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Cop27 host Egypt plans to push gas as ‘the perfect solution’
The presidency of upcoming climate talks is embracing fossil gas as a “transition” fuel, despite its polluting impact
Storms don’t discriminate, people do – Climate Weekly
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Nuclear fusion: Why Silicon Valley is betting on man-made star power
Students at MIT have found a way to make nuclear fusion reactors smaller and cheaper, but the tech is a long way from commercial operation
Scaling up renewables means big changes to electricity networks
Flexible storage and grid upgrades are key to integrating high volumes of renewable energy into electricity grids
Gap to 1.5C yawns, as most governments miss UN deadline to improve climate plans
Just a handful of major countries improved their climate pledges by the Cop26 team’s September 23 deadline
UN climate chief Simon Stiell: 2030 is only two Olympic finals away
The Grenadian veteran climate advocate told leaders there must be no backsliding at Cop27 as global emissions need to halve this decade
The queue that matters – Climate Weekly
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Five burning climate issues for the 2022 UN general assembly
Pakistan’s catastrophic flooding and soaring energy bills are shaping the UN agenda – for those leaders who show up
South Australia set to become first big grid to run on 100% renewables
South Australia’s gigawatt-scale electricity network is within touching distance of phasing out fossil fuel backup
Copenhagen’s failure to meet 2025 net zero target casts doubt on other pledges
Copenhagen was the first city to launch a carbon neutrality plan in 2012, but has given up on its pledge due to a lack of CCS funding
As Queen Elizabeth II dies, climate advocate King Charles III takes throne
King Charles III has campaigned on environmental issues for more than 50 years and was an early advocate for climate action
Who will pay for Pakistan? – Climate Weekly
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China hit by longest and strongest heatwave on record
Millions of Chinese people are suffering as intense heat drags on for more than two months, bringing drought, power shortages, wildfires and crop failures
Why the US climate bill might struggle to deliver on carbon capture
Up to a fifth of emissions cuts from the Inflation Reduction Act are expected to come from carbon capture technologies, but there are major hurdles
Chinese companies seek global carbon market for green hydrogen
A project that supplied green hydrogen for buses at the Winter Olympics could be the first of its kind to sell carbon credits through the Clean Development Mechanism
Africa’s finance dilemma – Climate Weekly
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Egypt pitches for climate funding in list of African projects to be showcased at Cop27
The Cop27 host is pitching for $11.4bn in investment as part of a push with the UN to match bankable climate projects with private funders
Sri Lanka can’t afford fossil fuels but can’t afford to get off them either
Reliance on imported fossil fuels has helped bankrupt Sri Lanka and now it doesn’t have the money to transition to renewables
US set to pass $369bn of climate spending after Manchin U-turn
Democrats called it the “single biggest climate investment in US history so far” and claimed it would do 80% of the work of meeting the US’s 2030 climate target
South Africa turns to renewables, gas and batteries to end power cuts
President Cyril Ramaphosa promised to tackle the country’s frequent electricity outages by mobilising private sector investment and international support