El Presidente Biden anunció una contribución de $1.000 millones al Fondo Verde Climático, una iniciativa creada para ayudar a las naciones en desarrollo a reducir su contaminación climática y adaptarse a los efectos de la crisis climática.
SHARM EL-SHEIKH -- Today at 5 p.m. EET, the Sierra Club’s Senior International Climate and Policy Campaign Director Cherelle Blazer will be co-hosting a climate justice discussion live from COP27 with the #BLAIRISMS’ Blair and Brandon Dottin-Haley. The discussion will focus on what has happened at COP27 so far, what the expectations are for the outcomes at the end of this week, and what the US and other major emitters need to do to do their part to tackle the climate crisis.
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, DC -- Today, the IPCC’s Sixth Assessment Report 6 Working Group 2 (WG II) released its new report spelling out the costs and consequences of the climate crisis, including public health, displacement, food and water insecurity, as well as the potential and limits in adapting to the climate crisis and keeping global temperature rise below 1.5 degrees Celsius.
NEW ORLEANS -- The Sierra Club’s International Climate and Policy Campaign is joining with the #Blairisms for a series of conversations about climate justice and the African Diaspora leading up to the 27th UN Climate Conference or Conference of Parties (COP).
Date: Wed., Nov 10, 2021
Time: 02:00 PM - 02:30 PM GMT +00:00, United Kingdom Time.
Place: COP26 Coalition, 209 Bath St, Glasgow
GLASGOW -- The disastrous Tata Mundra coal-fired power project in India has devastated the region of Gujarat since its construction in 2011. A press conference tomorrow at COP26 will highlight the community-led struggle and the ongoing legal effort to hold corporate interests accountable.
Washington D.C.-- Today the Second Global Grassroots Leaders Climate Summit concluded after four days of virtual conversations among grassroots leaders from 44 organizations and across 20 countries in the Global South. Leaders and activists offered first-hand accounts and insight into how the climate crisis is threatening the health and safety of their communities and delivered specific demands directly to US officials ahead of the Group of Twenty (G20) Leaders’ Summit and the UN Climate Summit in Glasgow (COP26).
WASHINGTON, D.C.-- Today, grassroots leaders from 20 different countries and 37 organizations sent a letter to the U.S. Treasury Department, calling on the Department to center the demands of international grassroots movements in the implementation of its new Multilateral Development Bank (MDB) fossil fuel financing guidance released on Monday. The guidance directs the U.S. government to strongly oppose coal projects, and to only support oil and gas projects in extenuating circumstances and only if specific criteria are met, while encouraging MDBs to invest in clean energy and energy efficiency.
El Departamento del Tesoro emitió ayer nuevas directrices para los bancos multilaterales de desarrollo (BMD) sobre inversiones en energía limpia y eficacia energética en las que se opone decididamente a los proyectos petroleros y de gas, y favorece proyectos de gas solo en circunstancias extremas que cumplan con criterios específicos.
WASHINGTON, DC -- Today, the US Treasury Department issued new guidance for Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) to invest in clean energy and energy efficiency, to strongly oppose oil and coal projects, and to only support gas projects in extenuating circumstances and only if specific criteria are met. Today’s guidance is the next step from President Biden’s January Executive Order to center the climate crisis in U.S. foreign policy and national security for the first time. The MDBs affected by this guidance include the World Bank, the US Export-Import Bank, the European Investment Bank, the Asian Development Bank, the African Development Bank, and more.
WASHINGTON, D.C.-- Today, the inaugural Global Grassroots Leaders Climate Summit came to a close after three days of grassroots leaders, representing 30 organizations from 17 countries, convening to discuss the climate issues in their communities and elevate their demands for the US Government and its institutions. During the summit, leaders had a chance to meet with the Senior Advisor to the Special Presidential Envoy for Climate, John Kerry, the Development Finance Corporation, the US Treasury Department, and the US Export-Import Bank. Grassroots Leaders also participated in public facing webinars elevating asks on immediately halting US overseas fossil fuel finance, shutting down coal, and encouraging renewable energy finance and just transition.