*[Enwl-eng] 🌏CAN EECCA Newsletter: Women in COP29 committee, Victory Against Oilfields in Norway and a New IEA Report on Renewables
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Regional Climate News
COP29: Azerbaijan adds women to climate
summit committee following backlash over all-male panel
In response to criticism over an initially
all-male panel for COP29, Azerbaijan's president, Ilham Aliyev, has added 12
women and one man to the committee, totaling 29 men and 12 women. The move
follows condemnation from campaigners and groups, including She Changes
Climate, who emphasized the need for equal representation in climate talks.
While welcoming the inclusion of women, advocates argue that the changes
fall short of achieving a 50:50 gender balance, highlighting the ongoing
challenge of underrepresentation of women at major climate talks.
Survey: Views on climate change in
Uzbekistan
Central Asia faces severe vulnerability to
climate change, with rising temperatures, glacier melting, and poor water
management leading to critical water scarcity and dry hazards. The
consequences are disrupting economies and environmental security, revealing
a knowledge gap hindering informed climate policies. Despite surveys in
Uzbekistan highlighting positive views on the environment, concerns focus on
immediate issues like pollution, yet a substantial majority express worry
about climate change, attributing it to pollution, industrialization, human
activities, and water-related problems. The study underscores the
multifaceted nature of public understanding, emphasizing the need for
informed climate policies in Central Asia.
Meeting on climate change and need for
actions in Georgia
Green Alternative" will hold a meeting on
the topic - "Climate change and the need for actions at the local level".
The event will be held for representatives of public organizations in
Kakheti region. Working meeting will be held on January 26 in Telavi
municipality. The purpose of the meeting is to identify and discuss the
upcoming challenges caused by climate change with stakeholders. Registration
will be open until 25 January
New hydropower plants in Kyrgyzstan will
destroy a UNESCO World Heritage Site (rus)
The international environmental coalition
Rivers Without Borders has appealed to UNESCO and the International Union
for Conservation of Nature over plans to exclude the Chatkal River
floodplain from the Besh-Aral Reserve in Kyrgyzstan for the construction of
hydroelectric power plants and gold mining. The reserve is part of the
Western Tien Shan World Natural Heritage Site. The planned HPP project
raises concerns among environmentalists, as it will lead to the destruction
of the central ecosystem of the reserve and damage the unique natural
complex.
Kazakhstan: water scarcity, shared rivers,
shoaling reservoirs (rus)
The Minister of Water Resources and
Irrigation of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Nurzhan Nurzhigitov, discussed
strategic directions and priorities of water resources in 2024. The
objectives include proper use of water resources, improvement of irrigation
systems, introduction of water-saving technologies and digitalization of
water supply processes. Kazakhstan plans to reduce dependence on neighboring
countries by 25% by having sufficient water resources, and is working on
issues related to a convention on water allocation with border countries.
Russia to expand its oil exports to China
via Kazakhstan by 40%
Russia and Kazakhstan have signed a new
protocol for their bilateral oil transit agreement to China, increasing
Russia's annual oil exports through Kazakhstan's territory from 7 million
tons to 10 million tons. The agreement also allows Kazakhstan to supply
about one million tons of oil and gas condensate to its petrochemical plant
in Pavlodar via Russian territory. Additionally, a new paragraph in the
agreement allows for annual adjustments of tariffs for oil transit, capped
at rates set for non-transit oil transportation, addressing changes in
transit fees for the Kazakhstani part of the TON-2 pipeline.
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World Climate News
Environmental and youth groups win climate
court case against the Norwegian State
Greenpeace Nordic and Natur og Ungdom (Young
Friends of the Earth Norway) have won a significant legal victory against
the Norwegian State, rendering approvals for three North Sea oil and gas
fields (Breidablikk, Yggdrasil, and Tyrving) invalid. The environmental
organizations argued that the approvals violated the Norwegian Constitution,
European Economic Area law, and international human rights commitments. The
Oslo District Court ruled the approvals invalid, citing inadequate impact
assessments, procedural problems in the approval process, and a violation of
legal precedent by not subjecting combustion emissions to an environmental
impact assessment, marking a substantial reference point for climate
lawsuits worldwide.
Chile to become first nation to ratify the
UN Ocean Treaty
The Chilean Senate unanimously voted to
ratify the UN Ocean Treaty, a historic conservation agreement adopted in
2023. Chile's ratification, once published in the government's Official
Journal this month, will make it the first country of the required 60 needed
to ratify the Treaty by the 2025 UN Ocean Conference. The UN Ocean Treaty
aims to protect 30% of the oceans by 2030 and addresses increasing threats
to the High Seas, including industrial fishing, pollution, and deep-sea
mining.
Renewables 2023 report
The International Energy Agency's (IEA)
Renewables 2023 report serves as a comprehensive analysis of the renewable
energy sector, forecasting the deployment of renewable technologies in
electricity, transport, and heat until 2028. Following the COP28 climate
change conference, where over 130 national governments committed to tripling
the world's installed renewable energy capacity to 11,000 GW by 2030,
Renewables 2023 provides country-level analysis on progress towards this
global target. The report delves into key developments, including policy
trends, solar PV manufacturing, competitiveness of renewable technologies,
energy storage, hydrogen production capacity, prospects for renewable energy
companies, system integration, and a special focus on biogas and biomethane
forecasts.
Scientists reveal how trawling the bottom of
the ocean could release millions of tonnes of CO2
A new study reveals that bottom trawling, a
fishing method that involves dragging huge nets across the sea floor,
releases large amounts of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. Plumes of
carbon, which would otherwise be safely stored in the ocean floor, are
unleashed by this practice, contributing to global warming. The research
estimates that the carbon emitted by bottom trawling annually is double the
entire fishing fleet's annual emissions, totaling around 370 million tonnes
of carbon dioxide each year, with the damage concentrated in trawling
hotspots like the East China Sea, the Baltic and North Seas, and the
Greenland Sea.
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