Which countries, blocs are major players at the COP26 summit?
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Which countries, blocs are major players at the COP26 summit?

Live Mint  

The diverse interests among the 197 signatories to the U.N. It returns this year to U.N. climate talks, after former President Donald Trump pulled the United States out of the Paris Agreement and eschewed global efforts to curb emissions. LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES This group represents the world's 46 poorest nations, whose 1 billion citizens across Africa, Asia-Pacific and the Caribbean are particularly vulnerable to climate change, but least responsible for causing it. Along with blocs such as the African Group of Negotiators and the Climate Vulnerable Forum, LDCs are expected to push wealthy countries to honour a pledge to provide $100 billion per year in climate finance to the developing world for the 2020-2024 period - a target they are on track to miss. Other negotiating blocs include: CLIMATE VULNERABLE FORUM Representing 48 countries most at risk from climate impacts, including Bangladesh and the Maldives, this group urges the need for a strong global agreement and is also asking for countries to update their climate pledges annually, instead of every five years.

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COP29: UK and China can set a powerful example for global climate cooperation
1 month ago

COP29: UK and China can set a powerful example for global climate cooperation

China Daily  

chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2024-11-24 21:11 A view during a closing plenary meeting at the COP29 United Nations Climate Change Conference, in Baku, Azerbaijan, Nov 24, 2024. Amidst rising political tensions, strong bilateral cooperation between the UK and China can provide the international leadership needed to accelerate progress on climate change this decade. Following this meeting, and to support both multilateral …

COP29: NCQG talks spillover as no breakthrough in agreement yet
1 month ago

COP29: NCQG talks spillover as no breakthrough in agreement yet

Hindustan Times  

The new COP29 Presidency’s text will be released on Saturday after developing countries rejected the text on Friday evening. A joint statement by Amar Bhattacharya, Vera Songwe and Nicholas Stern, Co-Chairs of the Independent High-Level Expert Group on Climate Finance had said on Friday, “The text also calls on developed countries to increase their financial support for developing countries to …

China defends climate fund role
1 month ago

China defends climate fund role

China Daily  

A night view shows the venue of the United Nations climate change conference, known as COP29, in Baku, Azerbaijan, Nov 11, 2024. Rather, it is the obligation of developed countries to support developing economies in this matter, said China's Climate Envoy Liu Zhenmin. He also underscored China's consistent solidarity with other developing nations to ensure that developed countries come up …

China defends climate fund role
1 month ago

China defends climate fund role

China Daily  

A night view shows the venue of the United Nations climate change conference, known as COP29, in Baku, Azerbaijan, Nov 11, 2024. Rather, it is the obligation of developed countries to support developing economies in this matter, said China's Climate Envoy Liu Zhenmin. He also underscored China's consistent solidarity with other developing nations to ensure that developed countries come up …

COP29: India, other developing countries demand fair climate finance commitments
1 month, 1 week ago

COP29: India, other developing countries demand fair climate finance commitments

The Hindu  

India, as part of the Like-Minded Developing Countries bloc, stood firm in calling for equitable financial support from developed nations at the ongoing COP29 climate negotiations, multiple sources from the grouping said here. At the annual climate talks, India negotiates in key groupings such as the Like-Minded Developing Countries, G77 and China, and BASIC, where it aligns with other developing …

COP29 begins today: What is the point of the UN climate conference?
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1 month, 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 …

COP hosts call on countries to align NDCs with 1.5 degree C goal
9 months ago

COP hosts call on countries to align NDCs with 1.5 degree C goal

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi: The hosts of the United Nations climate conferences – the United Arab Emirates, Azerbaijan and Brazil – on Wednesday announced to cut emissions in line with limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius-aligned nationally-determined contributions under the Paris Agreement by early 2025. The Troika in this regard issued a letter to all 198 United Nations Framework Convention on …

Global Stocktake should account for failures of developed nations: BASIC nations at COP28
1 year ago

Global Stocktake should account for failures of developed nations: BASIC nations at COP28

The Hindu  

The BASIC grouping, comprising Brazil, South Africa, India and China, has pushed during annual climate talks here that the Global Stocktake should also account for the failures of the developed nations, sources said. According to multiple delegates who were present in the preliminary negotiations which put forward their initial expectations, the BASIC grouping condemned fragmented multilateralism of the developed world. …

COP28 UAE | Unpacking the Dubai climate meeting
1 year ago

COP28 UAE | Unpacking the Dubai climate meeting

The Hindu  

As December draws near, so does the volume and intensity of global conversation around climate change negotiations. While climate change diplomacy occurs in multiple fora including G20 m67557084.eetings, UN summits, and bilateral fora, the COP remains the central place where the machinery of global climate governance gets built. The GST is at the heart of a five yearly ‘ambition cycle’, …

