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'Unstoppable' renewables help climate, security: experts at COP27

Sharm el Sheikh (Egypt) (AFP) - Russia's war in Ukraine has forced a short-term scramble for fossil fuels but the rise of solar, wind and other clean energies is "unstoppable", the head of International Renewable Energy Agency told AFP.

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Dash for gas imperils 1.5C climate goal: report

Sharm el Sheikh (Egypt) (AFP) - The global scramble for natural gas after Russia's invasion of Ukraine threatens the Paris Agreement target of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, scientists said Thursday on the sidelines of UN climate talks in Egypt.

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Surge of fossil fuel lobbyists at climate talks: watchdogs

Sharm el Sheikh (Egypt) (AFP) - Fossil fuel lobbyists have flooded UN climate talks in Egypt, a report by watchdog groups said Thursday, even as calls grow at the summit for a windfall tax on oil majors' bumper profits.

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US urges islands to set example for China, India on methane

Sharm el Sheikh (Egypt) (AFP) - US climate envoy John Kerry urged Pacific island states on Thursday to join global efforts to cut methane emissions in hopes it would sway major emitters China and India to follow suit.

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US launches green transition scheme for global south

Sharm el Sheikh (Egypt) (AFP) - The United States launched Wednesday a partnership with private funds aimed at supporting the transition to renewable energy in developing nations, based on a carbon credit system criticised by climate activists.

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Oil and gas emissions up to three times what is reported

Sharm el Sheikh (Egypt) (AFP) - Planet-heating emissions from oil and gas production could be three times higher than reported, according to a satellite monitoring project launched Wednesday that the UN chief said made it harder to "cheat".

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Rich nation 'gestures' on climate damage only a start: observers

Sharm el Sheikh (Egypt) (AFP) - A trickle of climate "loss and damage" funding pledges from rich countries at the COP27 summit in Egypt have been welcomed by observers and developing nations, who say they must pave the way for a broad global financing deal.

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Egypt rights activists in COP27 spotlight worry about day after

Sharm el Sheikh (Egypt) (AFP) - The UN climate summit in Egypt has afforded local rights defenders rare visibility, but some fear a backlash after global attention shifts away from President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi's regime.

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At COP27 climate talks, US midterms make waves

Sharm el Sheikh (Egypt) (AFP) - The US midterms made waves Wednesday at a UN climate summit on the shores of Egypt, with activists urging President Joe Biden to take bolder action against global warming regardless of the election outcome.

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Colombia, Venezuela launch COP27 call to save Amazon

Sharm el Sheikh (Egypt) (AFP) - The presidents of Colombia and Venezuela, Gustavo Petro and Nicolas Maduro, launched a call Tuesday at the COP27 climate summit for a wide-ranging alliance to protect the Amazon, the planet's biggest tropical forest.

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World 'burning up faster' than it can recover: Pakistan PM

Sharm el Sheikh (Egypt) (AFP) - Climate change is outpacing the capacity of developing nations to cope with its devastating impacts, the Pakistani premier told COP27 on Tuesday, as his country reels from historic floods.

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Ukraine's Zelensky tells COP27 Russia's war harms climate efforts

Sharm el Sheikh (Egypt) (AFP) - A fast-heating world "cannot afford a single gunshot", Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told the UN climate summit on Tuesday, arguing that Russia's invasion threatened international efforts to tackle global warming.

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Island nations call for oil tax, anti-fossil fuel treaty at UN summit

Sharm el Sheikh (Egypt) (AFP) - Small island nations led calls at the UN climate summit Tuesday to tax oil companies' windfall profits to pay for damages caused by natural disasters and enact a "non-proliferation treaty" to halt fossil fuel production.

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Tax oil firms to pay for climate damage, island nations say

Sharm el Sheikh (Egypt) (AFP) - A group of small island nations joined calls on Tuesday for a windfall tax on oil companies to compensate developing countries for the damage caused by climate change-induced natural disasters.

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Pressure mounts on Egypt to release hunger-striking dissident

Sharm el Sheikh (Egypt) (AFP) - International pressure mounted Tuesday for the "immediate release" of Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel Fattah, whose family fears for his life after he escalated his hunger strike by refusing water too as COP27 opened.

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'Toxic cover-up': UN draws red line around net zero greenwashing

Sharm el Sheikh (Egypt) (AFP) - The UN's chief called Tuesday for an end to a "toxic cover-up" by companies as a sweeping report said they cannot claim to be net zero if they invest in new fossil fuels, cause deforestation or offset emissions instead of reducing them.

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EU's von der Leyen: "Let us not take the highway to hell"

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen urged countries to hasten action on climate change, speaking at the COP27 climate summit in Sharm El Sheikh on Tuesday.

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S.Africa slams 'out of reach' climate aid for poorer nations

Sharm el Sheikh (Egypt) (AFP) - South Africa's president, whose coal-dependent country is among the world's top polluters, Tuesday criticised international funders for making it difficult for poorer nations to access aid to fight climate change.

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At COP27, US says election won't disrupt climate plan

Sharm el Sheikh (Egypt) (AFP) - The United States sought to reassure the UN climate summit in Egypt on Tuesday that it will stick to its energy transition even if Republicans triumph in midterm elections.

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UAE, Egypt ink major wind energy deal on COP27 sidelines

Sharm el Sheikh (Egypt) (AFP) - The United Arab Emirates and Egypt agreed Tuesday to develop one of the world's largest wind farms in a deal struck on the sidelines of the UN's COP27 climate summit in Sharm el-Sheikh.

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Global South needs $2 trillion a year to tame, cope with climate

Sharm el Sheikh (Egypt) (AFP) - Developing and emerging countries -- excluding China -- need investments well beyond $2 trillion annually by 2030 if the world is to stop the global warming juggernaut and cope with its impacts, according to a UN-backed report released Tuesday.

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Africa facing climate impact 'nightmare': Kenyan president

Sharm el Sheikh (Egypt) (AFP) - The crushing impacts of climate change are already a "living nightmare" for people across Africa, Kenyan President William Ruto told world leaders at UN talks on Monday.

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UN unveils global 'early warning' system for disasters at $3 billion

Sharm el Sheikh (Egypt) (AFP) - The United Nations on Monday unveiled a five-year plan to build a global early warning system for deadly and costly extreme weather events amplified by climate change.

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UK's new PM touts migrant cooperation after Macron meet

Sharm el Sheikh (Egypt) (AFP) - Britain's new prime minister Rishi Sunak on Monday vowed imminent action on cross-Channel migrants after his first face-to-face meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron.

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World risks 'collective suicide', UN chief warns climate summit

Sharm el Sheikh (Egypt) (AFP) - The UN's chief warned Monday that nations must cooperate or face "collective suicide" in the fight against climate change, at a summit where developing countries reeling from global warming demanded more action from rich polluters.

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