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Greta Thunberg denounces COP29 failure

23 November 2024

The world’s most famous climate campaigner, Greta Thunberg, does not attend Cops these days, and her post on X about Cop29 shows why. She says Cop29 is failing and i...
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COP29 overruns as poor countries seethe over climate cash

22 November 2024

UN climate talks looked set to overrun into the weekend as a deep gulf formed between richer and poorer countries over cash to help those most vulnerable in a warming world. Wealthier nations offer...
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COP summits ‘no longer fit for purpose’

20 November 2024

Cop summits ‘no longer fit for purpose’, say leading climate policy experts Future UN climate summits should be held only in countries that can show clear support for climate action and...
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Verdicts awaited on two critical environment issues

18 November 2024

Hearings were held last week (11-15 November) in Edinburgh and the Highlands on two critical issues for the environment.      At the Court of Session in Edinburgh a case was bro...
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We are part of the rapidly expanding worldwide Transition Towns movement. The Black Isle is a peninsula of about 100 sq miles ENE of Inverness in Scotland, UK.