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How COP's fossil fuel taboo was finally broken by the Emiratis
AFP, Published on 15/12/2023
» DUBAI - Hours after the applause and relief that the world had finally reached a landmark climate agreement in Dubai, US special envoy John Kerry admitted that he thought it might never happen.
G77+China summit in Cuba seeks 'new economic world order'
AFP, Published on 15/09/2023
» HAVANA - The G77+China, a group of developing and emerging countries representing 80 percent of the global population, gathers Friday in Cuba seeking to promote a "new economic world order" amid warnings of growing polarization.
CO2 cuts v. cash: Climate talks stymied by stand-off
AFP, Published on 16/06/2023
» PARIS - Pressure to speed cuts in carbon pollution took a back seat at UN climate talks that ended late Thursday night, as emerging economies, including China, demanded that rich ones vastly scale up climate financing.
Climate damage the key as COP goes into overtime
AFP, Published on 19/11/2022
» SHARM EL SHEIKH, Egypt: Climate negotiators were grappling for an agreement on Saturday at the COP27 meeting in Egypt after high-stakes talks went deep into the night with key sticking points over funding for countries harmed by climate disasters.
Gridlocked UN climate talks head deep into overtime
AFP, Published on 19/11/2022
» SHARM EL SHEIKH (EGYPT) - Climate negotiators were locked in efforts to break the deadlock at UN COP27 talks Friday as nations tussle over funding for developing countries battered by weather disasters and ambition on curbing global warming.
UN climate talks enter final day in deadlock
AFP, Published on 18/11/2022
» SHARM EL SHEIKH (EGYPT) - Talks at a UN climate conference enter their final day Friday, gridlocked by a make-or-break tussle between rich and developing nations over money for countries in the crosshairs of increasingly intense and costly impacts of global warming.
UN climate summit hangs on money for 'loss and damage'
AFP, Published on 17/11/2022
» SHARM EL SHEIKH (EGYPT) - UN climate talks were deadlocked Thursday over calls to create a special fund to cover the losses suffered by vulnerable nations hit by natural disasters, raising the risk that negotiations could collapse.
World leaders gather for climate talks under cloud of crises
AFP, Published on 07/11/2022
» SHARM EL SHEIKH, Egypt: World leaders meeting Monday for climate talks in Egypt are under pressure to deepen cuts in emissions and financially back developing countries already devastated by the effects of rising temperatures.
Egypt's COP27 climate summit comes at a 'watershed moment'
AFP, Published on 04/11/2022
» CAIRO - Leaders of a divided world meet in Egypt on Monday tasked with taming the terrifying juggernaut of global warming as they face gale-force geopolitical crosswinds, including the war in Ukraine and economic turmoil.
COP26 talks stumble on climate cash 'cliffhanger'
AFP, Published on 13/11/2021
» GLASGOW: Nations were trying to rebuild bridges at the COP26 summit on Saturday after talks faltered overnight, when rich emitters refused a request to help developing economies meet mounting financial losses from climate change.