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Pakistan’s first climate change adaptation plan to tackle “mountain tsunamis”
Pakistan launches an adaptation project – the first of its kind – to help vulnerable communities cope with the threat of Glacier Lake Flood Outburst from receding glaciers.
Adaptation policy crucial for Himalayan communities
Ahead of the COP17 Climate Summit in Durban , scientists warn that adaptation policies will be key to helping communities deal with the threats which already lay in the Nepal Himalayas.
India’s sugarcane farmers struggle to cope with droughts and floods
In India more intense droughts and floods are destroying sugarcane crops and plunging millions of farmers and their families into debt
Vulnerable communities must call the shots on loss and damage fund
Poor and marginalised groups should be represented on the fund’s board, managing budgets and making decisions about their own lives
UAE plans to have it both ways as Cop28 climate summit host
The Gulf oil and gas exporter is going big on renewable energy investment and food security, while expanding hydrocarbon production
Battle lines drawn in talks on new plastics treaty
US and Saudi Arabia want a bottom-up deal focused on recycling, while a “high ambition coalition” wants top-down curbs on plastic production
What was decided at Cop27 climate talks in Sharm el-Sheikh?
The Sharm el-Sheikh Implementation Plan made a breakthrough on support for climate victims, but avoided confronting the oil and gas sector
Cop27 bulletin: John Kerry has Covid
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Cop27 bulletin: Tensions finally surface
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Cop27 bulletin: Waiting for a sign from Bali
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‘Complete contradiction’: Egypt burns dirtier fuel to sell more gas to Europe
The Cop27 host has increased its use of mazut, a heavy fuel oil, in power stations, despite its harmful impact on health and the environment
Cop27 bulletin: Biden brings crumbs of support
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Latin America closes ranks at Cop27 around climate finance
Debt and climate shocks, combined with political shifts, have united historically left- and rightwing countries behind common asks
Cop27 bulletin: Everybody needs good neighbours
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Vulnerable nations publish climate spending wish-lists
Over 30 countries are putting together “prosperity plans” – but their priorities are not always the same as funders’
Cop27 bulletin: Could polluter taxes fund loss and damage?
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John Kerry’s offsets plan sets early test for UN net zero standards
The US special envoy wants to use carbon credits to speed up the clean energy transition – but experts are sceptical the scheme can meet best practice.
Cop27 bulletin: Meet Africa’s biggest gas fan
UN bodies are partnering with NJ Ayuk, an oil and gas lobbyist with a murky past, on a flagship African energy initiative
Cop27 bulletin: Welcome to Sharm el-Sheikh
While delegates were greeted with hotel price-gouging on Sunday, vulnerable nations scored a win on the Cop27 agenda
See you in court: how climate lawsuits could sharpen Cop27 loss and damage talks
If international solidarity with climate victims falls short, litigation offers a vital but imperfect avenue for compensation