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Cop30: countries still far apart as climate talks overrun – as it happened

Summit president André Corrêa do Lago issued plea to preserve Paris agreement with countries unable to reach compromise on scheduled final day

The Guardian - UK · Nov 21, 2025

Standoff at COP30 as conservatives push to equate gender with biological sex

Negotiations over the strengthened Gender Action Plan (GAP) have entered a tense phase at the COP30 climate summit after disputes broke out on how to define gender. A conservative bloc is seeking to reduce the definition to biological sex — a shift that would erase trans and non-binary people from…

Newslaundry · Nov 20, 2025

Cop30 conference centre evacuated as fire breaks out – as it happened

UN secretary-general António Guterres earlier used speech at Belem summit to urge countries to find compromises in final hours of negotiations

The Guardian - UK · Nov 20, 2025

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Why the Cop summit is failing to win over the residents of its host city

ON THE GROUND: Residents of Belém’s favelas – or ‘baixadas’ as they are known here – tell Nick Ferris of the daily climate challenges they are facing and explain why they are sceptical that Cop30 will really help them

The Independent UK · Nov 20, 2025

Turkey will host COP31, Australia will play a role. So where does that leave the Pacific?

After a long and deadlocked bidding process for Australia and Pacific Island nations to co-host the UN climate summit (COP31), the event will now be hosted by Turkey. Australia’s Climate Minister, Chris Bowen, will reportedly take a key role as “COP President for negotiations”. More details are yet to emerge.

The Conversation · Nov 20, 2025

Australia has dropped its bid to host the COP31 climate talks. Here’s what happened – and what’s next

At the last possible minute, Australia has backed away from its bid to host the United Nations COP31 climate summit next year in Adelaide alongside Pacific nations.

The Conversation · Nov 20, 2025

NGOs lament missed 'COPportunity' for SA and climate

Pacific advocates hope their climate ambitions can still be achieved from the wreckage of Australia's bid to host the COP31 summit.

AAP · Nov 20, 2025

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Turkey to host Cop31 climate conference after Australia drops push to hold it in Adelaide

Fortnight-long event to be held in Antalya but Australian climate change minister Chris Bowen expected to lead the negotiations

The Guardian - AU · Nov 19, 2025

Guterres and Lula to push negotiators at COP30 as deadline looms

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva are jumping into the United Nations climate talks as they get to crunch time

The Independent UK · Nov 19, 2025

Researchers say real impact of deforestation being hidden in Australia’s official figures by ‘sleight of hand’

Report commissioned by conservationists suggests some recorded new growth is misclassified or otherwise not equivalent to losses in species-heavy forests

The Guardian - AU · Nov 19, 2025

Cop30: Scientists warn countries must act decisively to protect people and life or risk ‘suffering for billions’ – as it happened

As president Lula tries to find common ground between negotiating countries, planetary scientists say emissions must be urgently cut

The Guardian - UK · Nov 19, 2025

More than 80 countries at Cop30 join call for roadmap to fossil fuel phase-out

Countries from Africa, Asia, Latin America, Pacific and Europe plead for transition to be central outcome of talks

The Guardian - UK · Nov 18, 2025

‘Without our expertise, mistakes get made’: the Cop30 campaign to give workers a voice

In this week’s newsletter: The green transition’s effect on workers is a hot topic, as advocates push for those working at the frontlines to have a say in climate policy

The Guardian - UK · Nov 18, 2025

More than 300 big agriculture lobbyists have taken part in Cop30, investigation finds

Lobbyists representing industry responsible for a quarter to a third of global emissions participated in key talks at the UN climate summit

The Guardian - US · Nov 18, 2025

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The Guardian - UK · Nov 18, 2025

Bam! What is the acronym everyone is talking about at Cop30?

Securing the Belém Action Mechanism is a top priority for climate justice advocates at the talks in Brazil

Radio France Internationale · Nov 17, 2025

Cop30 enters crunch week as fights over money and fossil fuels intensify

The Cop30 climate summit enters its final week in Brazil with ministers heading into closed rooms to fight over climate money, fossil fuels and how to protect people already hit by rising heat, storms and floods. Civil society groups say trust is thin after a decade of broken promises.

MarketBeat · Nov 17, 2025

3 Energy Giants Amp Up Dividends—Here’s What It Means for Investors

Exxon, Cameco, and ConocoPhillips raised dividends in 2025; here’s how yields and payout growth stack up across oil and nuclear energy stocks.

Euronews · Nov 17, 2025

Fact check: Did Brazil chop down 100,000 trees for COP30?

As European leaders take part in COP30, claims that the controversial Avenida Liberdade — a four-lane 13km highway which cuts across the Amazon — was constructed specifically for the climate summit have spread online.

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The Conversation · Nov 17, 2025

Finally, Indigenous peoples have an influential voice at COP30. They’re speaking loud and clear

Indigenous peoples are on the vanguard of climate action. Longstanding relationships with land means they endure the direct consequences of climate change. And their unique knowledge offers effective solutions to climate problems.

The Guardian - UK · Nov 16, 2025

Have courage to create fossil fuel phaseout roadmap at Cop30, Brazilian minister urges

Marina Silva says contentious plan would be ‘ethical answer’ to climate crisis but does not commit Brazil to it

The Guardian - UK · Nov 16, 2025

Can Cop30 begin the process of phasing out fossil fuels?

Ending use of coal, oil and gas is essential in tackling climate crisis – but even talking about it is controversial

The Independent UK · Nov 16, 2025

As nations push for more ambition at climate talks, chairman says they may get it

At the halfway point of annual United Nations climate negotiations in Brazil, it appears the talks may do more than just focus on implementing past promises, as some observers had expected

AAP · Nov 15, 2025

PM disputes price tag attached to major climate meeting

Suggestions hosting a global climate summit could cost Australian taxpayers more than $2 billion have been rejected by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.

Radio France Internationale · Nov 15, 2025

Climate protesters rally in Brazil at COP30 halfway mark

Thousands of people marched through the streets of Belem on Saturday to press for action from negotiators holding tough talks at the UN's COP30 climate conference in the Amazonian city.

The Guardian - UK · Nov 15, 2025

Cop30 was meant to be a turning point, so why do some say the climate summit is broken?

Swamped by lobbyists and hobbled by a lack of urgency, there are fears Cop could become a sprawling spectacle that betrays those who depend on it most

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