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COP30: Spain’s unions say just transition means renewing communities beyond jobs

Unions in Spain are calling for a new just transition strategy that goes beyond plant closures to revive the fabric of life in affected regions, linking public services with jobs and investment.  “When a power plant closes in a rural area, you don’t just lose jobs,” said Manuel Riera of UGT, one of Spain’s largest […]

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COP30 draft text includes energy transition minerals in UN climate first

For the first time in UN climate negotiations, countries attending COP30 in Belém, Brazil, are grappling with the implications of extracting minerals required to manufacture batteries, solar panels and wind turbines. On Friday, a draft text on ensuring that the transition to clean energy systems is just and sustainable – a negotiation stream known as […]

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COP30 Bulletin Day 5: COP30 could greenlight work on a fossil fuel transition roadmap

As a growing number of countries start to rally publicly behind a roadmap to transition away from fossil fuels at COP30, governments are trying to pin down what those discussions would look like, and what the talks in Belém could deliver. At the leaders’ summit before COP began, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva […]

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An Eye on Methane: International Methane Emissions Observatory 2023 Report

An Eye on Methane: International Methane Emissions Observatory 2023 Report An Eye on Methane: the road to radical transparency takes stock of progress harnessing an imminent data revolution that can accelerate methane reduction on a global scale. Credible data has the potential to deliver the transparency needed for rapid climate action, but only if reconciled, integrated and […]

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Used Heavy- Duty Vehicles and the Environment: A Global Overview of Used Heavy-Duty Vehicles: Flow, Scale and Regulation

Used Heavy- Duty Vehicles and the Environment: A Global Overview of Used Heavy-Duty Vehicles: Flow, Scale and Regulation This Used Heavy- Duty Vehicles and the Environment: A Global Overview of Used Heavy-Duty Vehicles: Flow, Scale and Regulation report analyses the flow and scale of used heavy-duty vehicles (HDVs) from three major used HDVs exporters – Japan, the […]

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USA: Amnesty International, S.T.O.P. Lawsuit Reveals NYPD Surveillance Abuses 

Language used maybe offensive to some readers  Thousands of NYPD records secured by the rights groups detail expansive and unlawful surveillance of protesters, and Black, Indigenous and People of Colour communities.  Records obtained by Amnesty International and the Surveillance Technology Oversight Project (S.T.O.P.), a New York-based privacy and civil rights group, after a five-year long […]