Here is a look at what’s on the table at the COP27 negotiations.
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Biden says climate efforts ‘more urgent than ever’ at summit
President Biden says new spending on clean energy initiatives has cemented the United States’ commitment to fighting global warming.
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War-triggered gas boom threatens world climate goal, report finds
Planning and build-up of liquified and other natural gas would add the equivalent of 2 billion tons of carbon dioxide a year to the air by 2030, according to Climate Action Tracker.
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Climate change threatening ‘things Americans value most,’ U.S. report says
The congressionally mandated assessment, last issued under the Trump administration in 2018, comes as world leaders gather this week in Egypt for a U.N. Climate Change Conference, known as COP27.
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U.N. climate talks off to tense start as nations feud over damage
Leaders demanded at U.N. climate talks, or COP27, that wealthy nations spend vastly more to help vulnerable populations adjust to a warming planet.
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U.N. chief, at annual climate talks, says the world is on ‘a highway to hell’
Some of the strongest pleas for action come from leaders of poor nations that caused little of the pollution but often get a larger share of the weather-related damage.
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Commentary: Don’t be fooled by myths of carbon in Maine, New England wood products
Despite its trendy greenwashed label, the success of lumber and wood products in storing carbon fails miserably to measure up to what living trees do.
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World in crisis a grim backdrop for UN climate talks
Negotiators agree to formally discuss the question of vulnerable nations receiving money for the loss and damage they’ve suffered from climate change.
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Commentary: Will the nations of the world take the necessary steps to protect us all?
The outcome of this year’s U.N. climate conference, which kicks off Sunday in Egypt, will – for better or worse – dictate our future.
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Russia strips climate advocate of citizenship
Arshak Makichyan, 28, who fled Russia to Berlin in March following the invasion of Ukraine, is still pushing for climate action, but as of last week, the government says he is no longer Russian.