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Fight over climate disaster fund jeopardizes Dubai UN summit
An agreement to create the loss and damage fund was the big achievement of last year’s climate conference in Egypt. But countries including the U.S. are at odds over how to set it up and who should run it.
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‘Climate negotiations are inherently abusive’: campaigner Brianna Craft on the struggle smaller countries face
In her memoir, the Cop delegate draws parallels with her violent childhood home and the imbalance of power in global summits.
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COP27: Lack of women at negotiations raises concern
Women barely feature in negotiations in Egypt despite bearing the brunt of climate change.
The U.S. and China might resume climate talks soon, Jerry Brown says
Former California governor Jerry Brown (D), who founded the California-China Climate Institute at the University of California at Berkeley, remains optimistic that the world’s two biggest greenhouse gas emitters will resume their cooperation on climate change soon.
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Changes in Brazil, Europe, U.S. boost world’s climate change prospects
Brazil’s elections, Europe’s investment in renewable energy and the new U.S. climate law mean better global prospects than were recently imaginable.
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Europe calls gas and nuclear energy 'green'
Critics say the decision is likely to reverberate beyond Europe’s borders and hamper its efforts to lead the global climate negotiations.
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Draft text at climate talks pushes nations to act faster
Negotiators at the global climate talks in Scotland tentatively agreed to accelerate the timeline by which countries need to strengthen their promises for carbon reductions, according to a draft of the working text released this morning.
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