‘Not enough for people and planet’: Critics denounce COP27 deal
2 years, 1 month ago

‘Not enough for people and planet’: Critics denounce COP27 deal

Al Jazeera  

While a climate fund for poorer nations was established, ‘no progress’ was made to reduce emissions and abandon fossil fuels. “No progress” was made on making additional efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and abandoning fossil fuels, Energy Minister Agnes Pannier-Runacher said in a statement, regretting a “real disappointment” but welcoming the “loss and damage” fund for nations vulnerable to climate change. The deal does not expand on last year’s call to phase down global use of “unabated coal” even though India and other countries pushed to include oil and natural gas in language from Glasgow. And the energy text weakened in the final minutes.” And in his remarks to negotiators, UN climate chief Simon Stiell, who hails from Grenada, called on the world “to move away from fossil fuels, including coal oil and gas”. “Quite a few positives to celebrate amidst the gloom and doom” of not cutting emissions fast enough, said climate scientist Maarten van Aalst of the Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Center, which responds to climate disasters.

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Climate Change and You: Kicking the can at COP
2 weeks, 5 days ago

Climate Change and You: Kicking the can at COP

Live Mint  

To subscribe to this fortnightly newsletter and get it in your inbox, Dear Reader, Welcome to the second issue of Mint’s fortnightly newsletter, Climate Change and You. The first dispatch, written by my colleague Bibek Bhattacharya, was a backgrounder on the state of global climate, the consequences of global average temperatures overshooting the 1.5 degrees Celsius target and India’s progress …

Cop29 climate deal worth £240BILLION is finally struck but excludes China - as developing countries say the sum is 'too little, too late'
1 month ago

Cop29 climate deal worth £240BILLION is finally struck but excludes China - as developing countries say the sum is 'too little, too late'

Daily Mail  

Wealthy countries yesterday agreed to triple the amount of aid they pay to developing nations to tackle climate change in a last-minute deal at the Cop29 summit. But climate groups labelled the funding agreement, designed to help developing nations combat global warming and to modernise their economies, a ‘drop in the ocean’ of rising seawaters. Yalchin Rafiyev, Azerbaijan's COP29 lead …

Cop29 climate deal criticised as a ‘death sentence for millions’
1 month ago

Cop29 climate deal criticised as a ‘death sentence for millions’

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Campaigners have hit out at a “woefully inadequate” financial package for …

Cop29 secures last minute $300bn climate finance deal as talks saved from collapse
1 month ago

Cop29 secures last minute $300bn climate finance deal as talks saved from collapse

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. open image in gallery Activists participated in demonstrations for climate finance at the Cop29 summit “This deal will keep …

Cop29 draft deal on verge of collapse as small island nations walk out
1 month ago

Cop29 draft deal on verge of collapse as small island nations walk out

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The latest Cop29 draft deal on climate finance is thought to have been firmly rejected …

COP29 talks struggle in a year of climate stress and global bickering
1 month, 1 week ago

COP29 talks struggle in a year of climate stress and global bickering

The Hindu  

This year’s U.N. climate summit is struggling to focus minds on the health of the planet, with turbulent geopolitics, a confrontational host and the reelection of U.S. climate skeptic Donald Trump stealing the limelight. On Friday, midway through the two-week summit, a group of former leaders, climate experts and scientists published an open letter calling for the COP process to …

CoP-29: Prospects of a climate breakthrough look extremely bleak
1 month, 1 week ago

CoP-29: Prospects of a climate breakthrough look extremely bleak

Live Mint  

Has there ever been a grimmer backdrop to the world’s most concerted attempt to avert global warming? We’ve only got 7 years left of current-rate pollution to retain an even chance of keeping global warming below 1.5° Celsius. The main reason Kyoto failed to rein in global emissions was that it didn’t cover emerging nations, something remedied in the 2015 …

Don’t applaud the COP28 climate summit’s loss and damage fund deal just yet – here’s what’s missing
1 year ago

