Rich nations hit brakes on climate aid to poor at UN talks
2 years, 6 months ago

Rich nations hit brakes on climate aid to poor at UN talks

Associated Press  

BERLIN — Rich countries including the European Union and the United States have pushed back against efforts to put financial help for poor nations suffering the devastating effects of global warming firmly on the agenda for this year’s U.N. climate summit. Observers and campaigners attending a ten-day preparatory meeting in Bonn, Germany, that’s wrapping up Thursday expressed frustration at the resistance shown by developed nations to formally discussing how poor countries can get more aid when they’re hit by climate disasters. “Rich countries, particularly the EU, spiked the discussion about loss and damage at every single turn,” said Teresa Anderson of the campaign group ActionAid International. Those hopes were fueled last month, when officials from the Group of Seven leading economies for the first time acknowledged the need for more public and private money to avert and address the “adverse impacts of climate change.” The meeting in Bonn, which is home to the U.N. climate office, was designed to lay the foundations for the upcoming climate summit in Egypt’s seaside resort of Sharm-el-Sheikh in November.

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Climate-threatened nations stage protest at COP29 over contentious deal
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Climate-threatened nations stage protest at COP29 over contentious deal

The Hindu  

The world’s most climate-imperilled nations stormed out of consultations in protest at the deadlocked UN COP29 conference on Saturday, as simmering tensions over a hard-fought finance deal erupted into the open. An unpublished version of the final text circulating in Baku, and seen by AFP, proposes that rich nations raise to $300 billion a year by 2035 their commitment to …

Protesters gather at UN climate talks in global day of action as progress on a deal slows
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Protesters gather at UN climate talks in global day of action as progress on a deal slows

The Independent  

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Protesters gather at UN climate talks in global day of action as progress on a deal slows
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Protesters gather at UN climate talks in global day of action as progress on a deal slows

Associated Press  

BAKU, Azerbaijan — Hundreds of activists formed a human chain outside one of the main plenary halls at the United Nations climate summit on what is traditionally their biggest protest day during the two-week talks. The demonstration in Baku, Azerbaijan was echoed at sites around the world in a global “day of action” for climate justice that’s become an annual …

World leaders urged to fund anticipatory climate actions
1 month, 3 weeks ago

World leaders urged to fund anticipatory climate actions

China Daily  

A night view shows the venue of the United Nations climate change conference, known as COP29, in Baku, Azerbaijan, Nov 11, 2024. As global leaders convene for the UN Climate Change Conference, or COP29, in Azerbaijan's capital Baku, an NGO has warned of increasing climate-driven disasters that are disproportionately affecting Africa. In a statement published on Monday, the IRC said …

UN climate talks to focus on money to help poor nations cut carbon pollution
1 month, 4 weeks ago

UN climate talks to focus on money to help poor nations cut carbon pollution

Associated Press  

BAKU, Azerbaijan — A complex international two-week-long game of climate change poker is convening. Curbing and coping with climate change’s worsening heat, floods, droughts and storms will cost trillions of dollars and poor nations just don’t have it, numerous reports and experts calculate. As United Nations climate negotiations started Monday in Baku, Azerbaijan, the chief issue is who must ante …

UN climate talks to focus on money to help poor nations cut carbon pollution
1 month, 4 weeks ago

UN climate talks to focus on money to help poor nations cut carbon pollution

The Independent  

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UN climate talks leader says financial help for poor nations is urgent goal of negotiations
5 months, 3 weeks ago

UN climate talks leader says financial help for poor nations is urgent goal of negotiations

Associated Press  

The head of upcoming climate negotiations told world leaders Wednesday that a new financial aid package for poor and disaster-struck nations is the urgent, make-or-break goal of United Nations talks this fall. “Beryl is yet more painful proof,” Stiell, executive secretary of the UN’s climate agency, said from the remnants of a neighbor’s house that had lost its roof and …

Next UN climate talks are critical to plot aid for poorer nations, says incoming president
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Next UN climate talks are critical to plot aid for poorer nations, says incoming president

