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The post ‘Don’t fail us’ – Climate Weekly appeared first on Climate Home News.

US and Saudi Arabia want a bottom-up deal focused on recycling, while a “high ambition coalition” wants top-down curbs on plastic production

The post Battle lines drawn in talks on new plastics treaty appeared first on Climate Home News.

From 2025, the entire country is expected to run on 100% clean electricity for hours then days at a time, raising new engineering challenges

The post ‘Unparalleled in the world’: Australian grid operator maps path to 100% renewables appeared first on Climate Home News.

The Pacific island nation says 100 countries back its call for the International Court of Justice to advise on states’ climate obligations

The post Vanuatu publishes draft resolution seeking climate justice at UN court appeared first on Climate Home News.

While there is a case for South Korea, UAE and Israel to join the donor pool, whichever way you measure it the US should pay more

The post Who should pay for loss and damage? Spoiler: not China appeared first on Climate Home News.

The Cop27 summit won a breakthrough for those on the frontlines of the climate emergency. Cop28 must herald the end of oil and gas

The post The climate vulnerable are starting to roar appeared first on Climate Home News.

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The post ‘I’m too tired’ – Climate Weekly appeared first on Climate Home News.

After two grueling nights of overtime in Sharm el-Sheikh, the blame game began, with allegations of stonewalling and hypocrisy

The post Late-night fossil fuel fight leaves bitter taste after Cop27 appeared first on Climate Home News.

European governments are abandoning a treaty that has become a barrier to climate action, but legal hurdles remain

The post Energy Charter Treaty exodus shows a global power shift appeared first on Climate Home News.

A shortage of weather stations across Africa shouldn’t stop climate victims accessing critical funds, scientists say

The post Scientists warn data gaps can’t block loss and damage appeared first on Climate Home News.

Cop15 biodiversity negotiations in Montreal next month will determine how the world halts and reverses nature loss

The post UN nature pact nears its ‘Copenhagen or Paris’ moment appeared first on Climate Home News.

The Sharm el-Sheikh Implementation Plan made a breakthrough on support for climate victims, but avoided confronting the oil and gas sector

The post What was decided at Cop27 climate talks in Sharm el-Sheikh? appeared first on Climate Home News.

At dawn on Sunday, exhausted negotiators accepted a climate deal in Sharm el-Sheikh that paves the way to a fund for climate victims but falls short on mitigation

The post In low-energy finish, oil and gas escape censure at Cop27 appeared first on Climate Home News.

In a breakthrough at Sharm el-Sheikh talks, the EU agreed to back a dedicated fund for climate-related loss and damage

The post EU-developing countries’ Cop27 deal offers hope to climate victims appeared first on Climate Home News.

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The post Cop27 bulletin: John Kerry has Covid appeared first on Climate Home News.

Companies and countries could take credit for the same tonne of CO2 cut under rules being negotiated in Sharm el-Sheikh

The post Greenwash alert as Cop27 draft allows double claiming of carbon credits appeared first on Climate Home News.

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The post Cop27 bulletin: Tensions finally surface appeared first on Climate Home News.

China, the world’s largest methane emitter, is yet to sign a pledge to reduce emissions of the greenhouse gas 30% by 2030

The post China’s surprise visit to US-EU event hints at cooperation on methane appeared first on Climate Home News.

Sharm el-Sheikh talks are expected to approve a series of matchmaking events between investors, governments and project developers

The post Cop27 tees up speed dating for climate investment deals appeared first on Climate Home News.

The results of the US midterm elections make it harder for president Joe Biden to meet his promise to developing countries

The post Republican gains quash hopes of US delivering on climate finance appeared first on Climate Home News.