Don’t applaud the COP28 climate summit’s loss and damage fund deal just yet – here’s what’s missing

The Hindu  

Shortly after the opening ceremony of the 2023 United Nations climate negotiations in Dubai, delegates of nations around the world rose in a standing ovation to celebrate a long-awaited agreement to launch a loss and damage fund to help vulnerable countries recover from climate-related disasters. A brief history of loss and damage “Breakthrough” was the term often used to describe …

Opinion: COP28 has become a shameless exercise in the fight against climate change. But can we afford to walk out?
1 year ago

Opinion: COP28 has become a shameless exercise in the fight against climate change. But can we afford to walk out?

LA Times  

As the 28th United Nations climate summit draws to a close in Dubai, after another year of devastating heat waves, droughts, wildfires, storms and record high global temperatures, the entire process is threatening to break down. He also stated in an interview that there is “no science” showing that a phase out of fossil fuels is required to limit warming …

Impasse broken on climate fund before COP28 but tough road ahead
1 year, 1 month ago

Impasse broken on climate fund before COP28 but tough road ahead

The Hindu  

The fifth meeting of a 24-member U.N. committee tasked with designing the fund concluded in Abu Dhabi over the weekend, with support for a “take-it-or-leave-it” deal that would make the World Bank the interim home of the fund and encourage - but not oblige - all countries to contribute to it. It would aim to divert billions of dollars towards …

Climate ‘loss and damage’ talks ahead of COP28 end in failure
1 year, 2 months ago

Climate ‘loss and damage’ talks ahead of COP28 end in failure

The Hindu  

A crucial meeting on climate "loss and damages" ahead of COP28 ended in failure on Saturday, with countries from the global north and south unable to reach an agreement, according to sources involved in the talks. The agreement to set up a dedicated fund to help vulnerable countries cope with climate "loss and damage" was a flagship achievement of last …

After Cop27 – what next for the battle against the climate crisis?
2 years ago

After Cop27 – what next for the battle against the climate crisis?

The Independent  

Our planet is still in the emergency room – this was the parting shot of the UN secretary general, Antonio Guterres, at the end of the Cop27 climate summit in Egypt. If loss and damage was the crowning achievement of Cop27, it is widely accepted that the summit failed to make meaningful progress to reduce emissions The agreement also calls …

The dust has settled on Cop27. Here’s what we can make of its failures
2 years ago

The dust has settled on Cop27. Here’s what we can make of its failures

The Independent  

It’s been a few weeks since the final gavel came down on Cop27, the United Nations’ annual climate conference, held this time around in Sharm el-Sheikh. There was progress in the shape of a historic “loss and damage” fund – long called for by countries already bearing the brunt of severe climate impacts. There was also a very real fear …

COP27 flinched on phasing out ‘all fossil fuels’ — what’s next?
2 years ago

COP27 flinched on phasing out ‘all fossil fuels’ — what’s next?

Salon  

The latest UN climate change summit concluded, once again, with a tussle over the place of fossil fuels in the global economy. But at COP27, widespread anxieties about the cost and availability of energy made many governments cautious about expressing a clear intention to phase out all fossil fuels in the resulting agreement. Despite large planned increases in fossil fuel …

COP27 fails to improve on COP26 but loss and damage fund the saving grace
2 years ago

COP27 fails to improve on COP26 but loss and damage fund the saving grace

The Hindu  

Published : Nov 29, 2022 14:31 IST Some 30 years ago, in 1991, the Pacific island nation of Vanuatu put the term “loss and damage” on the table of the UN climate negotiations, which finally saw some tangible progress at the 27th session of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. The Glasgow declaration …

COP27 'lacked real progress'
2 years, 1 month ago

COP27 'lacked real progress'

China Daily  

Experts say fossil fuel, climate change should have been major focus at event A logo of the COP 27 summit. Climate scientists have warned that the Paris Agreement remains in serious jeopardy after negotiations at the COP27 climate conference went too easy on fossil fuels. The United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP27, wrapped up in Sharm El-Sheikh, …

COP27 ‘loss and damage’ fund: What does South Asia have to gain from it?
2 years, 1 month ago

COP27 ‘loss and damage’ fund: What does South Asia have to gain from it?

