damage Fund, the first week at COP28 ended yesterday with a stall on some of the most critical issues. Negotiators from the almost 200 countries gathered in Dubai are handing over their work to their countries’ ministers for the next stage in… 
By Niko Humalisto, originally appeared here. The distribution of the $100-billion-dollar climate finance commitment sparks competition among developing countries vying to be primary recipients of support. Notably, many African least developed countries (LDCs) haven’t received aid from the key UN fund for climate action. Prioritising these limited finances for actions yielding the most benefits aligns with the… 
By Vincent Ondieki, originally appearing here. The World Meteorological Organization reports that increasing temperatures and sea levels, changing precipitation patterns, and more extreme weather are threatening human health and safety, food and water security, and socio-economic development in the Horn of Africa. They further note that climate variability and climate change are major obstacles to…