Fight over climate disaster fund jeopardizes Dubai summit
A historic agreement to support victims of climate disasters is at risk of coming apart — a development that could derail the upcoming United Nations climate summit in Dubai. Talks on setting up a...
View ArticleDenmark to make ‘generous’ pledge for climate damage fund, minister says
Denmark is preparing to make a significant pledge toward a new climate disaster fund, breaking ranks with other developed countries. The Danish government became the first United Nations member to...
View ArticleEU promises ‘substantial’ climate damage funding pledge
The European Union will make a “substantial” financial pledge toward a new fund for climate damages, the bloc’s climate commissioner said today. A group of negotiators earlier this month agreed on...
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US-EU unity ruptures over climate damage payments
A Brussels promise has exposed the yawning gap between the United States and European Union over payments to climate-ravaged countries — just ahead of a major climate summit. The vow came Monday from...
View ArticleEU agrees on first-ever law to curb methane emissions
The European Union struck a deal on a law to tackle methane emissions from fossil fuels, paving the way to impose rules on the bloc’s foreign energy suppliers like the United States. MEPs and EU...
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Who wants what out of COP28
This article is part of the Road to COP special report, presented by SQM. Should countries move quickly to phase out their fossil fuel production or opt for a more gradual “phase-down”? Will wealthy...
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Who’s who at COP28
This article is part of the Road to COP special report, presented by SQM. The annual U.N. climate summit that starts November 30 has become one of the biggest diplomatic setpieces in the global...
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The state of the planet in 10 numbers
This article is part of the Road to COP special report, presented by SQM. The COP28 climate summit comes at a critical moment for the planet. A summer that toppled heat records left a trail of...
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Russia is holding COP29 climate summit ‘hostage’
Think the location of this year’s global climate summit is contentious? Wait till you hear about the next one. When COP28 kicks off next week in the United Arab Emirates, the oil kingdom presiding...
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Why the Dutch election result spells trouble for Europe’s climate efforts
The far-right party that surged to victory in Wednesday’s Dutch election wants to ditch all efforts to stop climate change. About a quarter of Dutch voters backed Geert Wilders’ Freedom Party (PVV),...
View ArticleDeal on global climate damages likely to be struck Thursday at COP28
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Countries are poised to seal a hard-fought agreement on Thursday for the creation of an international fund to help communities rebuild from climate-driven calamities,...
View ArticleGlobal deal to phase out fossil fuels is in trouble
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — A global deal on ending the use of fossil fuels was mired in division as U.N. climate talks opened on Thursday in Dubai, with major polluters and the oil-rich host...
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Eye-catching climate donations put spotlight on China at COP climate talks
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The U.N. climate summit kicked off Thursday with a parade of wealthy nations offering big-money pledges to help poorer countries cope with the ravages of a warming world...
View ArticleHow to watch the climate summit like an expert
Two weeks, at least 100,000 attendees and a major oil producer serving as host country — with the Earth’s future high on the agenda. The United Nations climate talks that began Thursday in Dubai aim...
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Renewed Israel-Gaza war crowds out climate at COP28
DUBAI — The war in Gaza crashed into the United Nations climate summit on Friday, as furious sideline diplomacy, blunt censures of violence and an Iranian boycott shoved global warming to the side. It...
View ArticleKamala Harris at climate summit: World must ‘fight’ those stalling action
DUBAI — The vast, global efforts to arrest rising temperatures are imperiled and must accelerate, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris told the world climate summit on Saturday. “We must do more,” she...
View ArticleClimate action or distraction? Sweeping COP pledges won’t touch fossil fuel use
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — A torrent of pollution-slashing pledges from governments and major oil companies sparked cries of “greenwashing” on Saturday, even before world leaders had boarded their...
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WTF is the ‘Global Stocktake’? We explain the ‘heart’ of COP28
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Now the real work starts. The first few days of the COP28 climate conference featured so many lofty declarations and flashy promises that you’d be forgiven for asking...
View ArticleBrazil’s anger over EU carbon tax infiltrates COP28
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Brazil has taken its green trade row with the European Union to this year’s global climate summit. The Brazilian government has been among the most vocal opponents of...
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Putin trolls COP28 with oil talks next door
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — While everyone else was trying to rescue the world from climate catastrophe, Vladimir Putin was negotiating Russia’s oil exports down the road. As the COP28 climate talks...
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