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UN climate conference host Brazil urges nations to negotiate and find solutions to global warming

Host country Brazil’s tactful guidance as host of the U.N. climate conference is raising hopes for ambitious action on fighting global warming as speeches continue from the high-level ministers in town

The Independent UK · Nov 18, 2025

$170,000 a minute: why Saudi Arabia is the biggest blocker of climate action

Desert kingdom depends on oil dollars but its people already face a climate ‘at the verge of livability’. What’s going on?

The Guardian - UK · Nov 15, 2025

Negotiators work through the night at UN climate talks to try to reach a cash deal for poor nations

The United Nations’ annual climate talks pushed into overtime Saturday as negotiators pressed on to get a deal on money for developing nations to curb and adapt to climate change

The Independent UK · Nov 23, 2024

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UN climate talks to focus on money to help poor nations cut carbon pollution

Experts calculate that curbing and coping with global warming is going to cost trillions of dollars and poor nations just don’t have it

The Independent UK · Nov 11, 2024

Top climate negotiators urge tougher targets, but outsiders say they aren't cutting back themselves

At the United Nations, the troika of the current and next two presidents of U.N. climate conferences are telling other leaders to make their required climate-fighting targets much more ambitious

The Independent UK · Sep 27, 2024

At UN Climate Talks, No Consensus On What Consensus Is

The world's climate negotiators meeting in Dubai have spent sleepless nights in an elusive quest for consensus, but there is no consensus on what consensus means.

International Business Times · Dec 12, 2023

US joins in other nations in swearing off coal power to clean the climate

The United States is now committed to the idea of phasing out coal power plants, joining 56 other nations in kicking the coal habit

The Independent UK · Dec 2, 2023

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Fossil Fuels In The Crosshairs At Pivotal COP28 Talks

Pope Francis, King Charles III, political leaders, activists and lobbyists will be among the more than 70,000 visitors expected for the COP28 meeting in oil-rich United Arab Emirates, making it the largest UN climate change conference ever held.

Latin Times · Nov 23, 2023

Fossil fuel interests have large, yet often murky, presence at climate talks, AP analysis finds

Close to 400 people connected to fossil fuel industries in some way or another attended last year’s United Nations’ climate talks in Egypt

The Independent UK · Nov 8, 2023

UN chief warns of 'gates of hell' in climate summit, but carbon polluting nations stay silent

The United Nations chief says Earth is facing a hellish problem in climate change and its leaders still aren’t doing nearly enough to curb carbon emissions that’s causing it

The Independent UK · Sep 20, 2023

UAE's al-Jaber promises young activists he'll listen; says nothing about fossil fuel ties

The United Arab Emirates official tapped to head the next global climate summit pledged Thursday to listen to young people demanding a place at the table when negotiators gather in the Gulf nation this fall

The Independent UK · Jun 8, 2023

Countries must put aside national interests for climate crisis, UN says

Simon Stiell tells conference in Bonn the world is at ‘tipping point’ and must fight together for common good

The Guardian - UK · Jun 5, 2023

G7 Ministers Agree to Cut Gas Consumption and Speed-up Renewable Energy

The Group of Seven rich nations have agreed to call for reducing gas consumption and increasing electricity from renewable sources while phasing out fossil-fuels faster and building no new coal-fired plants, France's energy transition minister said on Saturday. G7 environment and energy ministers, however, could not agree on a specific…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Apr 15, 2023

G7 ministers agree to cut gas consumption and speed-up renewable energy

Reuters · Apr 15, 2023

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Tribune News Service · Apr 11, 2023

G-7 nations tussle over bid to phase out coal power by 2030

Group of Seven nations are butting heads over the timeline for phasing out coal-fired power ahead of next weekend’s summit of top energy and environmental ministers.

The Guardian - UK · Apr 4, 2023

Revealed: UAE plans huge oil and gas expansion as it hosts UN climate summit

Exclusive: UAE’s fossil fuel boss will be the president of Cop28, making a mockery of the summit, say campaigners

Tribune News Service · Nov 15, 2022

Clock is ticking for negotiators at climate conference in Egypt

It’s crunch time for diplomats at the United Nations-sponsored COP27 climate conference in Egypt, with dwindling days left to resolve the thorny issue of how poor countries should be compensated for the harm inflicted by global warming they didn’t cause.

The Independent UK · Nov 14, 2022

Climate confab heads into final week, warming goal uncertain

Global climate talks in Egypt are headed into their second half with plenty of uncertainty left over whether there’ll be a substantial deal to combat climate change

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The Independent UK · Nov 9, 2022

US to climate summit: American big steps won't be repealed

U.S. President Joe Biden is coming to international climate talks in Egypt with a message that historic American action to fight climate change won’t shift into reverse, unlike what happened twice before when Democrats lost power

The Guardian - US · Nov 6, 2022

Biden’s climate bill victory was hard won. Now, the real battle starts

Implementing the $369bn Inflation Reduction Act amid tight deadlines and high-stakes midterm will be a challenge

The Independent UK · Sep 24, 2022

Interview: New UN climate chief takes the fight personally

The United Nations official now in charge of the fight to curb climate change has a personal stake in the battle to reduce emissions

The Independent UK · Aug 6, 2022

EXPLAINER: On China, US and climate, action, not talk is key

China has cut off climate talks with the U.S. — imperiling future global climate negotiations, but not necessarily blunting the impacts of significant climate actions at home in both countries

Reuters · May 26, 2022

G7 can spearhead climate fight by agreeing to phase out coal, Germany says

The Group of Seven countries can spearhead the fight against climate change and accelerate a pivot away from fossil fuels by agreeing to phase out coal power generation, Germany's economy minister Robert Habeck said on Thursday.

The Independent UK · Apr 12, 2022

Ukraine war gives oil producers greater clout at global climate talks

Many western nations are seeking to boost supplies of energy in light of Putin’s war – whether clean or not

Tribune News Service · Apr 12, 2022

War gives oil producers greater clout at global climate talks

Oil producers have always been an easy target at the United Nations’ annual climate summits. This year, with Russia’s war in Ukraine boosting demand for fossil fuels, they’re preparing to fight back.

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