Climate Brussels e-News 28.03.22
ARE & ICIMOD Sign MoU to Accelerate Development ofRE Sector in Hindu Kush Himalaya
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed between the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) and the Alliance for Rural Electrification (ARE). The MoU sets out the shared goals of the two organisations to address the challenges related to the optimal use of the v…
Europe’s oil majors bought $100bn from Russia since annexation of Crimea
Oil majors cannot be trusted to put ethics before profit, says Transport & Environment. Total, Shell and BP bought $100 billion in Russian oil between 2015 and 2021 following Russia’s annexation of Crimea, new analysis shows. Transport & Environment (T&E), who carried out the study, says…
Minamata COP-4 closes with global commitment to strengthen efforts against toxic mercury
Bali, 25 March 2022 - Delegates and representatives of hundreds of parties and organizations participated in a week of intense negotiations in the second segment of the fourth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Minamata Convention on Mercury, which took place in Bali, Indonesia under st…