How to travel without it costing the earth: Sign up to The Independent’s Climate Conversations event

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How to travel without it costing the earth: Sign up to The Independent’s Climate Conversations event

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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. Hosted by senior climate correspondent Louise Boyle, our panel includes some of the leading names in slow travel. Joining Anna and Mark for our event is The Independent’s Helen Coffey, the UK’s first travel editor to swear off flying. This is the first event in The Independent’s new Climate Conversations series, offering practical advice for tackling your carbon footprint, while asking the big questions about the powerful forces behind the climate crisis.

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Watch: Starmer unveils UK’s ambitious climate change goal at COP29 conference

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Watch: Starmer unveils UK’s ambitious climate change goal at COP29 conference

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Nominate your unsung climate hero for The Independent’s inaugural Climate 100 List

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Nominate your unsung climate hero for The Independent’s inaugural Climate 100 List

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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 Independent has launched its first ever Climate 100 List to celebrate those taking urgent …

Climate change activism is no longer enough – it’s time for us to become ‘doists’

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Climate change activism is no longer enough – it’s time for us to become ‘doists’

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Sustainable travel experts to discuss flight-free holidays

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Sustainable travel experts to discuss flight-free holidays

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How to sign up to The Independent’s free Climate newsletter

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‘We’re already in a living hell’: Greta Thunberg joins young climate activists outside Cop26 to demand faster action

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‘We’re already in a living hell’: Greta Thunberg joins young climate activists outside Cop26 to demand faster action

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Less meat and fewer flights needed to tackle climate change, world scientists say

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Less meat and fewer flights needed to tackle climate change, world scientists say

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Five climate commitments to you as we face the defining issue of our times

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Five climate commitments to you as we face the defining issue of our times

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Why The Independent is putting sustainability front and centre in our travel coverage

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Why The Independent is putting sustainability front and centre in our travel coverage

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Sign up to The Independent Climate Newsletter for free weekly updates on the environmental emergency

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How The Independent sounded the alarm over the climate crisis

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How The Independent sounded the alarm over the climate crisis

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Add carbon footprint labels to holidays, travel company urges

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Add carbon footprint labels to holidays, travel company urges

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I'm standing by Greta Thunberg for the next climate rally and you should be joining me

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Letters to the Editor: New EPA chief’s directives ‘will accelerate the rush toward climate catastrophe’

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Letters to the Editor: New EPA chief’s directives ‘will accelerate the rush toward climate catastrophe’

LA Times

To the editor: No, Administrator Lee Zeldin, the point of the Environmental Protection Agency is not to make cars cheaper or businesses more profitable. Science makes clear that slashing longstanding protections to “unleash” more extraction and burning of fossil fuels will accelerate the cascade toward climate catastrophe and threaten the future of humanity. To the editor: The anti-science leaders on …

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Climate inaction has made things worse, warns UN climate science panel chief

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Climate inaction has made things worse, warns UN climate science panel chief

India Today

Climate impacts are unfolding faster than expected and scientists have been surprised by the speed of temperature rise, the chief of the United Nations' climate science panel has said. In an interview with PTI on the sidelines of TERI's World Sustainable Development Summit, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Chair Jim Skea said the world is in a worse situation than …

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US skips key climate meet, fanning fears it will ditch UN framework

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US skips key climate meet, fanning fears it will ditch UN framework

Hindustan Times

New Delhi: The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ’s meeting in Hangzhou, China opened on Monday with reports that US has withdrawn from the seventh assessment cycle presently underway. IPCC, the main UN body for assessing the science related to climate change represented by hundreds of leading scientists globally, did not comment on US’s withdrawal immediately. Government support ensures the …

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Some people are losing family and friends over climate change denial — but they say facts matter

1 month ago

Some people are losing family and friends over climate change denial — but they say facts matter

Salon

In our divisive modern era, many people are losing family and friends over politics and the so-called culture war. Related How climate change became a pretext for fascism “He just keeps insisting on the bad farming methods, excessive use of chemicals, and flawed government policies that hinder his land's yield,” Shaikh told Salon. “She dismissed climate change as a ‘media …

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Trump bars federal scientists from working on pivotal global climate report

1 month, 1 week ago

Trump bars federal scientists from working on pivotal global climate report

CNN

CNN — The Trump administration told US government scientists working on a vital global climate report to stop their work, according to a scientist involved in the report – the latest move to withdraw the US from global climate action and research. The person involved in the report told CNN they were “not sure what this means for the planned …

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After LA Fires, Climate Experts Say There Is ‘No Safe Place in the US’

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After LA Fires, Climate Experts Say There Is ‘No Safe Place in the US’