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The man who will run United Nations climate talks this November views the negotiations as a key link in international efforts to curb global warming. The conference in Baku, Azerbaijan, must build on last year’s successful agreement to transition away from fossil fuels, said Mukhtar Babayev, Azerbaijan’s environment minister who will serve as conference president of the talks …

UN climate chief’s blunt message: Fewer loopholes, way more cash to really halt climate change
11 months ago

UN climate chief’s blunt message: Fewer loopholes, way more cash to really halt climate change

Associated Press  

To keep Earth from overheating too much, the nations of the world need to put fewer loopholes in climate agreements and far more money — trillions of dollars a year — into financial help for poor nations, the United Nations climate chief said Friday. “We need torrents — not trickles — of climate finance.” United Nations climate officials emphasized the …

Heard at UN climate talks: Quotes that tell the story
1 year ago

Heard at UN climate talks: Quotes that tell the story

Associated Press  

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Over 14 days of U.N. climate talks, delegates from nearly 200 countries debated, made proposals, lobbed criticisms and did their best to convince each other how best to stop the planet from warming at a dangerous pace. __ “At the start of COP27 in Egypt last year, many people said it wouldn’t be agreed, let …

Impasse broken on climate fund before COP28 but tough road ahead
1 year, 2 months 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 …

Rich nations urged to pay $13 trillion in pledges to Global South
1 year, 7 months ago

Rich nations urged to pay $13 trillion in pledges to Global South

Al Jazeera  

Developed countries promised in 2009 to transfer $100bn annually between 2020 and 2025 to climate-vulnerable states – but that target has not been met, British charity Oxfam says. Rich G7 nations owe poor ones an estimated $13 trillion in unpaid development aid as well as support in the fight against climate change, British charity Oxfam says. “Wealthy G7 countries like …

As climate woes worsen, Africa's economies suffer, UN says
1 year, 9 months ago

As climate woes worsen, Africa's economies suffer, UN says

The Independent  

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African activists cast doubt over climate talks' credibility
1 year, 11 months ago

African activists cast doubt over climate talks' credibility

The Independent  

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A deepening climate divide
2 years, 1 month ago

A deepening climate divide

Hindustan Times  

This year’s annual United Nations Climate Conference ended in Egypt’s Sharm El Sheikh late on Saturday, taking, in partic-ular, a significant step by setting up a Loss and Damage fund. Formalised in 1992, CBDR means all countries are responsible for tackling the climate crisis, but not equally — poorer nations have a legitimate interest in first bringing populations up to …

EXPLAINER: How will UN climate deal on loss and damage work?
2 years, 1 month ago

EXPLAINER: How will UN climate deal on loss and damage work?

Associated Press  

SHARM el-SHEIKH, Egypt — The decision Sunday by nations around the world to establish a fund to help poor countries hit hard by a warming planet was one of the most significant since U.N. climate talks began 30 years ago. HISTORY In the early 1990s, the Alliance of Small Island States, a group of low-lying coastal and small island countries, …

UN climate deal: Calamity cash, but no new emissions cuts
2 years, 1 month ago

UN climate deal: Calamity cash, but no new emissions cuts

Associated Press  

SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt — For the first time, the nations of the world decided to help pay for the damage an overheating world is inflicting on poor countries, but they finished marathon climate talks on Sunday without further addressing the root cause of those disasters — the burning of fossil fuels. “We have finally responded to the call of hundreds …

Fight over aid for climate losses divides UN talks
2 years, 1 month ago

Fight over aid for climate losses divides UN talks

Associated Press  

SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt — With an end-of-the-week deadline rushing at them faster than agreements are coming out of them, negotiators at the U.N. climate summit were in a difficult spot Wednesday. Former Irish President Mary Robinson, who is also chair of the Elders group of former global leaders, urged negotiators at the climate talks to take a “real decision” on …