The Hindu  

Published : Nov 22, 2022 15:11 IST Countries that participated in this year’s UN climate summit in the Egyptian resort city of Sharm el-Sheikh agreed on November 20 to set up a “loss and damage” fund to help developing and climate-vulnerable countries overcome the devastating effects of worsening weather extremes. “Countries must now work together to ensure that the new …

Earth is still 'on the brink of climate catastrophe' after the COP27 deal
2 years, 1 month ago

Earth is still 'on the brink of climate catastrophe' after the COP27 deal

Daily Mail  

This includes those on phasing out fossil fuels and greenhouse gas emissions However, some attendees were 'disappointed' by other 'weakened' pledges This will give financial aid to poorer countries more vulnerable to climate change The planet remains 'on the brink of climate catastrophe' after a deal was struck at the end of the COP27 summit yesterday, according to climate experts. …

COP27: What is the UN loss and damage fund and how will it work?
2 years, 1 month ago

COP27: What is the UN loss and damage fund and how will it work?

Firstpost  

The establishment of a fund to help poor nations getting hit hard by extreme weather events was one of the most significant decisions to come out of US climate talks in the last 30 years Sharm el-Sheikh: The decision on Sunday by nations around the world to establish a fund to help poor countries hit hard by a warming planet …

COP27: How politics put climate on back-burner at fraught summit
2 years, 1 month ago

COP27: How politics put climate on back-burner at fraught summit

Hindustan Times  

Several countries and blocs involved in negotiations at the UN Climate Conference sought to reopen texts that had already been agreed upon and leaked discussions that were not held widely among parties, people who were part of the 13-day talks that culminated on Saturday said. Delegates applaud after COP27 president Sameh Shoukry delivers a statement during the closing plenary at …

Cop27: Historic deal to create loss and damage fund
2 years, 1 month ago

Cop27: Historic deal to create loss and damage fund

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The final deal reaffirms what was said in the Glasgow agreement, resolving to “pursue further efforts to limit the …

Dutch climate minister says Cop27 results are 'extremely disappointing'
2 years, 1 month ago

Dutch climate minister says Cop27 results are 'extremely disappointing'

Dutch News  

Dutch climate minister Rob Jetten has described the lack of progress at the climate talks in Sharm El-sheikh after ‘two difficult weeks’ as ‘extremely disappointing’. ‘This is extremely disappointing.’ The 27th United Nations climate summit, hosted by Egypt, focused on measures to implement current agreements, such as the 1.5 degree limit to global warming, as well as climate adaptation. There …

Dutch climate minister says Cop27 results are 'extremely disappointing'
2 years, 1 month ago

Dutch climate minister says Cop27 results are 'extremely disappointing'

Dutch News  

Dutch climate minister Rob Jetten has described the lack of progress at the climate talks in Sharm El-sheikh after ‘two difficult weeks’ as ‘extremely disappointing’. ‘This is extremely disappointing.’ The 27th United Nations climate summit, hosted by Egypt, focused on measures to implement current agreements, such as the 1.5 degree limit to global warming, as well as climate adaptation. There …

COP27: UN Summit Adopts Final Statement Urging 'Rapid' Emissions Cuts After Consensus On 'Loss And Damage' Fund
2 years, 1 month ago

COP27: UN Summit Adopts Final Statement Urging 'Rapid' Emissions Cuts After Consensus On 'Loss And Damage' Fund