UN COP28: What to know about the climate summit in Dubai
1 year ago

UN COP28: What to know about the climate summit in Dubai

Al Jazeera  

Climate financing and reining in fossil fuels are to top the agenda of the 2023 climate change summit to be held in Dubai. World leaders, government representatives and delegates are set to gather for the annual United Nations climate change summit, known as the Conference of the Parties or COP28, in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates. Based on countries’ current …

US and China agree to resume stalled cooperation on climate crisis
1 year, 1 month ago

US and China agree to resume stalled cooperation on climate crisis

Al Jazeera  

The world’s biggest polluters agree to work together on curbing methane and plastic pollution ahead of COP28 climate summit. China and the United States have agreed to resume stalled cooperation on the climate crisis, curbing methane and plastic pollution before this month’s crucial COP28 UN climate summit held in Dubai. “The United States and China recognize that the climate crisis …

EU to push for COP28 deal on phasing out fossil fuels
1 year, 2 months ago

EU to push for COP28 deal on phasing out fossil fuels

India Today  

EU countries' climate ministers on Monday approved the bloc's negotiating position for this year's U.N. COP28 climate summit, agreeing to push for a world-first deal to phase out CO2-emitting fossil fuels. "We will be at the forefront of the negotiations to show the EU's strongest commitment to the green transition and encourage our partners to follow our lead," Spain's Climate …

Explained: Why UN's climate summit COP27 will be remembered as a failure
2 years, 1 month ago

Explained: Why UN's climate summit COP27 will be remembered as a failure

Firstpost  

The COP27 agreement failed to go beyond the 2021 Glasgow climate pact’s promise to ‘phase down unabated coal power’, despite the Indian proposal that all fossil fuels should be phased out Billed as “ Africa’s COP ”, the 27th UN climate change summit in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, was expected to promote climate justice, as this is the continent most affected …

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: 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 …

COP27 climate summit considers new proposal for 'loss and damage' fund
2 years, 1 month ago

COP27 climate summit considers new proposal for 'loss and damage' fund

The Hindu  

The United Nations climate agency on November 19 published the latest draft proposal for a deal to tackle the issue of "loss and damage" that said the summit would agree to launch a new fund to help countries cope with the cost of climate damage. The draft, which would need approval from the nearly 200 countries at the COP27 summit …

Cop27 draft agreement fails to include a fund for climate compensation
2 years, 1 month ago

Cop27 draft agreement fails to include a fund for climate compensation

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. Other key takeaways from the Cop27 draft include: - Reaffirms resolution to pursue 1.5C global average temperature limit as …

Cop27 negotiations make slow progress with just 72 hours to go
2 years, 1 month ago

Cop27 negotiations make slow progress with just 72 hours to go

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. Meanwhile, small island states on the frontlines of the climate crisis and other vulnerable nations issued a statement early …

Australia's plan to co-host the 2026 UN climate conference with Pacific nations met with criticism
2 years, 1 month ago

Australia's plan to co-host the 2026 UN climate conference with Pacific nations met with criticism

ABC  

A bid by Australia to co-host the 2026 UN climate conference has been met with criticism, with the country urged to improve its climate record to win support. Key points: Australia wants to co-host the 2026 UN climate conference with Pacific nations Federal minister Pat Conroy says a co-hosted conference would send a powerful message Climate Analytics chief executive Bill …

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, …

Cop26 agreement: Is the world any closer to meeting the 1.5C global temperature rise target?
3 years, 1 month ago

Cop26 agreement: Is the world any closer to meeting the 1.5C global temperature rise target?

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 Cop26 climate summit in Glasgow has entered its final days after almost two weeks …

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 …

Infographic: What has your country pledged at COP26?
3 years, 1 month ago

Infographic: What has your country pledged at COP26?

Al Jazeera  

With the annual climate change summit over, what have world leaders achieved at COP26? Saturday’s Glasgow Climate Pact is the first climate package to directly reference coal and fossil fuels, although many countries were angered by a last-minute change to the text replacing the call to phase “out” the use of coal with a call to phase it “down”. Phasing …

COP26 has wrapped up in Glasgow. So was the climate summit a success?
3 years, 1 month ago

COP26 has wrapped up in Glasgow. So was the climate summit a success?