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 …

Hundreds protest at UN summit, German gov’t voices concerns
2 years, 1 month ago

Hundreds protest at UN summit, German gov’t voices concerns

Associated Press  

SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt — Hundreds of environmental activists on Saturday called on industrialized nations at the U.N. climate summit in Egypt to pay for the impact of global warming, the largest demonstration yet that came as German officials raised concerns about possible surveillance and intimidation of delegates and other conference attendees. “We expect all participants in the U.N. climate conference …

African nations push for funding to adapt to climate change
2 years, 1 month ago

African nations push for funding to adapt to climate change

The Independent  

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As global climate conference opens, a fight brews over compensation — and justice
2 years, 2 months ago

As global climate conference opens, a fight brews over compensation — and justice

LA Times  

It was a total loss — the type usually glossed over in big, impersonal statistics like the estimated $40 billion in damage from floods that put one-third of Pakistan underwater over the summer. “Loss and damage is going to be the priority and the defining factor of whether or not COP27 succeeds,” said Kenyan climate activist Elizabeth Wathuti, referring to …

World in crisis a grim backdrop for UN climate talks
2 years, 2 months ago

World in crisis a grim backdrop for UN climate talks

Associated Press  

SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt — Envoys from around the globe gathered Sunday in the Egyptian seaside resort of Sharm el-Sheikh for talks on tackling climate change amid a multitude of competing crises, including the war in Ukraine, high inflation, food shortages and an energy crunch. “At long last, providing funding to address losses and damages from climate impacts is on the …

Poor nations to demand climate justice, finance at UN summit
2 years, 2 months ago

Poor nations to demand climate justice, finance at UN summit

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — The chair of an influential negotiating bloc in the upcoming United Nations climate summit in Egypt has called for compensation for poorer countries suffering from climate change to be high up on the agenda. Madeleine Diouf Sarr, who chairs the Least Developed Countries group, told The Associated Press that the November conference — known as COP27 — …

UN demands money for poor nations dealing with ‘climate chaos’
2 years, 3 months ago

UN demands money for poor nations dealing with ‘climate chaos’

Al Jazeera  

Climate talks known as COP27 in Egypt in November ‘must be the place for serious action on loss and damage’, UN chief says. In a speech to the General Assembly, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said UN climate talks known as COP27 opening in Egypt in November “must be the place for serious action on loss and damage”. ‘Paying a high price’ …

Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina denounces 'tragedy' of rich nations on climate
2 years, 3 months ago

Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina denounces 'tragedy' of rich nations on climate

Firstpost  

Bangladesh has produced a miniscule amount of the greenhouse gas emissions that have already contributed to the warming of the planet by an average of nearly 1.2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels New York, United States: A country of fertile, densely populated deltas, low-lying Bangladesh is among the most vulnerable nations in the world to climate change. They can talk …

UN urges rich countries for compensation to tackle loss from climate change
2 years, 3 months ago

UN urges rich countries for compensation to tackle loss from climate change

Hindustan Times  

From drought to floods and sea level rise, the cost of damage caused by climate change will only get higher as the world warms, sparking concerns from both top officials and activists about how to pay for it. Pakistan, along with dozens of other developing countries around the world, are scrambling to adapt to the effects of climate change, with …

As cost of climate change rises, UN urges compensation
2 years, 3 months ago

As cost of climate change rises, UN urges compensation

Associated Press  

From drought to floods and sea level rise, the cost of damage caused by climate change will only get higher as the world warms, sparking concerns from both top officials and activists about how to pay for it. Pakistan, along with dozens of other developing countries around the world, are scrambling to adapt to the effects of climate change, with …

As Africa’s climate warms, rich countries pledge more funds
2 years, 4 months ago

As Africa’s climate warms, rich countries pledge more funds

Associated Press  

MOMBASA, Kenya — Rich countries said they will spend about $25 billion by 2025 to boost Africa’s efforts to adapt to climate change as the continent continues to struggle with drought, cyclones and extreme heat, according to officials at a summit in Rotterdam in the Netherlands on Monday. “Africa does not have the resources to tackle climate change,” Akinwumi Adesina, …

