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   CelloMom On Cars (cellomomoncars@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 14-Nov-2025 18:23:21 JST CelloMom On Cars

   Bank unveils green loans plan to unlock trillions for #ClimateFinance

   "An innovative plan to use public money to back renewable energy loans in the developing world could liberate cash from the private sector for urgently needed climate finance.

   The plan, which is being pioneered by the IADB, would involve getting taxpayer-funded development banks to buy existing loans to green projects in poor countries, which would [attract] investment from private sector lenders."

   https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/jun/16/public-money-green-loans-climate-finance

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     CelloMom On Cars (cellomomoncars@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 14-Nov-2025 18:23:17 JST CelloMom On Cars

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     "The evidence of nearly three decades of climate diplomacy is that when we set ourselves an objective, more often than not we will hit it.

     Consider the European Union’s first pledge under the 2015 Paris Agreement to cut emissions in 2030 to 40% below levels in 1990.

     Plenty scoffed at the time.

     In fact, greenhouse pollution last year was already 37% below 1990, and on current trends the EU may achieve a 54% cut, almost enough to hit a stricter target passed in 2020."

     https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-11-13/how-the-world-is-quietly-winning-on-climate

     Aral Balkan repeated this.
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     But progress on climate action would be MUCH faster without the meddling of the fossil fuel industry.

     Kick them out.

     "More than 1,600 fossil fuel lobbyists are registered for COP30, according to an analysis by a coalition of environmental and social justice groups.

     The group’s review of people granted access to COP30 found that fossil fuel lobbyists at the climate talks outnumber the delegations from nearly every country ([except host country Brazil). "

     https://www.newsweek.com/cop30-climate-talks-flooded-with-fossil-fuel-lobbyists-report-11045180

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     CelloMom On Cars (cellomomoncars@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 14-Nov-2025 18:23:18 JST CelloMom On Cars

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     "Simon Stiell, the executive secretary of the UNFCCC, addressed the gathering of ministers and high-ranking officials from nearly 200 countries, in a stark portrayal of the price of failure on the climate crisis.

     “Not one single nation among you can afford this, as climate disasters rip double digits off GDP,” he said.

     “When climate disasters decimate the lives of millions, when we already have the solutions, this will never, ever be forgiven.” "

     https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/nov/10/it-will-never-be-forgiven-un-climate-chief-warns-world-to-act-or-face-disaster

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     CelloMom On Cars (cellomomoncars@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 14-Nov-2025 18:23:18 JST CelloMom On Cars

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     "Private adaptation finance undisputedly has a role in providing the upfront finance for major adaptation investments. And while there is scope to increase current adaptation funding, it is not enough.

     More international public climate finance is required to increase grants and highly concessional finance for particularly vulnerable countries, and to play a smaller but catalytic role in other developing countries."

     Grants.
     Concessional finance.
     NOT profit-making loans.

     https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/businessreview/2025/11/10/how-much-can-business-contribute-to-financing-climate-resilience/

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     CelloMom On Cars (cellomomoncars@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 14-Nov-2025 18:23:18 JST CelloMom On Cars

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     Are climate talks and climate policy failing?

     In short: No.

     "In instance after instance, sober realists have been proved wrong, while the wildest hopes of campaigners have been exceeded.

     The problem is not that we fail to hit the objectives we set for ourselves. It’s that the drumbeat of bad-faith nihilism encourages us to forget the progress we’ve already made, and lower our ambitions for the future."

     https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-11-13/how-the-world-is-quietly-winning-on-climate

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     CelloMom On Cars (cellomomoncars@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 14-Nov-2025 18:23:19 JST CelloMom On Cars

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     "After three decades of annual conferences, global emissions are still rising – and critics say the process is failing.

     But that misses the point. Emissions are rising much more slowly now than they would have been without the UN regime.

     In 2009, the world faced up to 6°C of warming.

     Before the Paris agreement in 2015, the “business as usual” forecast was down to around 4°C. Today, the UN projects that without additional policies, the world will warm by around 2.5°C"

     https://theconversation.com/the-un-climate-summits-are-working-just-not-in-the-way-their-critics-think-268953

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     CelloMom On Cars (cellomomoncars@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 14-Nov-2025 18:23:19 JST CelloMom On Cars

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     "Our analysis finds that countries party to the Paris Agreement are increasingly including action on super pollutants as part of the suite of strategies integrated in their NDCs.

     Compared to pre-2020 NDCs the number of latest NDCs covering methane, nitrous oxide, HFCs has increased by 22%, 22%, and 61% respectively."

     https://www.ccacoalition.org/news/ccac-ndc-watch-pre-cop-review-latest-non-co2-pollutants-national-climate-plans

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     "Rich countries have lost enthusiasm for combating the climate crisis while China is surging ahead in producing and using clean energy equipment, the president of the UN climate talks said.

     “Somehow the reduction in enthusiasm of the global north is showing that the global south is moving,” Corrêa do Lago told reporters in Belém, where #COP30 is taking place. “It is not just this year, it has been moving for years, but it did not have the exposure that it has now.”"

     https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/nov/10/rich-countries-have-lost-enthusiasm-for-tackling-climate-crisis-says-cop30-chief

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     CelloMom On Cars (cellomomoncars@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 14-Nov-2025 18:23:20 JST CelloMom On Cars

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     Reframing "debt":

     "To confront this crisis together, we need resources. And we must recognise that the principle of common but differentiated responsibilities remains the foundation of any climate pact.

     The global south demands greater access to resources – not out of charity, but justice. Rich countries have benefited the most from the carbon-based economy. They must now rise to their responsibilities, not only by making commitments but by honouring their debts."

     https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/nov/06/brazil-cop-30-truth-world-leaders-climate-crisis-president-lula

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     CelloMom On Cars (cellomomoncars@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 14-Nov-2025 18:23:20 JST CelloMom On Cars

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     Could the US, despite its absence, still scotch #COP30?

     "Some governments are particularly nervous after the Trump administration intervened to sink a deal last month at the International Maritime Organization that would have resulted in a world-first carbon fee on shipping.

     One of the European officials said their priority would be for countries to rally together to present a united COP30 front against any anti-climate interventions from the U.S."

     https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/cop/diplomats-worry-absent-us-could-still-seek-influence-cop30-climate-summit-2025-11-07/

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     "From cutting emissions to protecting forests, and strengthening adaptation finance and early warning systems, here are six issues delegates are expected to grapple with in Belém. "

     https://www.unep.org/news-and-stories/story/six-issues-will-dominate-cop30

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     "After a year of talks, COP30 host Brazil on Wednesday laid out a plan to scale climate finance to $1.3 trillion a year.

     The near 100-page document, dubbed the Baku to Belem Roadmap, follows months of talks with stakeholders since the close of last year's event in Azerbaijan."

     https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/cop/brazil-launches-plan-scale-climate-finance-13-trillion-year-2025-11-06/