ABP News  

New Delhi: The United Nations' COP27 climate summit on Sunday adopted a final statement urging 'rapid' emissions cuts, news agency AFP reported. According to news agency PTI, experts said no reference to oil and natural gas -- on which developed countries depend -- in the text is not in the interest of climate action and makes it convenient for the …

COP27 establishes ‘Loss and Damages’ fund for climate reparations
2 years, 1 month ago

COP27 establishes ‘Loss and Damages’ fund for climate reparations

The Hindu  

Delegates at the U.N.’s climate conference in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt thrashed out an agreement on Sunday to establish a ‘Loss and Damages’ fund to compensate the most vulnerable countries for damages from climate-linked disasters, after nearly 40 hours of negotiation beyond the prescribed Friday deadline. Crucial questions — such as who will manage this fund, whether contributions are expected from …

COP27: Timmermans & Rutte disappointed with outcome of UN climate summit
2 years, 1 month ago

COP27: Timmermans & Rutte disappointed with outcome of UN climate summit

NL Times  

The COP27 climate agreement in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, ended in disappointment for the European Union, said Frans Timmermans, the European Commissioner and Vice-President of the European Commission. During the extension of the climate summit, the nearly two hundred countries still had to reach an agreement on many points. At the UN climate summit, nearly two hundred countries agreed to set …

What are people saying about the COP27 deal?
2 years, 1 month ago

What are people saying about the COP27 deal?

Al Jazeera  

Countries have adopted a fund to help poor countries affected by disasters, but no efforts made to tackle emissions. We should have done much more, our citizens expect us to lead.” “Too many parties are not ready to make more progress today in the fight against the climate crisis.” Ani Dasgupta, president and CEO, World Resources Institute “It is mind-boggling …

COP27: Rich nations agree on 'loss and damage' climate aid to poor in landmark deal
2 years, 1 month ago

COP27: Rich nations agree on 'loss and damage' climate aid to poor in landmark deal

India Today  

A historic deal has been reached at the 27th United Nations Climate Change Conference commonly known as COP27 to create a fund to compensate poor nations that are victims of extreme weather. This is because rich nations want developing nations to cut down emissions in the coming decade to meet climate targets under the Paris accord. The deal will ensure …

COP27 | U.N. climate talks poised for deal creating ‘loss and damage’ fund
2 years, 1 month ago

COP27 | U.N. climate talks poised for deal creating ‘loss and damage’ fund

The Hindu  

Delegates at the U. N. climate conference in Sharm El-Sheikh continue to negotiate a final agreement, with the latest draft suggesting the creation of a fund to compensate a section of developing countries for the damage already done by disasters linked to climate change. “This is how a 30-year-old journey of ours has finally, we hope, found fruition today,” said …

Science-Wise: No COP27 for Poor Nations? Silence on Phasing Down Fossil Fuels May Delay Climate Action
2 years, 1 month ago

Science-Wise: No COP27 for Poor Nations? Silence on Phasing Down Fossil Fuels May Delay Climate Action

News 18  

After two weeks of intense negotiations among 190 nations to finalise a strong global climate deal, the 27th United Nations Climate Summit — COP27 — is finally drawing to a close. It has been over a decade since the rich nations, who continue to emit and disproportionately consume the global carbon budget, committed to providing $100 billion a year to …

‘Loss and damage’ negotiations dominate COP27’s final day
2 years, 1 month ago

‘Loss and damage’ negotiations dominate COP27’s final day

Al Jazeera  

Crucial climate talks in Egypt to run past deadline as key issues including funds to help victim nations remain pending. EU climate chief Frans Timmermans said the bloc’s proposal on funding for loss and damage and mitigation was “a final offer” that sought to “find a compromise” between countries. But I hope we can avoid that.” ‘No money in the …

COP27 Climate Talks Reach Crunch Time with Big Rifts Remaining
2 years, 1 month ago