Climate aid, war fallout feature at Berlin climate talks
2 years, 5 months ago

Climate aid, war fallout feature at Berlin climate talks

Associated Press  

BERLIN — Officials from 40 countries met Monday in Berlin to discuss how to stay focused on fighting the increasing impacts of climate change while the world reels from the economic fallout of the pandemic and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The U.N. secretary general admonished countries to take action instead of playing a “blame game.” European nations vowed to fulfill …

UN: Africa, already suffering from warming, will see worse
2 years, 10 months ago

UN: Africa, already suffering from warming, will see worse

The Independent  

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Why are poorer countries bearing the brunt of climate crisis?
3 years, 1 month ago

Why are poorer countries bearing the brunt of climate crisis?

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 Low-income nations are more exposed to environmental hazards and pollution and have a harder time …

Climate talks struggle with gap between rich, poor nations
3 years, 1 month ago

Climate talks struggle with gap between rich, poor nations

Deccan Chronicle  

Glasgow: Large rifts remain as United Nations climate talks tick down to a Friday deadline. The United Nations has three goals out of Glasgow, which so far are all out of reach: cutting carbon dioxide emissions in half by 2030; rich nations giving poor countries $100 billion a year for combating climate change; and ensuring that half of that money …

Fragile countries must be supported in tackling the climate crisis
3 years, 2 months ago

Fragile countries must be supported in tackling the climate crisis

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. As global warming threatens to spiral out of control, bringing with it increasingly extreme weather and climate shocks, the …

UN, US officials urge action to avert climate disaster
3 years, 2 months ago

UN, US officials urge action to avert climate disaster

Associated Press  

BERLIN — The U.N.'s top human rights official and U.S. President Joe Biden’s climate envoy called Thursday for countries to step up the fight against global warming, describing it as an issue of sheer survival for humankind. In a statement ahead of the U.N. climate summit in Glasgow, the global body’s High Commissioner for Human Rights said “only urgent, priority …

World set to miss goal of $100B climate aid pledged to poor
3 years, 2 months ago

World set to miss goal of $100B climate aid pledged to poor

Associated Press  

BERLIN — A target for rich countries to provide poor nations with $100 billion in aid each year to tackle global warming will be missed, dealing a blow to the upcoming U.N. climate talks in Glasgow. “But the result we have now is not bad enough not to be constructive in Glasgow.” But Mohamed Adow, a long-time observer of U.N. …

Over 100 million people in Africa threatened by climate change
3 years, 2 months ago

Over 100 million people in Africa threatened by climate change

Al Jazeera  

WMO report warns 1.3 billion people remain ‘extremely vulnerable’ as the continent warms more and at a faster rate than global average. A new report by the United Nations has warned that more than 100 million “extremely poor” people across Africa are threatened by accelerating climate change that could also melt away the continent’s few glaciers within two decades. The …

Madagascar famine becomes first in history to be caused solely by climate crisis
3 years, 5 months ago

Madagascar famine becomes first in history to be caused solely by climate crisis

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. World Food Programme Executive Director David Beasley explained that he had met women and children who had “walked for …

Why rich nations are feeling the heat on climate funding ahead of G7 summit
3 years, 8 months ago

Why rich nations are feeling the heat on climate funding ahead of G7 summit

The Independent  

In a speech made to other leaders on Thursday, Boris Johnson called on all rich nations to “put our money where our mouth is” when it comes to funding climate action. As the host of both the upcoming G7 summit in June and a key set of climate talks in November, the UK is attempting to lead the charge on …

World Headed For ‘Climate Apartheid,’ UN Expert Warns
5 years, 6 months ago

World Headed For ‘Climate Apartheid,’ UN Expert Warns

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING When Superstorm Sandy slammed into the U.S. East Coast in October 2012, low-income communities in New York and New Jersey were the hardest hit. This scene of economic disparity during a natural disaster is highlighted in a new United Nations report that warns “human rights might not survive the coming upheaval” from global climate change. “We risk …

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