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‘Brazil is back’: At COP27, Lula vows to be a global climate leader

by Michael Birnbaum and Sarah Kaplan The Washington Post November 16, 2022

‘There is no climate security for the world without a protected Amazon,’ President-elect Lula da Silva tells a packed room at the U.N. climate conference in Egypt.

Nation & World

Treaty against fossil fuels floated at U.N. climate summit

by FRANK JORDANS and WANJOHI KABUKURU Associated Press November 8, 2022November 8, 2022

Vulnerable nations have also called for a global tax on fossil fuel companies who are benefitting from exorbitant energy prices.

Nation & World

Environmentalists slam corporate influence at U.N. climate talks

by Maxine Joselow and Vanessa Montalbano The Washington Post November 4, 2022November 4, 2022

Egyptian organizers have hired a public relations firm that has represented oil giants to manage communications for the COP27 negotiations, according to emails and other materials reviewed by The Climate 202.

Nation & World, Uncategorized

U.N. weather agency call record high greenhouse gas levels ‘ominous’

by JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press October 26, 2022

The three main greenhouse gases hit record high levels in the atmosphere last year, the U.N. weather agency said Wednesday, calling it an ‘ominous’ sign.

Times Record Opinion

The Conversation: Hurricane hunters flew through Ian’s powerful winds to forecast intensity – here’s what happens when the plane plunges into the eyewall of a storm

by Jason Dunion University of Miami October 10, 2022October 9, 2022

THE CONVERSATION — As Hurricane Ian intensified on its way toward the Florida coast, hurricane hunters were in the sky doing something almost unimaginable: flying through the center of the storm. With each pass, the scientists aboard these planes take measurements that satellites can’t and send them to forecasters at the National Hurricane Center. Jason Dunion, […]