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Biden, Sisi Pledge to Confront Climate Crisis

US President Joe Biden held bilateral talks on Friday with President Abdul Fatah El-Sisi on the margins of the 27th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 27) in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. Bassam Rady, the official spokesman for the Egyptian presidency, said that Sisi stressed during his meeting with Biden…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Blue wins in governor’s races lift the hopes of US climate advocates

Climate-literate blue governors — a mix of incumbents and upstarts — will be taking office around the Midwest and Northeast just as more federal money than ever is available for tackling climate change, pointing to a possible new wave of state-level action.

Tribune News Service

Shifting geopolitical sands, dull economy, but will Cop27 skip real tasks for rhetoric again?

The 27th session of the UN conference of parties on climate change mitigation in the Egyptian seaside city of Sharm-el-Sheikh intersects a time when the high table of global diplomacy grapples with the Ukraine war and the energy supply constraints in its wake. Even if it chastens the ambitious tone…

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Droughts, rising sea levels, Cuba's agriculture under threat

Like the rest of the Caribbean, Cuba is suffering from longer droughts, warmer waters, more intense storms, and higher sea levels because of climate change

The Independent UK

Nineteen years after the ‘fart tax’, New Zealand’s farmers are fighting emissions

After years of tension with policy-makers, will New Zealand manage to deliver its ‘world-first’ scheme to reduce methane and nitrous oxide in agriculture?

The Guardian - UK

Droughts, floods and storms: The people hit hardest by the climate crisis

As world leaders converge on Sharm el-Sheikh for UN climate conference Cop27, World Food Programme staff highlight some of the countries hit hardest

The Independent UK

Climate change comes to prisons

Florida lacks a comprehensive policy to protect people locked in increasingly sweltering prisons

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Global accord not necessary in climate battle

This week's United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27) in Egypt highlights the growing consensus that multilateral cooperation is necessary to avert environmental catastrophe. But with geopolitical tensions spiking and the US-China rivalry heating up, such efforts seem doomed to fail, much like previous efforts to promote global coordination on vaccines,…

Bangkok Post

Australia 'experiencing impact of climate change' but policymakers cannot agree on meaning of water security

In Australia, a land of drought and flooding rains, the institutions and government departments responsible for water policy have no common definition of water security.

ABC News

Michael Pascoe: Memo G20 – there is a greater enemy than China to fight

Climate change tipping points are a very real threat to Australia, but China is not.

The New Daily

Biden tells skeptical UN summit US is ‘unwavering’ on climate aid

President Joe Biden pressed his “unwavering” commitment to combating climate change and said the U.S. is on track to achieve its Paris Agreement goals as he sought to allay concerns the country’s efforts would backslide after the midterm elections.

Tribune News Service

Irish Minister Colm Brophy takes swipe at Joe Biden at COP27 after 'horrendous' experience in Africa

He made the comment after recalling a ‘horrendous’ experience when he met a mother whose baby was dying as a result of climate change in the Horn of Africa six weeks ago

Irish Mirror

Livestock Are More Than Just Emissions

Africa needs to reduce emissions and protect food security. Villainizing livestock will lead to neither.

Foreign Policy

Climate youth leader Melati Wijsden says words at COP27 must become action

Climate change is a global threat, but countries in Asia are particularly vulnerable. We speak to Melati Wijsden, a climate youth leader and the founder of YOUTHTOPIA, about her mission to eliminate plastic waste and inspire other young people to become actors for change. Also in this edition: millions of…

France 24

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Biden says U.S. will rise to the global challenge of climate change

The President said the United States is cutting its greenhouse gas emissions, and promised again to give more money to developing countries on the front lines of climate change.

WEKU

Biden tightens methane emissions rules, even as the U.S. pushes for more oil drilling

Oil and gas production is the nation's largest industrial source of methane, the main component of natural gas, and is a key target for the Biden administration as it seeks to combat climate change.

Reuters

COP27: Farm climate innovation commitments double to $8 billion

An initiative led by the United States and the United Arab Emirates to help agriculture adapt to climate change and reduce emissions through innovation has doubled investment commitments to $8 billion and extended its reach, it said on Friday.

Radio France Internationale

Eco-activists underestimate damage protests do to artworks, museums warn

Nearly 100 of the world's most famous museums issued a joint declaration on Thursday saying environmental activists who attack paintings to draw attention to climate change "severely underestimate" the damage that could be caused.

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Why climate crisis means some English roses will bloom no longer

Award-winning rose varieties are being retired due to changing garden conditions and evolving pests

France 24

Fighting food waste to save the planet: Initiatives crop up in France

In France, where 8 million people are food insecure, 10 million tonnes of food are thrown away every year. But initiatives are under way to limit food waste. In the heart of Paris's La Défense business district, the eco-conscious restaurant La Salle à Manger makes cheap meals out of leftovers…

Reuters

U.N. talks not ready to agree climate compensation fund, EU says

Talks about how to compensate vulnerable countries for the damage caused by climate change are not ready to agree on a funding mechanism, a European Union negotiator said on Friday, but did not exclude progress on the issue at COP27.

The Conversation

How the energy crisis is pressuring countries at the UN climate summit – while some race to renewables, others see natural gas wealth, but it may be short-lived

Russia’s war on Ukraine has cast a shadow over this year’s United Nations climate summit in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, where officials from around the world are discussing the costs of climate change and how to cut emissions that remain near record highs.

Manchester Evening News

The Office star Rainn Wilson changes name to highlight climate change amid COP27

The Dwight Schrute actor made the change to bring attention to the 'melting issue' of climate change

The Guardian - UK

‘Put kids first’: India’s Warrior Moms fight for clean air at Cop27

Indian campaigners join global delegation representing one billion children affected by climate crisis

France 24

Climate change leaves Pakistan underwater

Despite being responsible for less than 1 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions, Pakistan is among the countries worst affected by extreme weather events due to climate change. This summer, it was hit by torrential rains during what the UN chief called "a monsoon on steroids". In just a few…

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