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Carbon offsetting, Kyoto protocol and NDCs: a Cop28 jargonbuster

As global leaders ready for the climate meeting in the UAE, here are some of the most common terms and what they mean

The Guardian - UK

What is Cop28 and why does it matter?

UN climate summit begins in Dubai on 30 November and will readdress finance for loss and damage

The Guardian - UK

UN COP28: What to know about the climate summit in Dubai

Climate financing and reining in fossil fuels are to top the agenda of the 2023 climate change summit to be held in UAE.

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Coal isn’t easy to exclude from sustainable development | Explained

It’s theoretically elegant to argue that switching to renewable energy will generate investments and jobs – but it may not work so smoothly in practice since the electricity grid must meet the peak demand at all times. The efficient operation of thermal power plants is critical for India since they…

The Hindu

‘A titan of the climate movement’: tributes pour in for Saleemul Huq

Huq, ‘a visionary and climate champion’, who was named one of the top 10 scientists in the world by Nature last year, has died at 71

The Guardian - UK

Stocktaking climate finance — a case of circles in red ink

Climate finance has a crucial role in retaining the trust of the developing countries in future climate change negotiations

The Hindu

India slams rich nations' climate inaction; calls for focus on pre-2020 gaps, equity in Global Stocktake

India calls for Global Stocktake to prioritize addressing pre-2020 gaps, capture equity as an overarching concern, and acknowledge lack of ambition among developed nations.

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India succeeds in reducing emissions rate by 33% over 14 years: sources

Many countries are preparing their TNC reports to update the UNFCCC on their efforts to mitigate emissions.

The Hindu

UAE promises to allow climate protests at COP28

Official permission is required for protests in the Gulf nation, which is hosting UN climate talks this year.

Al Jazeera

So what if fossil fuel lobbyists have to declare themselves at Cop28? That won’t curb their power

Oil and gas companies don’t just have a seat at the Cop table: they are in charge of the table, says climate journalist Amy Westervelt

The Guardian - UK

‘Absolute scandal’: UAE state oil firm able to read Cop28 climate summit emails

Exclusive: UN conference president Sultan Al Jaber is also head of oil firm, which was consulted on how to respond to a media inquiry

The Guardian - UK

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

UAE-France Program to Accelerate Clean Energy Development

The UAE and France agreed to launch a bilateral program that combines French and Emirati expertise to develop commercial and investable opportunities that accelerate clean energy development, notably in the decarbonization of hard-to-abate (HTA) industries, including clean hydrogen solutions for mobility. The program's operations will be officially launched during COP28,…

Asharq Al-Awsat

COP27: The good, bad and the ugly

COP27 could be called largely uninspiring; a plateau in progress marked by periodic bright points. It also represented an effective transition to a new dynamic as the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) moved beyond negotiations to a broader coalition of those willing to implement…

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The Conversation

COP27 failed. So why continue with these UN climate summits?

Climate change is an existential threat to human civilization and planetary ecosystems. Yet despite 27 UN Conference of the Parties (COP) meetings that have taken place so far, the international community has been unable to ward off imminent disaster.

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Gordon Brown says China must pay into climate fund for poor countries

Former prime minister says US and Europe will pay biggest share of loss and damage fund, but China must too

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NZ is on climate glide time

Many firsts were achieved at COP27 to which Aotearoa enthusiastically signed up, but we have a chasm between climate commitment and action.

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Cop27: is it right to talk of ‘reparations’?

Negotiations are centred on ‘loss and damages’ – but some think that language does not fully account for climate debt

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‘Shameful’ UN silencing Indigenous voices, say banned Cop27 activists

Campaigners who interrupted US president’s speech had passes revoked after they put ‘lives in danger’

The Guardian - UK

EU reversal of stance on loss and damage turns tables on China at Cop27

China is responsible for more cumulative emissions than any country other than the US

The Guardian - UK

‘Explosion’ in number of fossil fuel lobbyists at Cop27 climate summit

Oil and gas industries have 636 representatives at Egypt conference – a rise of more than 25% on previous year

Reuters

Factbox-Countries and rival interests at the COP27 climate talks

Each of the 197 signatories to the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) has its own concerns and interests, which makes reaching consensus a daunting challenge.

The Conversation

COP27: three reasons rich countries can no longer ignore calls to pay developing world for climate havoc

Payments from high-emitting countries to mitigate the harm that climate change has caused in the most vulnerable parts of the world is finally on the agenda for discussion at a global climate change summit, more than 30 years after the idea was first articulated by delegates from small island developing…

Reuters

Climate talks must wrench attention from competing crises

This year's U.N. climate conference must wrench global leaders' attention back to global warming as multiple crises, including a looming global recession and war in Europe, vie for attention, former U.N. climate chief Patricia Espinosa told Reuters.

The Guardian - UK

Loss and damage issue keeps us Cop27 negotiators wrangling late into the night

Developing countries hope to make progress on this problem because we are already suffering the effects

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