Despite the setback campaigners hope countries will be emboldened to protect marine ecosystems as they negotiate seabed mining rules
The US will subsidise North American-made electric vehicles, sparking responses from other rich countries – but there are concerns on the effects on the developing world.
Attempts to get governments to agree to “phase out” fossil fuels were unsuccesful at Cop26 and Cop27 and that battle is likely to be re-fought at Cop28
Jaber, who also heads the state oil giant Adnoc, fueled activists’ worries about fossil fuels in the upcoming UN climate negotiations.
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Fewer than half the seats on a loss and damage transitional committee have been filled, holding up work to channel funds to climate victims
As formal negotiations get into the finer details, Cop28 should bring more focus – and accountability – to action in the real economy
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Cape Verde owes around $150m to the Portugese state – but Portugal says it will write off the debt if the African island nation spends the money on environmental measures
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A $100 million project was meant to protect Karachi slumdwellers from flooding, but instead made many homeless before work stalled
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Campaigners called on Sultan Al Jaber to step down from the UAE’s state-owned oil company to avoid a conflict of interest
The city is at the mouth of the Amazon river and is the second-biggest city in the Amazon region after Manaus
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The Chinese presidency gavelled through a biodiversity pact in Montreal, overriding the funding concerns of some African delegates
Tensions are running high at the Cop15 biodiversity summit over a finance gap estimated at $700 billion per year
Poor and marginalised groups should be represented on the fund’s board, managing budgets and making decisions about their own lives
Negotiators at the Cop15 biodiversity summit in Montreal have until Friday to agree a “nature pact” that can get rid of harmful subsidies