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Big money to respond to climate change is key to UN talks in Baku. How can nations raise it?

Big money to respond to climate change is key to the United Nations talks underway in Azerbaijan

The Independent UK

As talks in Baku cross the halfway point, nations are no closer to a goal on cash for climate action

Distractions were bigger than deals in the first week of United Nations climate talks, leaving a lot to be done, especially on the main issue of money

The Independent UK

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

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OPINION - Rachel Johnson: Halloween is an out of control plastic disaster, just look what it's done to Notting Hill

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Evening Standard

'We are teetering on a planetary tightrope': Cut emissions in half right now to prevent climate catastrophe, UN warns

A new U.N. report has found the world will warm by twice the 1.5-degree-Celsius target adopted in the Paris Agreement by 2100 if countries fail to slash greenhouse gas emissions right now.

LiveScience

‘Crunch time for real’: UN says time for climate delays has run out

Means to stop catastrophic global heating exist, says UN chief, but political courage is needed to end world’s fossil fuel addiction

The Guardian - UK

More consumption, more demand for resources, more waste: why urban mining’s time has come

Pollution and waste, climate change and biodiversity loss are creating a triple planetary crisis. In response, UN Environment Programme executive director Inger Andersen has called for waste to be redefined as a valuable resource instead of a problem. That’s what urban mining does.

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'Convergence' Growing On Global Plastics Treaty: UN Environment Chief

The UN environment chief said Sunday she was beginning to see convergence on the world's first binding treaty on plastic pollution despite differences on production caps and a tax-like plastic fee.

International Business Times

Seven times size of Manhattan: the African tree-planting project making a difference

Thousands of farmers have been persuaded by TREES scheme to replace barren monocultures with biodiverse forest gardens

The Guardian - UK

'Where Is The Money?' COP28 Deal Throws Spotlight On Funding

After COP28's landmark call for the world to move away from fossil fuels, experts say the pressure is on to fast-track -- and fund -- the global energy transition.

International Business Times

‘Insanity’: petrostates planning huge expansion of fossil fuels, says UN report

Plans by nations including Saudi Arabia, the US and UAE would blow climate targets and ‘throw humanity’s future into question’

The Guardian - UK

Action to protect against climate crisis ‘woefully inadequate’, UN warns

International funding to shield people from heatwaves, floods and droughts only 5-10% of what is needed, report finds

The Guardian - UK

Destruction of world’s pristine rainforests soared in 2022 despite Cop26 pledge

An area of primary rainforest the size of Switzerland was felled last year suggesting world leaders’ commitment to halt and reverse deforestation by 2030 is failing

The Guardian - UK

EU’s biodiversity law under threat from centre-right MEPs

The EPP, the European parliament’s largest group, says it supports climate goals but objects to ‘bad proposal’

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The Week

Sounds of the city: should urban dwellers expect noise?

Italy’s Supreme Court has ruled that nightlife noise can harm health and infringe on citizens’ right to peace and quiet in a landmark verdict that has widespread implications.

Radio France Internationale

What's at stake in Paris talks on cutting the world's plastic pollution?

Representatives from nearly 200 countries are meeting in Paris this week for the latest talks on a global treaty on plastic pollution. While not expected to produce a final agreement, the session could lay crucial groundwork for reducing the use of plastics worldwide.

Salon

Hope for the plastic pollution crisis

A new UN report says that the plastic pollution crisis, while dire, is solvable

The Guardian - UK

Plastic pollution could be slashed by 80% by 2040, UN says

Changes needed are major but also practical and affordable, report says, and would bring trillions of dollars in benefits

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The Guardian - US

Deflecting sun’s rays to cool overheating Earth needs study, scientists say

More than 60 US scientists, including James Hansen, renowned former Nasa climate researcher, sign open letter

Axios

Scientists want near moratorium on geoengineering to cool climate — for now

A UN report and a warning from scientists comes amid tests from new geoengineering companies.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Egypt Mobilizes Efforts to Support African Water, Food Security

Egypt is mobilizing efforts to support water and food security in Africa, calling on the international community to finance "climate adaptation" in the continent. The Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation, Hani Swailem, met in Kenya with the Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Inger Andersen, to…

The Guardian - UK

‘Embrace history’: UN environment chief calls for immediate action on Cop15 deal

Inger Andersen said we must not ‘pause for a second’ as we ‘change the relationship between people and nature’

Reuters

At COP15 summit, U.N. announces nature restoration priorities through 2030

The United Nations on Tuesday announced its top priorities for restoring ecosystems from South America's Atlantic Forest to the Ganges River in India.

The Guardian - UK

Humanity has become ‘weapon of mass extinction’, UN head tells Cop15 launch

António Guterres calls for end to destruction of nature as Canada pushes proposal to protect 30% of Earth

The Guardian - UK

‘We are at war with nature’: UN environment chief warns of biodiversity apocalypse

Inger Andersen spells out the challenges facing the planet as Cop15 delegates gather in Montreal

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