Category: Global climate talks

Cop27: members ‘deeply disappointed’ by summit outcomes despite historic loss and damage fund – live

Despite breakthrough on fund for developing nations, Cop27 outcomes look disappointingly similar to last year’s climate summit in ScotlandThe main sticking point of Cop27 has been over the creation of a loss and damage...

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Fears 1.5C target in danger as Cop27 negotiations overrun – live

After two weeks of negotiations, talks have been extended with countries unable to reach agreement on FridayAsad Rehman, director of War on Want and one of the most outspoken figures at the climate talks, takes issue with EU...

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‘Fight of our lives’: what happened on the first day of Cop27?

From a bombastic Boris Johnson speech to an impassioned plea from the Barbados PM, here’s how first full day played outCop27 live – latest news updatesOn a jam-packed first full day, we heard from António...

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Ratchets, phase-downs and a fragile agreement: how Cop26 played out

Last-minute hitch on coal almost reduced Alok Sharma to tears as Glasgow climate pact made imperfect progressAs weary delegates trudged into the Scottish Event Campus on the banks of the Clyde on Saturday, few realised what a...

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Europe’s record summer ‘impossible’ without global heating

Cop26 countries must take action to stop record heat becoming an annual event, say expertsWhat is Cop26 and why does it matter? The complete guideThe heatwaves and wildfires that caused devastation in Europe this summer would...

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No formal Cop26 role for big oil amid doubts over firms’ net zero plans

Officials from fossil fuel firms oil may attend fringe events but campaigners hail lack of official roleFossil fuel firms will have no official role in the Cop26 climate summit, it can be revealed, amid growing concern among UK...

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Worst polluting countries must make drastic carbon cuts, says Cop26 chief

Alok Sharma says chance to limit worst impacts of climate breakdown ‘still achievable, but retreating fast’ The world’s biggest emitters of greenhouse gases must produce clear plans to cut their carbon output...

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Boris Johnson accused of climate crisis complacency after IPCC report

PM says UN report is ‘sobering reading’ but Labour say he is ‘failing to treat the crisis with the seriousness it deserves’Major climate changes inevitable and irreversible – IPCC’s starkest...

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