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The Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. The COP is the supreme body of the UNFCCC, made up of signatory nations. The COP meets annually to advance negotiations on climate change, which includes everything from national emissions reduction goals to adaptation, climate aid, technology transfer, funding for loss and damage and the rules governing international emissions trading.

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The global energy transition is well under way as the world seeks to move away from finite energy sources like fossil fuels to cleaner power
The term ‘nature-based solutions’ encompasses a wide range of activities that aim to work with nature to resolve societal issues, ranging from climate change to
The global energy transition is well under way as the world seeks to move away from finite energy sources like fossil fuels to cleaner power
A natural or artificial system that absorbs and stores carbon dioxide, thereby reducing CO2 concentrations in the atmosphere.
Demand for eligible carbon credits is set to grow under the UN’s Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA) as airlines’ CO2 emissions

17 November 2025

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Are Power Grid Upgrades the Key to Unlocking the Energy Transition?

The global energy transition is well under way as the world seeks to move away from finite energy sources like fossil fuels to cleaner power sources that can avoid severe climate change and sustain economies...

14 November 2025

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Carbon Sink

A natural or artificial system that absorbs and stores carbon dioxide, thereby reducing CO2 concentrations in the atmosphere.

27 October 2025

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Fears grow over looming supply crunch for CORSIA aviation carbon credits

Demand for eligible carbon credits is set to grow under the UN’s Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA) as airlines’ CO2 emissions continue to rebound from 2020’s...

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