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Traditional acai berry dishes surprise visitors to Brazil climate summit, no sugar added

Some acai berry lovers in Brazil for this week’s U.N. climate summit are in for a surprise when they taste the fruit popular around the world in smoothies and breakfast bowls

The Independent UK

COP30: The private sector's make-or-break moment for a 1.5°C future

COP30 will reveal whether the world’s businesses make this a turning point or a footnote in a missed opportunity.

Fortune

The UN is reinventing peacekeeping – Haiti is the testing ground

For decades, the United Nations has intervened in Haiti in a bid to address persistent political, economic and security crises. To date, all attempts have failed.

The Conversation

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Have China’s carbon emissions peaked? New analysis shows they haven’t risen in 18 months

China’s emissions flat or falling over last 18 months, according to new analysis

Euronews

Nicolas Maduro Claims That If The U.S. Attacks Venezuela 'The Working Class Will Declare a General Insurrectional Strike'

Venezuela's authoritarian President Nicolas Maduro said that, should the U.S. attack the country, he will "declare a general insurrectional strike."

Latin Times

Warning issued as Sudan humanitarian operations ‘on the brink of collapse’

The International Organization for Migration said more funding is needed to prevent aid from halting completely

The Independent UK

Whistleblower Israeli soldiers describe killing unarmed Palestinians as they ‘demolish’ Gaza

IDF soldiers tell how they use teenage Palestinians as human shields in Gaza and have left the enclave a ‘zombie apocalypse’

The Independent UK

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Death toll from capsized boat with Myanmar migrants climbs to 26 as more bodies recovered

The death toll from a capsized boat carrying Rohingya migrants from Myanmar has risen to 26, with 14 survivors

The Independent UK

COP30: Brazil promotes largest Indigenous participation in history of the conference

Brazil invested in a number of initiatives and programmes to strengthen the representation of Indigenous peoples. Around 3,000 Indigenous people are expected to attend the 12-day summit in Brazil’s Amazon city of Belém.

Euronews

Top UN official warns inaction on climate crisis ‘will never be forgiven’ as Cop30 opens in Brazil

Simon Stiell told ministers from nearly 200 countries in Belém that governments dragging their feet on cutting fossil fuel use would be held responsible for famines, conflicts, and economic turmoil

The Independent UK

Italian cuisine gets green light from UNESCO to become Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity

The UNESCO technical committee of experts has given an initial sign of approval for Italian cuisine to be inscribed in the UN body's List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. The final decision is expected in December.

Euronews

Trump abandoning the climate opens door for China, says Paris deal chief

INTERVIEW: As the Cop30 climate conference opens in Brazil and 10 years after the key deal she brokered, Christiana Figueres speaks to Nick Ferris about why Beijing is stealing a march on the West when it comes to renewable energy – and why she is confident that the US will…

The Independent UK

Bel Trew answers your questions: From aid shortages in Gaza to morale in the Israeli military

ASK ME ANYTHING: Chief international correspondent Bel Trew answers your questions on Gaza’s aid crisis, the fragile ceasefire, regional power dynamics, and morale in the Israeli military

The Independent UK

New £500 levy proposed for business class and private jet flyers at Cop30 climate summit

Exclusive: Airlines’ body dismisses the idea of premium levy as ‘crazy’ – while UN staff travel in business class

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Willing states must act to save international legal order, warns top academic

Yale professor says wars in Ukraine and Gaza and threats from Donald Trump risk the ‘total collapse’ of the global courts system

Euronews

How much hotter is the world since the Paris Agreement? Here's what a decade of data shows

The past decade has seen record temperatures, soaring emissions and extreme heat becoming the new normal.

AAP

'Callous indifference' to Gaza suffering worsens horror

Australia and the international community have been tasked with stepping up to confront the horrendous humanitarian situation in Gaza after two years of war.

The Guardian - UK

Tuesday briefing: What the BBC’s new crisis reveals about its failures – and future

In today’s newsletter: The nation’s public service broadcaster is at a critical juncture as it deals with governance misfires and a political agenda against it

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The Independent UK

New Zealand will remove police from gun licensing but near-total semiautomatics ban to remain

New Zealand's government has announced changes to firearms laws Tuesday which include ending police officer involvement in gun regulation

The Independent UK

UN shipping regulator advocates for industry emissions fee at COP30, despite Trump pushback

The head of the International Maritime Organization said Monday he’s continuing to “advocate and campaign” for global regulations to move the shipping industry away from fossil fuels, after the United States and Saudi Arabia blocked new rules last month

The Guardian - UK

China’s CO2 emissions have been flat or falling for past 18 months, analysis finds

World’s biggest polluter on track to hit peak emissions target early but miss goal for cutting carbon intensity

The Guardian - US

US has sent $7.5m to Equatorial Guinea to accept noncitizen deportees

Country is one of world’s most repressive and corrupt, raising concerns over rights abuses of those deported

The Conversation

A bold new investment fund aims to channel billions into tropical forest protection – one key change can make it better

The world is losing vast swaths of forests to agriculture, logging, mining and fires every year — more than 20 million acres in 2024 alone, roughly the size of South Carolina.

The Conversation

COP30: climate law changes mean NZ could retreat from its international obligations

As this year’s UN climate summit (COP30) gets underway in Belém, Brazil, the New Zealand delegation will be attending beneath a cloud of scepticism about the government’s seriousness in addressing carbon emissions.

The Conversation

Five key issues at the UN climate summit in Brazil – and why they matter to you and the planet

The world’s most important climate summit – known this year as Cop30 – has begun in the Amazonian port city of Belém, Brazil. It promises to be contentious: key countries haven’t submitted new climate plans, and negotiations are held up by disputes over who should pay for climate action.

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