An upcoming summit on protecting the Amazon has become the focus of a Indigenous and civil society-led campaign to set up an exclusion zone for fossil fuels South American nations…
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G20 divisions over key climate goals pile pressure on Cop28 hosts
The world’s largest economies failed to agree on targets to phase down fossil fuels and scale up renewables Energy ministers from some of the world’s largest economies failed to agree…
US-China talks thaw in heatwave
Sign up to get our weekly newsletter straight to your inbox, plus breaking news, investigations and extra bulletins from key events US climate envoy John Kerry visited an overheating Beijing this…
Biden’s union-friendly green jobs pitch meets sceptical response
Workers in Philadelphia questioned whether green jobs could permanently replace dirty ones and pay the same high rates US President Joe Biden traveled on Thursday to Philadelphia to pitch the…
Frans Timmermans steps down from EU’s climate leadership
Timmermans has led the EU’s climate policy since 2019 but will now seek to become Dutch prime minister instead EU climate chief Frans Timmermans on Thursday said he wants to…
Under record heatwave, US and China unravel climate talks
US climate envoy John Kerry visited Beijing, re-starting talks on coal, methane and other climate issues As temperatures reached above 35C (95F) this week in China’s capital, US climate envoy…
Open letter from 14 countries to G20: Safeguard a liveable future
Comment: In an open letter to the G20, climate ministers from 14 countries outline key actions ahead of COP28, including a fossil fuel phase out. As the G20 ministers meet…
Australia will update the ‘fantasy’ net zero plan it inherited
Australia’s new climate minister says the plan relied too heavily on future technologies – the new one will include sectoral plans Australian climate and energy minister Chris Bowen has slammed…
The EU-Mercosur trade deal will harm Brazil’s indigenous communities
Far-right president Jair Bolsonaro is gone but agribusiness and congress are still a threat to Brazil’s indigenous communities The world watched in despair at the environmental damage President Jair Bolsonaro’s…
What’s in a word? The US discourse on loss and damage
Sign up to get our weekly newsletter straight to your inbox, plus breaking news, investigations and extra bulletins from key events In the world of climate diplomacy, words matter a lot.…
