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At September’s UN General Assembly, Xi Jinping pledged to stop all Chinese investment in coal plant projects abroad. The announcement comes against the backdrop of a leadership dry spell from the United States, the EU, and COP26 host the UK. What does this 50-billion-dollar divestment mean for climate diplomacy? Amélie Canonne and Nicolas Haeringer assess the magnitude of China’s move and outline an alternative, climate justice approach to the energy transition. No comment yet.
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Five Polish citizens are taking their government to court over its ‘regressive’ climate stance and failure to act to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The claimants include a farmer, a plant wholesaler, an ecotourism business owner, parents and a youth climate campaigner, all impacted directly by the intensifying weather events the country is seeing as climate change worsens. Three of the legal cases have launched today – with two further cases launching later this month. Poland’s climate failingsTo comply with its commitments under the Polish Civil Code and human rights law, the Polish Government must reduce the country’s emissions by 61% by 2030 (on 1990 levels) and reach net-zero by 2043. Yet the Polish Government is one of a minority of EU governments which has failed to announce any long-term strategy to meet its obligations under the UNFCCC Paris Agreement and it is currently ranked near the bottom of international rankings on climate effort. |
