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Nations move fossil fuel debate from pledges to strategies in Colombia

The world’s first conference on phasing out fossil fuels has ended in Colombia with delegates from 56 countries declaring that the global debate has shifted from whether to stop using oil, gas and coal to how to do it. Debt and financing remain major obstacles.

Radio France Internationale

Middle East crisis could cost world $1tn while oil firms make ‘obscene’ profit, analysis finds

Climate group calls for urgent windfall tax on excess fossil fuel profits, as delegates tell Colombia conference their nations are suffering

The Guardian - UK

‘Groundbreaking’ UN agreement on justice for women to include those in prison for first time

As numbers of incarcerated women approach one million globally, campaigners are hoping the recognition leads to action

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Former Irish president condemns US ‘attacks on truth’ during women’s day rally

Mary Robinson said the current US administration is ‘flooding the atmosphere with lies to confuse’.

Evening Standard

American grandmother arrested in the Bahamas after ‘accidentally’ bringing gun and ammo on cruise

Mary Robinson, 69, could have been imprisoned at the Bahamas for two years after she was found carrying a gun in her purse

The Independent UK

Last Christmas: An East Texas Christmas tree farm closes after 40 years, despite booming sales

Christmas tree sales are up in the Lone Star State, even as many tree farmers are aging out of the business with no successors.

The Texas Tribune

Martin Collins obituary

Other lives: Political activist and organiser with a focus on Ireland who worked to help secure the Good Friday agreement

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Selling the left’s message in the digital age is an art – Ireland’s new president mastered it

From Mamdani-style visual branding to basketball clips, Catherine Connolly found her audience and spoke in a language they understood, says journalist Una Mullally

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‘It hasn’t inspired’: turnout concerns grow close to Ireland’s presidential election

High rate of spoilt ballots also probable as poll shows 49% of voters do not feel represented by either candidate

The Guardian - UK

Mrs Robinson review – the politician whose joyful underdog triumph made the establishment suck lemons

This profile of former Irish president Mary Robinson runs from her brilliant convention-defying election victory to passionate human rights roles

The Guardian - UK

TV tonight: the remarkable story of Ireland’s first female president

Mary Robinson narrates her own incredible life in this documentary. Plus, the haunting finale of The Narrow Road to the Deep North. Here’s everything to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK

In Pictures: Jimmy Carter continued campaigning long after leaving power

The former US president was an elder statesman on the world stage long after handing over to Ronald Reagan.

Evening Standard

Poor nations may have to downgrade climate cash demands, ex-UN envoy says

Rich country budgets are stretched amid inflation, Covid and Ukraine war, Mary Robinson tells Cop29

The Guardian - UK

Fears Rise Of Gender Setbacks In Global Climate Battle

As global climate negotiators seek to eke out progress, participants say they are witnessing backsliding in one unexpected area -- gender.

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Fossil fuel firms forcing countries to compensate them, Mary Robinson says

Former Irish president and Ban Ki-moon say fossil lobbying is hampering climate progress

Marie Claire

Green Carpet Fashion Awards 2024: Scroll the must-see looks from the star-packed night

Sustainable fashion FTW.

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Best podcasts of the week: Curb Your Enthusiasm’s stars embark on a 120-episode cringe-along

In this week’s newsletter: Jeff Garlin and Susie Essman break down every episode of the epic sitcom in The History of Curb Your Enthusiasm. Plus: five of the best climate crisis podcasts

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Azerbaijan appoints no women to 28-member Cop29 climate committee

Campaigners condemn decision as regressive, saying ‘climate change affects whole world, not half of it’

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Archives reveal Princess Diana ‘ignorance’ over Northern Ireland during Troubles

NEWLY released archive files have shed light on the Royals relationship with Northern Ireland during the Troubles – including concerns over the…

The Guardian - UK

Diana apparently believed Northern Ireland part of the Republic, archive shows

Briefing papers newly released by Ireland’s national archive talk of princess’s ‘obvious ignorance’ of constitutional position

The Independent UK

How Irish president refused invite to Charles and Diana’s wedding

Briefing note reveals how Irish government planned to break news that Patrick Hillery would not attend wedding between to royals

Radio France Internationale

Mary Robinson urges politicians to make science a force of nature

As the UN warns that trillions of dollars are being poured into activities that directly harm nature, prominent climate advocate Mary Robinson has called on governments to take science more seriously amid efforts to bring about nature-based solutions to the climate crisis.

The Guardian - UK

Mary Robinson reiterates call for rapid phase-out of fossil fuels

Former Ireland leader issues firm response in row over comments made to her by Cop28 president

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COP28’s Oil Exec President Backtracks Saying There’s ‘No Science’ To Phasing-Out Fossil Fuels

The president of this year’s United Nations Conference Of The Parties on Climate Change (COP28), Sultan Ahmed Al-Jaber has claimed that there is “no science” to prove that using less fossil fuels will help battle climate change. Sounds like someone’s been doing their own research. Hundreds of world politicians have…

Salon

COP28 head denies climate change truths

Sultan Al Jaber wrongly claimed that phasing out fossil fuels would not help reach the planet climate change goals

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