Welcome to weekly intel briefings on climate-related news. Find Insights below on what mattered this week, event tracker, media trends, people and organisations to watch as well as the latest updates on COP28 UAE.
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- December 8: Blue Carbon Coastal Wetlands in Climate Action: Taking Stock of Nature-Based Solutions in Practice in Dubai, UAE. Organised by
UNESCO
, this event highlights countries’ commitments for the conservation, restoration and protection of coastal mangrove, seagrass and saltmarsh ecosystems.
- December 10: Food, Agriculture and Water Day in Dubai, UAE. Organised by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), this features a series of events led by scientists and authors at the "Science for Climate Action" pavilion.?
- Green bonds: The
Arab Coordination Group (ACG)
, a strategic alliance comprising regional and international development institutions, announced $10 billion in funding to support energy transition, including green bonds.?
- Green ammonia: Egypt signed three key partnerships at COP28, one being a project on green ammonia production in Damietta which aims at enhancing carbon capture and accelerating the country's transition to a green economy.?
- Emissions gap: CEOs of major European shipping lines have used
COP28 UAE
to make a joint statement demanding more climate action from the
International Maritime Organization
, to address the industry's carbon footprint.
- Climate and disasters: While 124 countries endorsed the COP28 UAE Climate and Health Declaration, according to
Human Rights Watch
, migrant workers in UAE are exposed to health harms associated with the escalating effects of climate change and fossil fuels.?
- Nature-positive innovation: Non-profit research body
CGIAR
has secured over $890 million in funding to support smallholder farmers build more resilient, sustainable and equitable food systems.?
- A new global non-profit, Ocean Energy Pathway (OEP), was launched at COP28 to accelerate global clean energy transition using offshore wind power. Said @BEN BLACKWELL Ben Blackwell, CEO of
Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC)
, "Ocean Energy Pathway’s ?work bringing these various stakeholders together will be crucial in the world staying on course to achieve its net zero goals."?
- In response to the number of delegates linked to fossil fuels that were attending COP28, policy director of non-profit
PODER Austin
PODER
Alexia Leclercq, M.Ed
said: “Big Polluters’ poisonous presence has bogged us down for years, keeping us from advancing the pathways needed to keep fossil fuels in the ground."
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