COP27 Climate Talks Reach Crunch Time with Big Rifts Remaining

News 18  

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged world governments to “stand and deliver” a strong climate deal at the COP27 summit in Egypt on Thursday as negotiators remained far apart on key issues a day before the agreement’s deadline. The world is watching and has a simple message: stand and deliver.” “We are at crunch time in the negotiations.” The first draft …

COP27 | ‘Stand and deliver’, U.N. chief tells faltering climate summit
2 years, 1 month ago

COP27 | ‘Stand and deliver’, U.N. chief tells faltering climate summit

The Hindu  

Negotiators at the COP27 climate summit in Egypt must overcome a "breakdown in trust" between rich and poor nations to deliver a deal to save the world from the worst of global warming, U.N. chief Antonio Guterres said on Thursday. His speech was intended to rally negotiators that have become stuck on issues from whether a fund should be established …

Vulnerable countries demand progress on climate change loss and damage fund
2 years, 1 month ago

Vulnerable countries demand progress on climate change loss and damage fund

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Small island developing states will no longer stand for delay on loss and damage finance Molwyn Joseph, Aosis chairman …

Cop27 loss and damage: Fight over human harm, huge climate costs
2 years, 1 month ago

Cop27 loss and damage: Fight over human harm, huge climate costs

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “Loss and damage is going …

Takeaways: Calls for reparations, emissions cuts at COP27
2 years, 1 month ago

Takeaways: Calls for reparations, emissions cuts at COP27

Associated Press  

SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt — The first full day of the year’s most important summit on climate change, known as COP27, got underway on Monday with urgent calls by leaders to slash greenhouse gas emissions as the planet warms and severe weather events become more frequent and destructive. “Climate change will never stop without our intervention,” said Egyptian President Abdel Fattah …

COP27 | We’re on a highway to climate hell, U.N.’s Guterres warns
2 years, 1 month ago

COP27 | We’re on a highway to climate hell, U.N.’s Guterres warns

The Hindu  

United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres told countries gathered at the start of the COP27 summit in Egypt on November 7 they face a stark choice: work together now to cut emissions or condemn future generations to climate catastrophe. Read | The real issue at COP27 is energy equity "Humanity has a choice: cooperate or perish,” Mr. Guterres told delegates …

COP27 | U.N. climate talks open in Egypt, climate compensation on agenda for first time
2 years, 1 month ago

COP27 | U.N. climate talks open in Egypt, climate compensation on agenda for first time

The Hindu  

Delegates at the the U.N.’s COP27 climate summit in Egypt agreed after late-night talks to put the delicate issue of whether rich nations should compensate poor countries most vulnerable to climate change on the formal agenda for the first time. The loss and damage discussions now on the COP27 agenda will not guarantee compensation or necessarily acknowledge liability, but are …

Op-Ed: Is there still time for COP27 to hold back climate catastrophe?
2 years, 1 month ago

Op-Ed: Is there still time for COP27 to hold back climate catastrophe?

LA Times  

Following a year of horrific and deadly heat waves, floods, droughts and storms, global leaders will converge this week on Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt, for the 27th Conference of the Parties to the U.N. It’s worth a reminder that the goal of the original convention, first signed in 1992 and ratified by enough nations to hold the first COP in …

United Nations chief Antonio Guterres warns planet is heading toward ‘climate chaos’
2 years, 1 month ago

United Nations chief Antonio Guterres warns planet is heading toward ‘climate chaos’

The Hindu  

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned on November 3 that the planet is heading towards irreversible “climate chaos” and urged global leaders at the upcoming climate summit in Egypt to put the world back on track to cut emissions, keep promises on climate financing and help developing countries speed their transition to renewable energy. Framework Convention on Climate Change — better …

Climate Change: Show us the money, say developing countries
2 years, 1 month ago

Climate Change: Show us the money, say developing countries

Live Mint  

The UN Secretary General, António Guterres said it quite succinctly a few days ago: “We need a global surge in adaptation investment to save millions of lives from climate carnage. Every year, the impacts of the climate crisis—from wildfires to droughts to disastrous flooding and superstorms—are increasing manifold, and in order to cope with this reality, countries need to urgently …

