As the G7 approaches, new research finds public money continues to flow into fossil fuels with next to no "green strings" attached.
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** G7 NATIONS INJECT USD 190 BILLION INTO FOSSIL FUELS
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The opportunity to transition to clean energy is closing as G7 countries fail to meet promises ([link removed]) of a green recovery, a new report finds.
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** WEALTHY NATIONS MUST STEP OFF THE GAS—STARTING NOW
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IISD reveals ([link removed]) wealthy nations are funding a "dash for gas ([link removed]) " in the Global South; the sector receives four times the financing given to wind or solar.
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** BUILDING A BETTER TOMORROW WITH THE POWER OF NATURE
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Nature-based infrastructure can help us mitigate climate change while protecting ourselves from its impacts. To scale it up, we need ([link removed]) case studies ([link removed]) .
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** MAKING CLIMATE NEGOTIATIONS ACCESSIBLE TO YOUNG PEOPLE
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A new website ([link removed]) gives youth climate leaders the tools they need ([link removed]) to meaningfully participate in UNFCCC processes and COPs.
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** WE NEED THE OCEAN TO LIVE, BUT WE'RE MANAGING IT ALL WRONG
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Overlapping stressors and cumulative impacts demand a more holistic approach to ocean governance. Here's what it could look like ([link removed]) .
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** AS FOOD PRICES SOAR, HUNGER RISES. THE SOLUTION IS CLEAR.
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Global food prices jumped 40% in May; now, hunger levels are rising higher than they've been in half a century. How can we stop another crisis ([link removed]) ?
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** CANADA: NET-ZERO IS THE NEW NORMAL. START PLANNING FOR IT
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As a major oil and gas producer, the implications of net-zero for Canada are huge. Our expert says to stay in the game, it must make a move ([link removed]) .
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** UNITED STATES COMMITS TO IMPROVING MINING GOVERNANCE
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The United States ([link removed]) , along with Costa Rica ([link removed]) and El Salvador ([link removed]) , has officially joined the IGF, bringing the Secretariat's membership to 79.
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** ORGANIZED FRESHWATER DATA IS LIKE A STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN
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The team at IISD Experimental Lakes Area needed to digitize 50+ years of data, so they treated it like a music collection (and rocked it ([link removed]) ).
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