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UN climate chief calls fossil fuel phase out key to curbing warming but may not be on talks' agenda

The United Nations climate chief says phasing out all fossil fuels is central to curbing global warming

The Independent UK

UN climate boss settles for no cuts on emissions

New United Nations climate chief Simon Stiell in an interview with The Associated Press acknowledges the world didn’t do anything additional to address climate change at the COP27 climate summit this year

The Independent UK

UN climate chief sends warning about harassment at Cop27 OLD REDIRECTED

Simon Stiell reminds attendees ‘there is a process for investigating reported cases’

The Independent UK

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‘Climate Frustration’ Contests ‘Hopes of Agreement’ at COP27 Negotiations

Main points of contention in climate negotiations at the COP27 began to surface clearly.

Asharq Al-Awsat

‘This could be the Cop where we lose 1.5C,’ warns Alok Sharma – as it happened

As negotiations develop, some countries pushed to weaken the goal of keeping a global temperature increase to 1.5C

The Guardian - UK

Cop27 loss and damage: Fight over human harm, huge climate costs

An issue called loss and damage will likely dominate difficult climate talks in Egypt this month

The Independent UK

Cop27 loss and damage: Fight over human harm, huge climate costs

An issue called loss and damage will likely dominate difficult climate talks in Egypt this month

The Independent UK

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Loss and damage: Fight over human harm, huge climate costs

An issue called loss and damage will likely dominate difficult climate talks in Egypt this month

The Independent UK

Watch: World leaders take a family photograph at Cop27

World leaders gathered in the Egyptian resort town of Sharm El-Sheikh on Monday for a family photograph at this year’s annual UN climate conference. The moment came at the start of the COP27 summit where experts have warned that the climate crisis has arrived and the world is not acting…

Evening Standard

The U.N. chief tells the climate summit: Cooperate or perish

Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warning that the world is "on a highway to climate hell" and urged the two biggest polluting countries, China and the United States, to work together to avert it.

WEKU

Hunger striker’s sister to push for his release in Egypt COP27

Sanaa Seif said she will pressure leaders for the release of her activist brother Alaa Abd el-Fattah at climate summit.

Al Jazeera

Climate crisis here now, COP27 warned

United Nations secretary-general Antonio Guterres told the COP27 gathering the world is not acting fast enough on climate targets

Evening Standard

World leaders gather to talk climate, but don't expect much

More than 100 world leaders are about to discuss a worsening problem that scientists’ call Earth’s biggest challenge, yet observers don’t expect much from it, maybe not even a lot of attention

The Independent UK

Loss and damage: Fight over human harm, huge climate costs

An issue called loss and damage will likely dominate difficult climate talks in Egypt this month

The Independent UK

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The Guardian - UK

Cop27 gets off to delayed start after tussle over agenda for talks

Contentious opening to UN climate conference as delegates struggle to reach agreement on discussion of loss and damage

The Guardian - UK

Who’s who at Cop27: the leaders who hold the world’s future in their hands

A look at who will – and who may not – be at the Sharm el-Sheikh climate summit this month

Tribune News Service

Earth’s on track to warm above 2C despite climate action

Government plans to cut greenhouse gas emissions aren’t enough to avoid catastrophic global warming, with the planet on track to heat up between 2.1 and 2.9 degrees Celsius by the end of the century compared to pre-industrial times, according to a new report from the United Nations Framework Convention on…

Radio France Internationale

Climate pledges still 'nowhere near' enough to limit rising temperatue to 1.5C° - UN

International climate pledges remain far off track to limit rising temperatures to 1.5 degrees Celsius, according to a report released by the United Nations Wednesday, less than two weeks ahead of high-stakes negotiations to tackle global warming.

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The Guardian - UK

Current emissions pledges will lead to catastrophic climate breakdown, says UN

United Nations says governments need to set new goals and make deeper cuts to limit temperature rises to 1.5C

The Independent UK

Interview: New UN climate chief takes the fight personally

The United Nations official now in charge of the fight to curb climate change has a personal stake in the battle to reduce emissions

The Independent UK

UN chief taps Grenada's Simon Stiell as new UN climate chief

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has appointed Simon Stiell from the Caribbean island nation of Grenada as the new U.N. climate chief, calling him, “a true champion” of creative approaches to tackling the global climate crisis

The Guardian - UK

Grenadian minister Simon Stiell to be next UN climate chief

Grenada’s environment minister faces task of getting countries back on track to meet climate goals ahead of Cop27

Reuters

UN selects former Grenada minister as climate chief

Grenada's former Climate Resilience Minister Simon Stiell will become the new United Nations climate chief, UN Secretary General António Guterres announced on Monday.

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