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COP27: Everything you need to know

The international community came together for the COP27 UN Climate Change Conference in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, seeking solutions to humanity's biggest threat.

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A man carries a plastic bucket across the cracked bed of a parched dried-up pond in Vietnam's southern Ben Tre province

Climate finance: Preparations for UN climate talks kick off

Climate finance: Preparations for UN climate talks kick off

Negotiators are laying the groundwork for a new climate finance goal ahead of the COP 29 summit in Baku, Azerbaijan.
ClimateJune 3, 2024
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Finances at center of preparatory UN climate talks in Bonn

Finances at center of preparatory UN climate talks in Bonn

Ahead of this year's UN climate summit, negotiators in Bonn discuss funding for climate projects in developing nations.
ClimateJune 3, 202402:30 min
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Cutting through the jargon at crucial UN climate talks

Cutting through the jargon at crucial UN climate talks

There will be talk about 1.5 degree pathways and loss and damage at the UN climate conference. What does it all mean?
Nature and EnvironmentDecember 1, 2023
Alaa Abdel-Fattah

Egypt: New push to free activist Alaa Abdel-Fattah

Egypt: New push to free activist Alaa Abdel-Fattah

Could global pressure improve Egypt's dire human rights record and boost the country's desolate economic situation?
PoliticsMarch 18, 2023
A group of young people holds up a sign which reads: Fridays for Future, Gilgit-Baltistan

Pakistan: Climate activists pay a high price

Pakistan: Climate activists pay a high price

While Pakistan is very vulnerable to climate change, those who speak out against local officials take on massive risks.
ClimateFebruary 15, 2023
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Urgent UN talks hope to protect nature, halt rapid decline

Urgent UN talks hope to protect nature, halt rapid decline

A deal to protect 30% of the world's land and ocean will drive biodiversity conference talks in Montreal this week.
Nature and EnvironmentDecember 6, 2022
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US cracks down on methane pollution

The US has proposed draft rules that would cut emissions of the powerful planet-heating gas. But it may not be enough.
Nature and EnvironmentNovember 29, 2022
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Somalia's food crisis claims young lives

Children are starving to death in Somalia where roughly half the population urgently needs food
Food SecurityNovember 22, 2022
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Loss and damage: What happens next?

An agreement has been reached on a loss and damage fund. Now what?
Nature and EnvironmentNovember 21, 2022
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Climate-killing food waste addressed at UN talks

Failed targets to reduce food waste — especially in rich nations — need to be urgently updated at COP27, says UN.
Nature and EnvironmentNovember 16, 2022
The sun sets as smoke from illegal fires an area of Amazon rainforest lingers

Lula insists 'Brazil is back' at UN climate summit

Brazilian president-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva attends UN climate talks promising "zero deforestation" in Amazon.
Nature and EnvironmentNovember 16, 2022
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Can Africa power with renewables as it grows?

In Africa, power usage is projected to double by 2040. Can green energy replace fossil fuels in this growth spurt?
Nature and EnvironmentNovember 12, 2022
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