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Did the world make progress on climate change? Here's what was decided at global talks

Delegates reached a last-minute deal to pay vulnerable countries for damages caused by climate change. But the final agreement does not put humanity on track to avoid catastrophic warming.

WEKU

Climate summit brings historic deal on climate damage, stalls on cuts

The agreement would pave the way for a fund to compensate developing countries for climate damages.

Axios

Nations adopt landmark climate deal, some dissatisfied

Delegates at the U.N. climate talks, which looked on the verge of collapse Saturday morning, quickly agreed on a historic deal to pay poorer countries for harm caused by global warming, before getting to more thornier issues.

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Cop27 agrees historic ‘loss and damage’ fund for climate impact in developing countries

Deal is hailed as potential turning point that acknowledges vast inequities of climate crisis

The Guardian - AU

Sanctions support over human rights abuses

Foreign countries committing human rights abuses against their own citizens as well as Australians, would face sanctions under a push by the coalition.

AAP

A one-man quest to save the world’s corals

Abdullah has spent his entire adult life restoring coral reefs in Malaysia, writes Rebecca Tan. Until recently he’s been working in obscurity – and, at times, poverty

The Independent UK

Rich nations relent on climate aid to poor at Cop27

Developed countries agree to ‘loss and damage’ fund for vulnerable nations, but delay approving wider deal

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Five crucial issues in fight to save planet – and what Cop27 did about them

This month’s environmental summit opened as our planet wilts under the impact of climate change. Here we examine five key areas and assess what success – if any – was achieved in Egypt

The Guardian - UK

U.S. working to sign on to loss and damage agreement - sources

The United States is working to find a way it can agree to proposals put forward at the COP27 summit in Egypt on creating a fund to help developing countries meet the cost of climate disasters, a source close to the negotiations said on Saturday.

Reuters

'Developing' China won't pay into climate loss fund

A big sticking point in the final hours of the global climate summit remains China's insistence it is still a 'developing' economy by old UN definitions and should not pay

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Rishi Sunak meets Volodymyr Zelenskiy in surprise visit to Ukraine

Prime minister promises Ukrainian president sustained UK support as Russian strikes target power grid

The Guardian - UK

Explainer - COP27: What is 'Loss and Damage' funding, and who should pay?

The question of whether rich nations should offer funding to vulnerable states hit by climate-fuelled disaster has dominated negotiations among nearly 200 countries at this year's U.N. climate summit in Egypt.

Reuters

Brazil's incoming government unlikely to provide military assistance to Haiti, officials say

Brazil's incoming government is unlikely to provide military assistance to Haiti despite calls for an international force to confront gangs, two officials said, noting that a prior military intervention did not yield lasting improvements.

Reuters

Climate fund breakthrough offers ‘hope’

SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt: Host Egypt scrambled to salvage the UN climate talks on Saturday with the European Union signalling a breakthrough over the contentious issue of “loss and damage” funding for climate-vulnerable nations.

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World Toilet Day 2022: All you need to know about this day

The United Nations observes World Toilet Day on November 19 annually. Read on for details:

Reuters

COP27 draft climate deal published but gaps remain

The U.N. climate agency on Saturday published an updated draft of a proposed final agreement for the COP27 summit, fleshing out some key parts of the deal countries are struggling to reach.

Salon

A climate reparations insurance scheme

A group of countries led by Germany announced a climate insurance scheme called the Global Shield at COP27

The Guardian - UK

Cop27 talks in disarray with 1.5C goal at risk, campaigners warn

Countries urged to make progress as ‘untransparent, unpredictable and chaotic’ talks in danger of collapse

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COP27 climate summit considers new proposal for 'loss and damage' fund

The United Nations climate agency on Saturday published a draft proposal for a deal to tackle the issue of "loss and damage" that said the COP27 summit would agree to launch a new fund to help countries cope with the cost of climate damage.

Irish Mirror

Simon Coveney threatens to expel more Russian diplomats after Irish politicians put on 'travel ban'

It comes following news that the Russian Foreign Ministry had placed a travel ban on 52 Irish politicians earlier this week.

The Independent UK

Harry Kane still set to wear ‘OneLove’ armband despite FIFA’s late intervention

FIFA has launched a new series of social campaigns in a partnership with United Nations agencies.

The Independent UK

The Latest | UN Climate Summit

New Zealand’s climate minister has said a draft of the final document circulated by the presidency “has been received quite poorly by pretty much everybody,” adding that delegations are going into another round of talks

Asharq Al-Awsat

Thousands Mourn Palestinian Fire Victims in Gaza

Thousands of Palestinians turned out Friday for the funeral of 21 people who died in a Gaza Strip apartment building fire. At least seven children were among the dead in the blaze at Jabalia Palestinian refugee camp on Thursday night, said the head of the Indonesian Hospital there, Saleh Abu…

The Independent UK

UN climate talks drag into extra time with scant progress

United Nations climate talks are running into extra time with little sign of a breakthrough

Asharq Al-Awsat

Yemeni Army Accuses Militias of Testing Anti-Ship Missile

The Yemeni army accused the Houthi militia of testing an anti-ship missile launched from Sanaa, which landed in the Red Sea waters off Hodeidah. The army spokesman, Brigadier General Abdo Majali, announced that the Houthis conducted an anti-ship missile test from the Nehm district, which landed west of Hodeidah in…

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