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The Climate Action Tracker rated Canada’s plans as “insufficient” when measured against a Paris Agreement goal to limit global warming to no more than 1.5°C since the 1850s. Bill Hare criticised the country’s reliance on carbon capture. “Investing in CCS instead of switching away from fossil fuels is not the way to achieve net zero,” he said.

Rueanna Haynes speaks to Pod Save The World about the impacts of climate change on small island nations and vulnerable communities, and what’s at stake if the US abandons climate leadership. (Starts at 36min)

Carbon Brief asks nine leading experts what they expect to see in China’s 2035 NDC. Niklas Höhne and Bill Hare said “China needs to reduce emissions by 55% by 2030 and by 66% by 2035 from 2023 levels.”

Rueanna Haynes went on the Morning Edition of CNC TV6 to discuss COP29. She told them "the global discussion this year in climate change is focused on 'how do we finance the just transition'. Where are countries going to get the resources from to do what is needed in order to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement." (interview starts 1 hr:31min)

“We should be focused on real reductions in emissions, rather than engaging in a counting game,” Bill Hare told The Guardian.

“Winning slowly is the same as losing when it comes to climate change,” said report author Dr Neil Grant. “And so I think we are at risk of a lost decade.”

Neil Grant told NPR "There is still real potential to see deep emissions reductions in the coming years."

Sofía Gonzales-Zuñiga appeared on the Camino a la COP29 podcast to talk about the process of updating Nationally Determined Contributions and why it's important to ensure that countries really increase their ambition.

Rueanna Haynes spoke to the Trinidad and Tobago Guardian about her role speaking on behalf of small island states in international climate negotiations.

The IEA World Energy Outlook indicates that China’s emissions of planet-warming gases may peak by 2025, but “given the changes underway in China we think that might be a bit pessimistic,” Bill Hare told AP News. He said “there’s every chance” China’s emissions have already peaked in 2023, but more data is needed to be sure.