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Environmentalists urge Philippines to back proposed US$700 billion tax on fossil fuel giants to support loss and damage fund
A levy on carbon majors is being pushed by green groups as one of the sources to operationalise the loss and damage fund in ongoing board meetings leading up to COP29.
Plans to 'draw down' CO2 from the atmosphere – known as carbon dioxide removal (CDR) – 'fall short' of the quantities needed to limit global warming to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, new research warns.
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Latin America approves plan for protecting environmental defenders
Latin American and Caribbean countries approved a new action plan to protect environmental defenders in April.
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