4 stories covering the global climate crisis
By Marco Lopez On November 20, 2025, the Climate Change and Carbon Market Initiative Bill, 2025, was read for the second and third time in the House of Representatives. The bill now moves to the Senate for final approval before it is enacted and gazetted as law. According to a release issued by the Ministry […]
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By Marco Lopez A new study has found that carbon offset programs have largely failed to deliver real greenhouse gas reductions ā€” and may be hindering the rapid phase-out of fossil fuels needed to meet Paris Agreement climate targets. Climate-vulnerable countries host the majority of offset projects but benefit the least, while rich emitters use […]
Climate Spotlight Staff
Negotiations at the International Maritime Organizationā€™s (IMO) extraordinary meetings were adjourned without a decision on the shipping industryā€™s Net-Zero Framework. By Climate Spotlight Threats levied by the Trump Administration, along with the US State Department, on member nations of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) derailed a vote to pass the first-ever global carbon tax during […]
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While agreements on Article 6.2 and 6.4 of the Paris Agreement were reached at COP29 to establish carbon markets, they fall short of the global framework needed to curb fossil fuel emissions. By Marco Lopez The climate talks that recently concluded in Baku, Azerbaijan, resulted in some progress in establishing global carbon markets. Article 6.2 […]
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