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Among sweeping rightwing electoral victories across the globe, the big loser of the elections has been climate' An unprecedented year of elections around the world has underscored a sobering trend in many countries the commitment to act on the climate crisis has either stalled or is eroding, even as disasters and record temperatures continue to mount. So far 2024, called the "biggest election year in human history" by the United Nations with around half the world's population heading...
Nearly 50,000 people from 200 countries were in Azerbaijan for the United Nations Climate Change Conference, with the goal of reaching a climate finance deal.
ABC News - 9 hours 41 min agoThe United Nations' annual climate talks are pushing into overtime under a cloud of anger and disappointment as negotiators are well short of a deal on money for developing nations to curb and adapt to climate change...
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Tech Meme - 11 hours 14 min agoJustine Calma / The Verge : A UN task force proposes taxing crypto mining to raise funds for climate action and cites IMF research that says $0.045 per kWh used could raise $5.2B annually — A tentative proposal to tax cryptocurrency mining to raise funds for climate action took off during a United Nations climate conference that's set to come to a close today.
Some industry responses pointed to fault lines on what are likely to be the most contentious issues at the United Nations treaty talks beginning next week.
ABC News - 16 hours 22 min agoA new draft of a deal on money to curb and adapt to climate change released Friday afternoon at the United Nations climate summit pledged $250 billion annually by 2035 from wealthy countries to poorer ones...
The United Nations is about to hold the fifth and last round of negotiations for adopting a global treaty that would work on ending plastic pollution globally.
The United Nations have reported a record 281 aid workers killed this year, with those providing resources in Gaza accounting for 230 deaths in 2024.
The Verge - 23 hours 13 min agoImage: Nick Barclay / The Verge A tentative proposal to tax cryptocurrency mining to raise funds for climate action took off during a United Nations climate conference that's set to come to a close today. A levy on energy-hungry crypto mining, at $0.045 per kilowatt-hour (kWh) of electricity used, could generate $5.2 billion in revenue annually, according to a report released last week by the Global Solidarity Levies Task Force, led by Kenya, Barbados, and France. The Bitcoin network is estimated...
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