ABC  

It was "our last chance to avoid the worst effects of climate change", according to COP26 president Alok Sharma and "the most important international meeting of the century", according to climate councillor Lesley Hughes. "Glasgow has not closed the emissions gap in 2030, which is vital to keeping 1.5C alive, but it has set up an urgent process to address …

The Latest: EU executive says COP26 agreement a good start
3 years, 1 month ago

The Latest: EU executive says COP26 agreement a good start

Associated Press  

GLASGOW, Scotland — The latest on the COP26 climate talks in Glasgow: BRUSSELS — The head of the European Union’s executive arm says Saturday’s agreement at the U.N. climate conference “gives us confidence that we can provide a safe and prosperous space for humanity on this planet,” but warns that “there is still hard work ahead.” Ursula von der Leyen …

Reality check: Here’s what the COP26 deals actually mean for our future climate
3 years, 1 month ago

Reality check: Here’s what the COP26 deals actually mean for our future climate

CNN  

Glasgow, Scotland CNN — Delegates from around the world hammered out a number of agreements in the first week of COP26, an international summit where global leaders are attempting to limit the climate crisis. Several countries had already agreed to end coal financing, but this deal is the first to include gas and oil, so it’s something of a breakthrough. …

COP 26: More than 20 Nations to Terminate Funding of Fossil Fuel Projects Abroad
3 years, 1 month ago

COP 26: More than 20 Nations to Terminate Funding of Fossil Fuel Projects Abroad

The Quint  

In an agreement that will decide the future of the global effort to tackle climate change, more than 20 nations and financial organisations will stop funding fossil fuel projects and shall instead divert the the money to green technology and clean energy projects from the year 2022, Reuters reported on Wednesday, 3 November. Developing countries like Costa Rica would receive …

COP 26: More than 20 Nations to Terminate Funding of Fossil Fuel Projects Abroad
3 years, 1 month ago

COP 26: More than 20 Nations to Terminate Funding of Fossil Fuel Projects Abroad

The Quint  

In an agreement that will decide the future of the global effort to tackle climate change, more than 20 nations and financial organisations will stop funding fossil fuel projects and shall instead divert the the money to green technology and clean energy projects from the year 2022, Reuters reported on Wednesday, 3 November. Developing countries like Costa Rica would receive …

COP26 summit | Countries pledge to phase out climate culprit coal
3 years, 1 month ago

COP26 summit | Countries pledge to phase out climate culprit coal

The Hindu  

Several major coal-using nations have pledged for the first time to phase out their use of the heavily-polluting fossil fuel or to speed up existing plans to do so, while others announced commitments to end investment in new coal-fired power plants. U.K. Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng said on Wednesday that the commitments made on the sidelines of the U.N. climate …

Infographic: COP26 goals explained in maps and charts
3 years, 1 month ago

Infographic: COP26 goals explained in maps and charts

Al Jazeera  

The annual climate change summit is under way in Glasgow as nations try to reach an agreement to limit global warming. This year’s conference will aim to reach a consensus on actions to keep global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels and to secure net-zero emissions by 2050. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said: “As this first stage …

COP26 climate summit opens in Glasgow amid acrimony
3 years, 1 month ago

COP26 climate summit opens in Glasgow amid acrimony

Al Jazeera  

World leaders have begun arriving at a United Nations conference critical to averting the most disastrous effects of the climate crisis, their challenge made even more daunting by the failure of major industrial nations to agree to ambitious new commitments. The COP26 conference in the Scottish city of Glasgow on Monday comes a day after G20 big economies failed to …

COP26: World gathers amid calls to avert climate disaster
3 years, 1 month ago

COP26: World gathers amid calls to avert climate disaster

Al Jazeera  

COP26 aims to keep alive a target of capping global warming at 1.5C, amid warnings of disastrous climate catastrophe. COP26 president Alok Sharma opened the two-week summit saying the talks were “last, best hope” to keep the goal of limiting global warming to 1.5C alive. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson urged world leaders attending the UN climate change conference in …

All You Need to Know About the COP26, and India's Possible Stance at the Climate Conference
3 years, 2 months ago

All You Need to Know About the COP26, and India's Possible Stance at the Climate Conference

News 18  

The world’s eyes are on the upcoming gathering in Glasgow, the biggest climate conference since the Paris summit, which is being seen as crucial in setting worldwide emission targets to slow global warming. Focus is also on India’s stance for the COP26, which is among the countries – China, Australia, Russia – that have yet to make new pledges to …

ADB, fin firms draw plan to close Asia coal-fired power plants
3 years, 4 months ago

ADB, fin firms draw plan to close Asia coal-fired power plants

Al Jazeera  

The speedy closure of these plants in a public-private partnership aims to reduce the biggest source of carbon emissions. Financial firms, including British insurer Prudential, lenders Citi and HSBC and BlackRock Real Assets are devising plans to speed up the closure of Asia’s coal-fired power plants in order to reduce the biggest source of carbon emissions, five people with knowledge …

Where the G7 summit failed
3 years, 6 months ago

Where the G7 summit failed

Hindustan Times  

The communique itself runs into 70 paragraphs, covering, as it were, the three Cs: Covid-19, climate and of course, China. The trouble is that even assuming that all G7 countries, India and China can eventually take care of themselves, at least three billion people in the rest of the world remain to be vaccinated. The three actions included one billion …

The wealthiest must support climate goals in developing countries
3 years, 8 months ago

The wealthiest must support climate goals in developing countries

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 world now has a strong framework for action – the Paris Agreement – in which all countries committed …

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