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With the shipping sector responsible for about 3 per cent of global anthropogenic methane emissions, leveraging existing solutions will greatly help amid lacklustre regulations.
The size of the world's largest climate summit is set to shrink as the UN navigates new logistical challenges. But beyond this, Eco-Business looks at what else must change for COP to ensure outcomes which will lead to real climate action.
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.
The Dubai climate summit closed with a deal to transition away from fossil fuels for the first time, with world leaders applauding it as "historic". Many including small island states are still upset that the commitment stops short of a complete phase-out.
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Jessica Cheam
We feel ecological grief when we lose places, species or ecosystems we value and love. These losses are a growing threat to mental health and wellbeing globally.
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Anna Cooke, Claudia Benham, Julie Dean and Nathalie Butt
Unlike war, environmental impacts are not accepted as a reason to seek asylum under international law. But this could change as Australia’s climate visa for citizens of small-island state Tuvalu legalises the status of the climate migrant.
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Philline van der Wolk-Donggay