COP26 was a flop but there is still hope
3 years, 1 month ago

COP26 was a flop but there is still hope

Al Jazeera  

The outcome of international climate summits has barely changed during the last few decades. The task of forging a global consensus on transformative mitigation strategies to the climate emergency somehow always eludes the participating parties, and the result is to keep kicking the can down the road as if to say, “Let future generations take care of the problem.” Unfortunately, …

U.K. PM says COP26 climate deal 'tinged with disappointment'
3 years, 1 month ago

U.K. PM says COP26 climate deal 'tinged with disappointment'

The Hindu  

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Sunday hailed a global accord to speed up action against climate change as "truly historic" and "the beginning of the end for coal power". But he said his "delight at this progress" at the UN COP26 summit in Glasgow was "tinged with disappointment" because of a failure to secure the agreement of all countries …

‘Meek and weak’ climate pact blasted for lack of urgency on emission cuts
3 years, 1 month ago

‘Meek and weak’ climate pact blasted for lack of urgency on emission cuts

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy World leaders have been accused of failing to live up to the scale of the …

COP26: Climate Deal Struck at Glasgow With India's Coal Pushback, UN Says 'Not Enough'
3 years, 1 month ago

COP26: Climate Deal Struck at Glasgow With India's Coal Pushback, UN Says 'Not Enough'

News 18  

Negotiators from nearly 200 countries have accepted a new climate agreement after the COP26 summit in Glasgow concluded its extra time plenary on Saturday with a deal, which recognises India’s intervention for the world to “phase down” rather than “phase out” fossil fuels. Several countries criticised the change on fossil fuels promoted by India, even as Union Environment Minister Bhupender …

COP26 deal | U.N. chief says ‘not enough’, warns ‘catastrophe’ close; Greta Thunberg denounces it
3 years, 1 month ago

COP26 deal | U.N. chief says ‘not enough’, warns ‘catastrophe’ close; Greta Thunberg denounces it

The Hindu  

United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres warned of an impending "climate catastrophe", while environmental campaigner Greta Thunberg dismissed Saturday's COP26 climate conference deal as "blah, blah, blah". "But today's agreement is a big step forward and, critically, we have the first ever international agreement to phase down coal and a roadmap to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees." A European …

‘Betrayal of people, planet’: World reacts to COP26 climate pact
3 years, 1 month ago

‘Betrayal of people, planet’: World reacts to COP26 climate pact

Al Jazeera  

Mixed reactions to Glasgow Climate Pact as UN, US, China welcome deal and activists denounce more ‘blah blah blah’ from two weeks of talks. “It’s time to go into emergency mode.” US climate envoy John Kerry welcomed the agreement, saying good compromises leave everyone slightly unsatisfied. “There’s still a long, long way to go before we can say we’ve dealt …

COP26 wraps with nations agreeing to deal aimed at averting climate catastrophe
3 years, 1 month ago

COP26 wraps with nations agreeing to deal aimed at averting climate catastrophe

India Today  

UN climate talks in Scotland ended with a global agreement that aimed at least to keep alive hopes of capping global warming at 1.5 degrees Celsius, and so maintain a realistic chance of saving the world from catastrophic climate change. The overarching aim set by conference host Britain was one that climate campaigners and vulnerable countries had found far too …

At COP26, nations strike climate deal that falls short
3 years, 1 month ago

At COP26, nations strike climate deal that falls short

Al Jazeera  

Revised deal was approved after last-minute change on coal, which drew complaints from vulnerable nations and others. pic.twitter.com/NluZWgOJ9p — António Guterres November 13, 2021 UN chief Antonio Guterres called the global deal “an important step” but said, “it’s not enough. United States climate envoy John Kerry said governments had no choice but to accept India’s coal language change: “If we …

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