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Stronger pledges, more climate finance, and payments for loss and damage.
Fossil fuels were named as the problem at COP26. We’re no closer to eliminating them a year on.
COP27 is Australia’s chance to join the global climate effort, but we’ll need to bring more to the table to be taken seriously.
COP conferences broadly provide a platform for the negotiation of international climate change agreements.
A key issue for African countries is: how to contribute towards averting a climate disaster without compromising economic growth and development.
Marginalised or minority groups seem to suffer the most from heat-related deaths and disease.
The PM will be notably missing from the COP27 leaders summit in Egypt early next week. Chris Bowen, minister for climate change and energy, will represent Australia later in the conference.
The climate summit to be held in 8 November 2022 in Egypt will discuss issues such as financing for developing countries, combating deforestation and reducing emissions.
Our planet is undeniably in crisis and desperately needs COP27 to succeed. Without concrete action, we are condemning today’s children to a harsher future.
Offsetting carbon emissions sounds great. In practice, it’s often used to maintain the high-emissions status quo.
That’s the big question at the upcoming UN Climate Change Conference, known as COP27, and it’s controversial.
Many small island nations are struggling to protect their land from rising seas while also facing paralyzing debt.
States with more capacity, more political inclusion and that make good use of foreign aid tend to see better outcomes.
From planting mangroves to dumping minerals in the ocean, there are lots of ideas for ocean carbon dioxide removal – and even more questions.
The agriculture and fossil fuel industries are the biggest sources of methane emissions in Australia. Here’s how signing the pledge may affect them.
The UN predicts more than 300,000 people in Somalia will be in famine by December. 7 million people are in need of humanitarian assistance. Here’s how you can help.
Remember hearing about COP26 in Glasgow last year? There’s a lot at stake in this year’s climate summit, so here’s your essential guide to prepare.
War, famine and an energy crunch are affecting the world’s response to climate change, but there are reasons for optimism.
COP26 saw progress and announcements, but the commitments made by states — in addition to having to pass the test of implementation —fall far short of what the science requires.
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