Live Mint

-- Climate scientists are acutely aware of the devastation that a warming world can wreak on communities. “This event, for me, has destroyed any boundary between my work as a climate scientist and the rest of my life, my family, my friends,” Benjamin Hamlington, a research scientist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab, wrote in a LinkedIn post after his home …

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Climate change made the deadly Los Angeles wildfires more likely. And, the worst is yet to come

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Climate change made the deadly Los Angeles wildfires more likely. And, the worst is yet to come

The Independent

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National Climate Citizens’ Assembly convenes for first session

2 months, 1 week ago

National Climate Citizens’ Assembly convenes for first session

NL Times

The Nationaal Burgerberaad Klimaat held its inaugural meeting Saturday, bringing together 175 randomly selected citizens to discuss climate policy over the next six months. The discussions focus on three key areas, said Nienke Meijer, chair of the burgerberaad: “How can we eat, travel, and use goods in the Netherlands in ways that are better for the climate?” Participants include individuals …

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Investors urged to back climate adaption and resilience as roadmap unveiled

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Investors urged to back climate adaption and resilience as roadmap unveiled

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ISB professor picked as lead author for special UN report on climate change

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ISB professor picked as lead author for special UN report on climate change

Deccan Chronicle

Hyderabad: In what could be termed as an honour for the Indian School of Business, Prof. Anjal Prakash, Clinical Associate Professor and Research Director, Bharti Institute of Public Policy, has been selected as a lead author for the ensuing prestigious Special Report on Climate Change and Cities. Prof. Anjal is a part of the prestigious global group of 150 climate …

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It's Time to Rethink How We Approach One of the Biggest Issues of Our Time

2 months, 3 weeks ago

It's Time to Rethink How We Approach One of the Biggest Issues of Our Time

Slate

Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. In this post-1.5-degree world, it’s clear that we need to go back to the drawing board when it comes to climate action. If you find yourself mired in a system that’s sucking you ever forward toward mass extinction, a …

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4 out of 10 women say they want to travel alone in 2025 — a jump from 2024

2 months, 4 weeks ago

4 out of 10 women say they want to travel alone in 2025 — a jump from 2024

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Letters to the Editor: A love of travel shouldn’t ignore its environmental costs

3 months, 1 week ago

Letters to the Editor: A love of travel shouldn’t ignore its environmental costs

LA Times

To the editor: In her op-ed about the glories of travel, writer Lisa Niver laments lost luggage, missed flights and LAX. Our fragile planet is so compromised by human-caused climate chaos that we can no longer afford to gallivant around the world on airplanes without further dire consequences. The kind of air travel Niver suggests is energy-intensive and dependent on …

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Climate Change and You: Kicking the can at COP

3 months, 3 weeks 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 …

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Why do so many people ignore major threats like climate change?

3 months, 3 weeks ago

Why do so many people ignore major threats like climate change?

Salon

Earlier last month, the European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Service announced that Earth’s average temperature in 2024 had been on average 1.5 degrees C above pre-industrial levels. “For too long now, scientific and media communications have presented the subject of climate change in ways that have failed to trigger an adequate threat warning among readers and viewers, and have also …

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Climate myopia: This year’s CoP was a big disappointment but small surprise

3 months, 3 weeks ago

Climate myopia: This year’s CoP was a big disappointment but small surprise

Live Mint

The 29th Conference of the Parties to Climate Change came to an end on 24 November 2024 with deep disappointment on the outcomes—not just on finance, but on most other aspects of the agenda. With grossly inadequate mitigation of the crisis, the climate finance that developing countries can legitimately asl for will increase exponentially, leading to continued disappointment from a …

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The upside of climate pessimism

3 months, 4 weeks ago

The upside of climate pessimism

Salon

Hope is often said to be the best medicine, essential to getting people through difficult times. “The people that I know who are really seriously working on these issues and who are engaging in climate change activism,” Bloodhart said, stressing that this is her personal observation, “they have a little bit of hope, but they mostly are pretty pessimistic and …

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Half a loaf, at best, from the climate talks

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Half a loaf, at best, from the climate talks

Live Mint

THE SENSE that the COP29 climate talks were outstaying their welcome in Baku was tangible through growing absences. In 2021 in Glasgow the attendees committed themselves to a “New Collective Quantified Goal" for climate finance that would go beyond Paris’s $100bn a year from north to south. The most frequently cited estimate of what it would cost for developing countries …

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Half a loaf, at best, from the climate talks

4 months ago

Half a loaf, at best, from the climate talks

Live Mint

THE SENSE that the COP29 climate talks were outstaying their welcome in Baku was tangible through growing absences. In 2021 in Glasgow the attendees committed themselves to a “New Collective Quantified Goal” for climate finance that would go beyond Paris’s $100bn a year from north to south. The most frequently cited estimate of what it would cost for developing countries …

