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Climate politics

Ministerial shows Fault lines on climate loss and damage fund

Ministerial shows fault lines on climate loss and damage fund

On the sidelines of the UN general assembly, rich and poor countries were divided on how to deliver funds to victims of the climate crisis

At UN climate summit big polluters' absence speaks volumes

At UN climate summit big polluters’ absence speaks volumes

While “ambitious” countries made few new announcements, the US, China, India and the UK had not offered enough to even sit in the room

Five climate announcements from UNGA & Climate Week NYC

Five climate announcements from UNGA & Climate Week NYC

In a relatively low powered year for climate leadership, a handful of government, climate finance and corporate initiatives are worth noting

US, China, UK left off UN Climate Action Summit guestlist

‘First movers’ only: US, China, UK left off UN climate guestlist

Only five of the G20 major economies made the cut for Antonio Guterres’ Climate Ambition Summit in New York, despite pressure from big powers

Brazil's president Lula da Silva giving a speech at the Amazon Summit. Lula scraps Bolsonaro's cuts to Brazilian climate target ambition

Lula scraps Bolsonaro’s cuts to Brazilian climate target ambition

Brazil will go back to the climate targets it drew up in 2015 while it works on new and improved ones

Main plenary stage at the Cop27 conference, with a table of diplomats on stage and a plenary on the ground floor. Small islands demand urgent action at maritime court hearing

Small islands slam ‘endless’ climate talks at landmark maritime court hearing

Small island states have asked the world’s maritime tribunal to clarify state obligations on climate change, which could be influential for other courts.

UN report: Climate plans fall short of meeting climate goals

UN says more needed ‘on all fronts’ to meet climate goals

The UN Global Stocktake report calls on governments to scale up renewable energy and phase out all “unabated” fossil fuels.

Global heating affected most of the world's population last quarter

Nearly all world’s population hit by global heating last quarter – study

Peer-reviewed research by Climate Central found 98% of people worldwide experienced temperatures heightened by climate pollution June-August

Despite oil and gas Cop26 pledge, rich countries invest billions

Rich countries sink billions into oil and gas despite Cop26 pledge

The US, Germany and Italy have been accused of backsliding on a Glasgow promise to end public subsidies to fossil fuel projects overseas

Claudia Sheinbaum: a climate scientist for the presidential run

Mexico’s ruling party picks climate scientist for presidential run

Mexico is set for a green shift, as climate scientist Claudia Sheinbaum faces pro-renewables senator Xóchitl Gálvez in next June’s elections

Developing countries call for $100 billion loss and damage target

Developing countries call for $100 billion loss and damage target

The 2030 target is one of several contentious proposals at negotiations in the Dominican Republic this week over a new loss and damage fund

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and lor Olaf Scholz and North Rhine-Westphalia state premier Hendrik Wuest standing beneath a wind turbine. Germany set to miss net zero by 2045 target, official report says.

Germany set to miss net zero by 2045 target as climate efforts falter

Germany, Europe’s largest economy, is failing to cut emissions in the transport and building sector, a report by government climate advisers shows.

A rocky path to Cop28 - Climate Weekly

A rocky path to Cop28 – Climate Weekly

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John Kerry, climate envoy from the US, speaking from his seat to a hall of climate ministers from G20 countries

G20 climate talks fail to deliver emission cuts despite leadership pleas

Cop28 president, Sultan Al Jaber and UN climate change boss, Simon Stiell, had called on G20 countries to show leadership and deliver ambitious emissions cuts.

Germany support new gas projects

Germany plans to keep funding new gas projects overseas despite pledge

Draft guidelines for its export credit agency signal support for some gas projects until 2025 – three years after the deadline set by the Glasgow pledge

G20 divisions over key climate goals pile pressure on Cop28 hosts

G20 divisions over key climate goals pile pressure on Cop28 hosts

The world’s largest economies failed to agree on targets to phase down fossil fuels and scale up renewables

A room of negotiators from different countries meeting for a previous G20 meeting

Open letter from 14 countries to G20: Safeguard a liveable future

In an open letter to the G20, climate ministers from 14 countries outline key actions ahead of COP28, including a fossil fuel phase out.

Australia will update the 'fantasy' net zero plan it inherited

Australia will update the ‘fantasy’ net zero plan it inherited

Australia’s new climate minister says the plan relied too heavily on future technologies – the new one will include sectoral plans

UAE climate envoy Al Jaber

UAE’s Cop28 president plans “brutally honest” climate summit

“We must be brutally honest about the gaps that need to be filled, the root causes and how we got to this place here today” said Sultan Al-Jaber

EU to push for fossil fuel phaseout 'well ahead of 2050' at Cop28

EU to push for fossil fuel phaseout ‘well ahead of 2050’ at Cop28

At Cop28 the EU wants governments to agree on more renewables and a faster phase out of fossil fuels with a “residual” role for carbon capture technologies

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