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Earth at 8 billion: Consumption not crowd is key to climate

The 8 billionth baby on Earth is about to be born on a planet that is getting hotter

The Independent UK

The Climate Book, created by Greta Thunberg review – an angry call for action

The environmental activist curates a supergroup of climate experts in a valuable set of essays, which at times risk overwhelming the reader

The Guardian - UK

EU tells COP27 it will increase climate ambition

The European Union plans to update its emissions-cutting target under the Paris climate accord, the EU climate policy chief told the COP27 summit on Tuesday, with the upgrade expected before next year's United Nations summit.

Reuters

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Humanity Hits the Eight Billion Mark

A baby born somewhere on Tuesday will be the world's eight billionth person, according to a projection by the United Nations. "The milestone is an occasion to celebrate diversity and advancements while considering humanity's shared responsibility for the planet," UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said in a statement. The UN attributes…

Asharq Al-Awsat

COP27: India Resists Calls To Raise Ambitions, Says Rich Nations Must Reach Net Zero Before 2030

India on Monday firmly resisted calls for developing countries to raise ambitions at the ongoing UN climate summit in Egypt, saying "goalposts are being shifted constantly. Read more on Dynamite News:

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The Independent UK

Lula's COP27 visit seen as restoring Brazil's climate credibility

The election of Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva as Brazil's next president is already boosting the country's credibility at this year's U.N. climate negotiations, with the left-wing leader to participate in COP27 in Egypt on Wednesday.

Reuters

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Impose climate tax on fossil fuel giants, media groups urge

The Guardian and dozens of international media titles publish a joint editorial calling for radical thinking on how to fund climate action in poorer countries

The Guardian - UK

Nationalism is the ideology of our age. No wonder the world is in crisis

Rishi Sunak and Joe Biden should be pushing for greater cooperation at the G20, says former UK prime minister Gordon Brown

The Guardian - UK

At G20, divisions hinder bid to blame Russia for inflation crisis

US push to blame Russia’s war in Ukraine for cost-of-living crisis comes amid divisions within economic forum.

Al Jazeera

You are now one of 8 billion humans alive today. Let's talk overpopulation – and why low income countries aren't the issue

Today is the Day of Eight Billion, according to the United Nations.

The Conversation

‘End this barbaric war’: Rishi Sunak confronts Russia over Ukraine at G20 summit OLD

Prime minister brands invasion ‘illegal’ in front of Putin’s foreign minister

The Independent UK

US Navy: 70 tons of missile fuel from Iran to Yemen seized

The U.S. Navy says it found 70 tons of a missile fuel component hidden among bags of fertilizer aboard a ship bound to Yemen from Iran, the first-such seizure in that country’s yearslong war as a cease-fire there has broken down

The Independent UK

World making little progress on food waste, a big climate problem

Every Thursday, California resident Richard Redmond takes a gallon-sized container of food scraps to the farmers market in the city of South Pasadena where it is collected and composted for use in gardens – an effort to reduce the amount of household waste he sends to landfill.

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Climate justice gets harder as world population passes 8 billion

The world population surged past 8 billion people on Tuesday, the United Nations said, warning that more hardship is in store for regions already facing resource scarcity due to climate change.

Al Jazeera

As Malaysia prepares for an election, refugees watch warily

Refugees fear the incoming govt will stick with plans to close UNHCR offices and expand an official tracking system.

The Conversation

Calls for a 'one-child policy' in India are misguided at best, and dangerous at worst

India will surpass China as the country with the world’s largest population in 2023, according to the United Nations World Population Prospects 2022 report.

France 24

No concrete evidence on who fired missile, Poland's president says

A Russian-made rocket fell on the Polish village of Przewodow, near the Ukrainian border, at 3:40pm local time, the Polish foreign ministry said in a statement on Tuesday. The ministry said it had summoned the Russian ambassador over the incident. Read our live blog to see how all the day's…

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Tribune News Service

Clock is ticking for negotiators at climate conference in Egypt

It’s crunch time for diplomats at the United Nations-sponsored COP27 climate conference in Egypt, with dwindling days left to resolve the thorny issue of how poor countries should be compensated for the harm inflicted by global warming they didn’t cause.

Al Jazeera

Russia’s war in Ukraine challenges old comrades in Southeast Asia

Vladimir Putin’s absence from the G20 Summit in Bali also undermines talk of a Russian pivot to the Asia-Pacific region.

The Times of India

India abstains on UNGA resolution calling for Russia to pay reparations to Ukraine

NEW DELHI: The UN General Assembly on Monday adopted a resolution calling for Russia to be held accountable for violations of international law and for the creation of a repatriation and a remedy mechanism for damages caused by its invasion of Ukraine.

The Independent UK

European leader calls on world, China to pressure Russia

The European Council president urged global powers Tuesday to intensify pressure on Russia over its war against Ukraine, including Moscow’s biggest supporter, China

France 24

Iran launches missile attacks on Kurdish opposition group in Iraq

Missiles fired from Iran targeted bases of an exiled Iranian Kurdish opposition group in neighbouring Iraq on Monday, killing at least one person and wounding eight, local officials said. It was the latest in a series of such attacks in recent weeks.

The Guardian - UK

Russia strives to avoid G20 isolation as China and India distance themselves

Traditional allies China and India begin to distance themselves from Ukraine war

Tribune News Service

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