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Letters to the Editor: Climate change is a global threat, but it isn’t the worst one. This is

4 months ago

Letters to the Editor: Climate change is a global threat, but it isn’t the worst one. This is

LA Times

To the editor: Climate change is the biggest threat facing us? Soon, that list may include the leaders of North Korea and Iran — and who knows how many others as the nuclear genie multiplies throughout the world? It is long past time for thought leaders to wake up to the world’s most urgent threat and get a real conversation …

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

4 months 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 …

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With talks teetering, climate negotiators struck a controversial $300 billion deal

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4 months ago

With talks teetering, climate negotiators struck a controversial $300 billion deal

NPR

With talks teetering, climate negotiators struck a controversial $300 billion deal toggle caption Sean Gallup/Getty Images/Getty Images Europe Negotiators at a global climate conference in Baku, Azerbaijan, struck a last-minute deal for wealthy countries to help their poorer neighbors deal with global warming, saving the annual meeting as it verged on collapse. Cedric Schuster, Samoa's minister of natural resources and …

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Cop29: Ask our climate correspondent anything amid summit in Azerbaijan

4 months ago

Cop29: Ask our climate correspondent anything amid summit in Azerbaijan

The Independent

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Lack of focus on nature and farming solutions at climate summit, say campaigners

4 months, 1 week ago

Lack of focus on nature and farming solutions at climate summit, say campaigners

The Independent

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

4 months, 1 week 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

4 months, 1 week 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 …

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Host of the COP29 climate talks Is raining on his own parade

4 months, 1 week ago

Host of the COP29 climate talks Is raining on his own parade

Live Mint

Each year, the rotating host of the annual United Nations climate change conference rallies countries to confront global warming—and usually avoids airing grievances against geopolitical rivals or praising fossil fuels. “They are still suffering today in the 21st century from colonial rule," Aliyev said, citing protests that swept the French territories of New Caledonia and Martinique earlier this year. “The …

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

4 months, 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 …

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

4 months, 1 week ago

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

LA Times

Activists demonstrate against fossil fuels at the COP29 U.N. climate summit in Baku, Azerbaijan, on Saturday. “We are dragging our feet as a planet.” A letter signed by former United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, former U.N. climate secretary Christiana Figueres and former Irish President Mary Robinson called for “a fundamental overhaul of the COP.” “We need a shift from negotiation …

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UN climate talks no longer fit for purpose, say experts

4 months, 1 week ago

UN climate talks no longer fit for purpose, say experts

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 Former high-ranking UN officials have written an open letter calling for a complete overhaul of …

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The Independent Climate 100 List 2024 for Climate Week NYC

4 months, 1 week ago

The Independent Climate 100 List 2024 for Climate Week NYC

The Independent

Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Our inaugural list is published to coincide with Climate Week NYC – one of the climate world’s biggest events – where The Independent will also be holding its own inaugural Climate 100 event. “There is no viable solution to the climate crisis without forest and land management …

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At UN climate talks, some see wars complicating negotiators' task

4 months, 2 weeks ago

At UN climate talks, some see wars complicating negotiators' task

The Independent

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As planet heads toward 2.7°C rise, tracker warns global climate action has 'flatlined'

4 months, 2 weeks ago

As planet heads toward 2.7°C rise, tracker warns global climate action has 'flatlined'

Raw Story

Existing policies and actions taken by world governments put the world on track for a median estimate of 2.7°C of warming by the end of the century, Climate Action Tracker revealed on Thursday at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Baku, Azerbaijan. "The combined global effect of government action on climate change has flatlined over the last three years, …

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Earth’s projected warming hasn’t improved for 3 years. UN climate talks are still pushing

4 months, 2 weeks ago

Earth’s projected warming hasn’t improved for 3 years. UN climate talks are still pushing

Associated Press

BAKU, Azerbaijan — For the third straight year, efforts to fight climate change haven’t lowered projections for how hot the world is likely to get — even as countries gather for another round of talks to curb warming, according to an analysis Thursday. “Fossil fuels and emissions are not peaking,” said Sherry Rehman, chair of climate and environment committee in …

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At UN climate talks, nations big and small get chance to bear witness to climate change

4 months, 2 weeks ago

At UN climate talks, nations big and small get chance to bear witness to climate change

Associated Press

BAKU, Azerbaijan — When more than two dozen world leaders deliver remarks at the United Nations’ annual climate conference on Wednesday, many are likely to detail their nations’ firsthand experience with the catastrophic weather that has come with climate change. That could include Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, whose nation has seen deadly flooding this year from monsoon rains that …

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At UN climate talks, nations big and small get chance to bear witness to climate change

4 months, 2 weeks ago

At UN climate talks, nations big and small get chance to bear witness to climate change

