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Cop30 was meant to be a turning point, so why do some say the climate summit is broken?

Swamped by lobbyists and hobbled by a lack of urgency, there are fears Cop could become a sprawling spectacle that betrays those who depend on it most

The Guardian - UK

Protesters in Pikachu costumes demand Japan end fossil fuel financing at UN climate conference

Protesters in Pokemon costumes stomped around the United Nations climate conference Friday to send Japan a message: end financing of coal and natural gas projects across Southeast Asia and elsewhere

The Independent UK

US military planning for divided Gaza with ‘green zone’ secured by international and Israeli troops

Exclusive: Almost all Palestinians have been displaced to ‘red zone’ where no reconstruction is planned

The Guardian - UK

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The Guardian view on Cop30: someone has to pay for the end of the oil and gas age

Editorial: The fossil-fuel era is drawing to a close, but at a pace far too slow for the planet’s good or a fair transition to a clean energy future

The Guardian - UK

Ex-Congolese rebel leader on trial for war crimes in Paris begins hunger strike

Ex-Congolese rebel leader Roger Lumbala has begun a hunger strike to protest his trial in France

The Independent UK

How climate cooperation turned into a global race for green power

Nearly a decade after the Paris agreement, the world is emitting more greenhouse gases than ever. Global emissions reached a record 53 billion tonnes in 2024 – about 10% higher than in 2015, when the deal was signed. Despite near-universal participation, the international effort to cut emissions is failing.

The Conversation

Protesters blockade Cop30 summit over plight of Indigenous peoples

Munduruku people demand to speak to Brazil’s president, saying they are never listened to

The Guardian - UK

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How Azerbaijan’s oil fund is expanding its influence in Europe’s private markets

Azerbaijan’s State Oil Fund is ramping up European infrastructure and renewables investments, taking stakes in London Gatwick airport and Italian solar panel capacities as it seeks to diversify away from oil and hydrocarbon revenues.

Euronews

From Australia to Turkey and, reluctantly, Germany: the tug-of-war over hosting Cop31

A years-long standoff over who should host the 2026 climate summit leaves Brazilian hosts, and other states, frustrated

The Guardian - UK

UN human rights council orders investigation into atrocities in Sudan

The United Nations' top rights body on Friday adopted a resolution ordering an independent fact-finding mission to urgently investigate reports of human rights violations in the Sudanese city of El Fasher, where paramilitary forces are accused of mass killings and other atrocities.

Radio France Internationale

Climate leaders are talking about 'overshoot' into warming danger zone. Here's what it means

After years of pushing the world to limit Earth's warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, climate leaders are starting to acknowledge that the target set by the 2015 Paris Agreement will almost surely be breached

The Independent UK

Guardian’s former Gaza correspondent named young journalist of the year in UK awards

Malak A Tantesh, 20, ‘showed immense talent and bravery’, said judges at Media Freedom awards in London

The Guardian - UK

Brazil climate summit hosts highest ever share of fossil fuel lobbyists

One in 25 participants at the Cop30 climate summit in Brazil is tied to the oil and gas sector, the highest concentration of fossil fuel lobbyists so far at the United Nations climate talks. Their presence is driving growing unease over influence, conflicts of interest and the way the negotiations…

Radio France Internationale

Facebook community groups and maggot-infested rats: the inner workings of Australia’s climate misinformation war

Senate inquiry hears how ‘propagandised misinformation’ is drowning out legitimate concerns in Australia’s regions over renewable energy

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The Conversation

Can the world quit coal?

As world leaders and thousands of researchers, activists and lobbyists meet in Brazil at the 30th annual United Nations climate conference, there is plenty of frustration that the world isn’t making progress on climate change fast enough.

The Independent UK

Protesters block entrance to COP30 climate talks in Brazil

About 100 protesters have blocked the entrance to the United Nations climate conference on the edge of the Brazilian Amazon

Euronews

Rubber tappers march in Belem to call for an end to deforestation at COP30

Hundreds of rubber tappers marched through Belem, Brazil, during the U.N. climate talks, demanding an end to deforestation and more support for forest protection.

Radio France Internationale

As thousands flee, Sudan's war spills over into humanitarian crisis in Chad

Chad has become a refuge for hundreds of thousands of people fleeing the conflict in Sudan – and, as violence against civilians intensifies in Darfur, even more people are crossing the border. The influx is straining already scarce resources in one of the poorest countries in Africa. Fresh from a…

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The Guardian - US

Yellow fever and dengue cases surge in South America as climate crisis fuels health issues

Disease outbreaks from South America to Europe have been worsened by rising global temperatures, experts say

The Independent UK

Cop30 climate talks in Brazil see record presence of fossil fuel lobbyists

Roughly one in every 25 delegates in Belém represents the fossil fuel industry – the highest proportion ever recorded at the annual UN climate negotiations

The Independent UK

More than 150 Palestinians held on plane in South Africa for 12 Hours

Passengers included a woman who was nine months pregnant

The Independent UK

UN human rights body holds special session on Sudan after hundreds killed in Darfur's el-Fasher

The U.N.’s top human rights body is holding a one-day special session to highlight hundreds of killings at a hospital in Sudan’s Darfur region and other atrocities committed last month by paramilitary forces fighting the army

Euronews

Fossil fuel lobbyists outnumber most delegations at COP30 climate talks in Brazil

Analysis finds 1,600 fossil fuel representatives at UN climate summit in Brazil, outnumbering almost every country delegation.

The Guardian - UK

China and Saudi Arabia among nations receiving climate loans, analysis reveals

Investigation by Guardian and Carbon Brief finds just a fifth of funds to fight global heating went to poorest 44 countries

The Guardian - UK

What exactly is climate finance? Who pays it? And who gets it?

Richer countries have agreed to give poorer nations hundreds of billions to cut emissions, but details can be hard to find

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