Durante su discurso de hoy en la COP27, el Presidente Biden mencionó la Ley de Reducción de la Inflación (IRA)—la mayor ley climática de la historia—y que el Senado ratificó la Enmienda de Kigali como indicadores claves del progreso climático de Estados Unidos.
SHARM EL-SHEIKH -- During his speech at COP27 this afternoon, President Biden pointed to the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) -- the largest climate bill in history -- and the Senate ratifying the Kigali Amendment as key indicators of US progress on climate.
SHARM EL-SHEIKH -- This morning at COP27, Climate Action Tracker released a new analysis that found that the carbon emissions from all under-construction, approved, and proposed Liquefied Methane (“natural”) Gas (LNG) projects between 2021-2050 will use up 10 percent of the remaining carbon budget, dramatically overshooting the emissions
El Secretario John Kerry, enviado presidencial especial sobre el clima, anunció una nueva iniciativa de créditos de carbono—el Acelerador de la Transición Energética—para animar a las compañías privadas ayudar a los países en desarrollo a financiar la transición de los combustibles fósiles a la energía limpia y renovable.
SHARM EL-SHEIKH -- Today on Finance Day at COP27, Secretary John Kerry, US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate, announced a new US carbon credit initiative -- the Energy Transition Accelerator -- to encourage private companies to help finance the transition of developing countries from fossil fuels to clean, renewable energy.
Today, coinciding with the third day of COP27, the White House released two reports on advancing nature-based solutions to address climate change. The first is the Nature-Based Solutions Roadmap, which outlines recommendations for America to employ nature-based solutions in addressing the climate crisis, nature loss, and inequity. In addition to the Roadmap, the Administration released The Nature-Based Solutions Resource Guide: Compendium of Federal Examples, Guidance, Resource Documents, Tools and Technical Assistance, a companion resource guide with examples of nature-based solutions the Biden Administration has already implemented.
Al comienzo de las Negociaciones Climáticas de las Naciones Unidas (COP27), miles de asistentes de todo el globo se reúnen en esta localidad egipcia para actuar climáticamente y deliberar.
SHARM EL-SHEIKH, EGYPT -- As the annual United Nations Climate Negotiations (COP27) begin in Sharm El-Sheikh, thousands of attendees from across the globe are convening for climate action and discussions.
Ahead of COP27 next week, I'm advising that Sierra Club President Ramon Cruz, Sierra Club International Climate and Policy Director Cherelle Blazer, Sierra Club Director of Policy, Advocacy, and Legal Leslie Fields, and Sierra Club International Climate Policy Advisor Steve Herz will be in Sharm El-Sheikh and available for interview.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, the Senate voted 69-27 to ratify the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol, finalizing the amendment that was first agreed upon by 150 nations in 2016. The Kigali Amendment aims to phase out the use of dangerous hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), potentially avoiding half a degree Celsius of warming by the end of the century. Hydrofluorocarbons have become the fastest-growing greenhouse gasses in the U.S. and are emitted annually at a rate exceeding 150 million metric tons of CO2 — the equivalent emissions of about 40 coal-fired power plants.
La Unión Europea (UE) anunció hoy que reducirá su consumo de gas fósil en un 15% de aquí a la primavera de 2023 como respuesta a la decisión de Rusia de disminuir su abastecimiento de gas a Alemania.
EUROPE -- Today, the European Union announced it will decrease its bloc-wide methane gas, sometimes referred to as “natural gas,” consumption by 15 percent between now and Spring 2023 in response to Russia’s decision to decrease gas supply to Germany. Russian gas currently accounts for 40 percent of the EU’s supply. The agreement includes some narrow exceptions, including for small island nations and the Baltic States, which currently have limited energy alternatives, as well as countries that have lower consumption rates of gas.