The Independent

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Act on climate at home despite global ennui

4 months, 2 weeks ago

Act on climate at home despite global ennui

New Indian Express

The longest shadow cast on the COP29 climate conference going on in Baku is the re-election of Donald Trump. The president-elect has already picked Vivek Ramaswamy, who has criticised big companies for basing business strategy around climate change concerns, to co-head a new department of government efficiency. That is the main agenda at COP29—to push for a new global climate …

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2015-2024 declared hottest decade ever as COP29 kicks off in Baku

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

2015-2024 declared hottest decade ever as COP29 kicks off in Baku

India Today

As COP29 convenes, the global community is met with a dire warning from the UN’s World Meteorological Organization. The WMO’s State of the Climate 2024 Update issued a red alert, pointing at the swift acceleration of climate change within a single generation. From January to September 2024, global mean surface air temperatures were 1.54°C above pre-industrial levels, a significant increase …

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UN climate talks start following deadly floods, record heat and Trump’s return

4 months, 2 weeks ago

UN climate talks start following deadly floods, record heat and Trump’s return

The Independent

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Five things to look for at the Cop29 climate summit

4 months, 2 weeks ago

Five things to look for at the Cop29 climate summit

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 United Nations’ Cop29 climate summit kicks off in Azerbaijan’s capital city on Monday. Department …

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Cop29: Activists look to Britain for climate leadership as Trump’s win casts long shadow over crucial UN talks

4 months, 2 weeks ago

Cop29: Activists look to Britain for climate leadership as Trump’s win casts long shadow over crucial UN talks

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. Every year the climate summit produces a treaty agreed by all countries, and this year’s will focus on the …

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COP29: As Trump’s win tests the world order, diplomats are fretting over what it means for the planet

4 months, 2 weeks ago

COP29: As Trump’s win tests the world order, diplomats are fretting over what it means for the planet

CNN

CNN — America’s allies and foes alike have spent the past five days speculating about what Donald Trump’s re-election will mean for their economies, security and the world’s grinding wars. Similar anxieties are brewing among diplomats gathering in Azerbaijan’s capital, Baku, on Monday for the COP29 climate talks — and for good reason: Trump has vowed to again pull the …

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COP29: As Trump’s win tests the world order, diplomats are fretting over what it means for the planet

4 months, 2 weeks ago

COP29: As Trump’s win tests the world order, diplomats are fretting over what it means for the planet

CNN

CNN — America’s allies and foes alike have spent the past five days speculating about what Donald Trump’s re-election will mean for their economies, security and the world’s grinding wars. Similar anxieties are brewing among diplomats gathering in Azerbaijan’s capital, Baku, on Monday for the COP29 climate talks — and for good reason: Trump has vowed to again pull the …

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COP29 begins today: What is the point of the UN climate conference?

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

COP29 begins today: What is the point of the UN climate conference?

India Today

Tens of thousands of people from around the globe will gather next week for COP29, the annual U.N. climate summit, in Azerbaijan's capital of Baku. Country representatives meet year round to build support for new climate action proposals ahead of the COP, where they can be agreed by consensus of all countries. While each summit is meant to advance global …

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Cop29 is post-Brexit Britain’s chance to lead on climate action

4 months, 2 weeks ago

Cop29 is post-Brexit Britain’s chance to lead on climate action

The Independent

It can be argued that the auguries for this year’s international climate change conference already looked dark, even before Donald Trump’s election victory last week. But it makes for particular difficulties when the country concerned is the richest in the world, and the hoped-for agreement is about not just good intentions but money – specifically, the transfer of as much …

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A shadow ‘financial crisis’ has cost the world $2 trillion

4 months, 2 weeks ago

A shadow ‘financial crisis’ has cost the world $2 trillion

CNN

CNN — Last month, two major storms, Hurricane Helene and Hurricane Milton, caused a total of between $51.5 billion and $81.5 billion of property damage, mostly to Southeastern US states, according to estimates from CoreLogic. The report from the International Chamber of Commerce, which comes as the United Nations Climate Change Conference begins in Azerbaijan this week, estimated that the …

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Private jets ‘used like taxis’ are making huge contribution to climate change

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Private jets ‘used like taxis’ are making huge contribution to climate change

The Independent

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy An increase in private jet flights contributed to a 46 per cent rise in the industry’s …

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The people cracking the world's toughest climate words

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The people cracking the world's toughest climate words

BBC

The people cracking the world's toughest climate words Serenity Strull/ Getty Images Translators play a crucial role at international climate negotiations When it comes to solving climate change, every word counts. "A lot of these reports that we translate on climate change are written by scientists," says Chen. Serenity Strull/ Getty Images Translating page after page of climate policy under …

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