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EU backs ending new oil and gas drilling

The war in the Middle East may have driven up oil and gas demand, but the world should still ditch new fossil fuel drilling, EU climate chief Wopke Hoekstra has said, insisting on "affordable, reliable, homegrown clean energy."

Euronews

More than 80 countries at Cop30 join call for roadmap to fossil fuel phase-out

Countries from Africa, Asia, Latin America, Pacific and Europe plead for transition to be central outcome of talks

The Guardian - UK

African countries push for radical change to tackle climate crisis as key summit wraps up

ON THE GROUND: Nick Ferris reports from Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa, where activists back ambitious final declaration at second African Climate Summit – but pile scorn on lack of help from rich nations

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UK calls for strong stance on fossil fuel phase out amid major split at Cop29

Tensions at Cop29 in Baku intensified on Thursday after backlash against the latest proposals on a global climate agreement.

Evening Standard

Report suggests Reeves could announce plans to change Britain’s debt rules

The Chancellor will be looking to raise up to £40 billion from tax hikes and spending cuts in order to avoid a return to austerity.

Evening Standard

Reeves promises ‘reset for our economy’ as she prepares for first Budget

The Chancellor said she will make the UK ‘a rock of economic stability’.

The Independent UK

UK appoints first nature envoy to tackle species decline

Ruth Davis named special representative for nature ‘to put climate and nature at the heart of our foreign policy’

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Ed Miliband defends appointment of 'climate envoy' linked to £4m party mega-donor

Energy Secretary Ed Miliband said “all the proper processes” were followed when appointing the UK’s climate envoy, as he accused the…

The National (Scotland)

UK climate envoy to keep role at charity whose founders invest in fossil fuels

Supporters rally to Rachel Kyte after criticism of appointment over link to investment firm Quadrature Capital

The Guardian - UK

Labour's new 'climate envoy' linked with £4m party mega-donor hedge fund

LABOUR’S appointee to a plum government job is linked with a Cayman Islands-based hedge fund which donated £4 million to the party, The National…

The National (Scotland)

Labour appoints Rachel Kyte to climate envoy role axed by Sunak

Appointee was a climate chief at the World Bank and will lead UK’s return to high-level environmental diplomacy

The Guardian - UK

Who is Rachel Kyte, the UK’s new climate envoy?

The forthright climate expert has occupied top positions at the World Bank and the UN

The Guardian - UK

How a global pact could tackle extreme heat

The UN secretary general Antonio Guterres has made an urgent call for a global action plan to tackle extreme heat. His recent speech in New York came as the average temperature of the Earth’s surface has broken records twice and followed 12 consecutive months as the warmest months ever.

The Conversation

Billions more in overseas aid needed to avert climate disaster, say economists

Pressure piles on World Bank and IMF to steer countries to low-carbon transition at spring summit

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Stop looking for loopholes, UN warns, after Saudi hints end of fossil fuels ‘just one option’

UN climate chief says ‘torrents, not trickles’ of public and private finance needed to meet global challenge

WEKU

Biden is off to India and Vietnam. It's part of his push to counter China's influence

President Biden is using the G20 summit to push for a bigger, better World Bank as an alternative to China's massive lending programs, which have left some low-income countries with massive debt.

The Guardian - AU

Extreme weather live: Phoenix breaks record with 19th day of 110F highs in a row; Europe swelters under heatwave – as it happened

Arizona state capital suffering from longest heatwave in 50 years; Italian hospitals see rise in urgent cases due to hot weather

The Guardian - US

John Kerry aims to put China tensions aside at crucial climate talks

Chinese counterpart Xie Zhenhua seeks ‘common ground’ in first key summit between two largest carbon emitters since US-Beijing freeze

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Capital & Main

Banks Continue to Put Billions Into Oil and Gas — Is It a Smart Investment?

Some experts say banks should be financing renewables at a much higher rate, for climate and ROI reasons.

The Guardian - UK

‘Cash, coal, cars and trees’: what progress has been made since Cop26?

Six months on, the war in Ukraine and ongoing Covid-19 pandemic have derailed some changes agreed on in Glasgow

The Guardian - US

‘He’s a villain’: Joe Manchin attracts global anger over climate crisis

The West Virginia senator’s name is reviled on the streets of Bangladesh and other countries facing climate disaster as he blocks Biden’s effort to curb planet-heating gases

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