But . . . . "the devil is in the details" and . . . ."In total, over US$400 million was announced. So far, that’s about 0.1 per cent of what’s needed each year, developing countries say, pointing to needs of at least US$400 billion."
Nov. 30, 2023
In what is widely seen as an extraordinary win on the first day of the annual UN climate change negotiations, countries have begun breathing life into a climate finance fund agreed to last year — although the devil is in the details.
Earlier this month, the CEO of the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) stood before the Calgary Chamber of Commerce and pledged our national retirement fund’s continued support for the Alberta oil and gas industry.
The UN climate summit—hosted this year by the United Arab Emirates, a major oil producer—begins Thursday in Dubai. It will review the progress on countries’ 2015 Paris Agreement commitments toward limiting rising global temperature to 2 C, preferably 1.5 C, above pre-industrial levels. It will also define what new commitments countries can agree on to avoid planetary catastrophe.
“This (IEA) report is a stunning rebuke to all the Canadian oil executives and politicians claiming that they can simply slap on some government-funded carbon capture and continue with business as usual in a world rapidly weaning itself off of oil and gas," said Keith Stewart, senior energy strategist for Greenpeace Canada, in an email Thursday.
Since October 7, there have been five elements that indicate we may be seeing a paradigm shift in the hundred years' war waged against the Palestinian people.
Editor’s Note: The following is based on a talk Rashid Khalidi delivered on November 16, 2023, at Columbia University.
A new executive team is ready to take the reins at the Ontario Federation of Labour in a historic year for the labour movement.
Laura Walton, Ahmad Gaied and Jackie Taylor were elected president, secretary-treasurer and executive vice-president at the Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL) convention on Tuesday, November 21.
In my last article I looked at the material flows of the military-industrial complex with a focus on aluminum and Canada’s status as a major aluminum exporter for the Western military industrial complex despite Canada not having bauxite.