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Biden, Sisi Pledge to Confront Climate Crisis

US President Joe Biden held bilateral talks on Friday with President Abdul Fatah El-Sisi on the margins of the 27th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 27) in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. Bassam Rady, the official spokesman for the Egyptian presidency, said that Sisi stressed during his meeting with Biden…

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Shifting geopolitical sands, dull economy, but will Cop27 skip real tasks for rhetoric again?

The 27th session of the UN conference of parties on climate change mitigation in the Egyptian seaside city of Sharm-el-Sheikh intersects a time when the high table of global diplomacy grapples with the Ukraine war and the energy supply constraints in its wake. Even if it chastens the ambitious tone…

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Cop27: US ‘totally supportive’ of moves to address loss and damage, says Kerry – as it happened

US climate envoy John Kerry has said his country is ready to discuss the loss and damage at Cop27

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The 1.5C climate target is dead – to prevent total catastrophe, Cop27 must admit it

Acknowledging that climate breakdown is unavoidable is key to making fossil-fuel companies and governments take action, says Bill McGuire, professor emeritus of geophysical and climate hazards at UCL

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Cop27 first week roundup: powerful dispatches, muted protest, little cash

Despite ‘loss and damage’ focus there have been more oil and gas lobbyists than delegates from the most vulnerable countries

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What to watch this weekend at COP27 in Egypt

After a full week of speeches from world leaders, presentations by scientists and closed-door negotiations, the U.N. climate conference was poised for a weekend break.

Reuters

Global accord not necessary in climate battle

This week's United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27) in Egypt highlights the growing consensus that multilateral cooperation is necessary to avert environmental catastrophe. But with geopolitical tensions spiking and the US-China rivalry heating up, such efforts seem doomed to fail, much like previous efforts to promote global coordination on vaccines,…

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Joe Biden warns climate crisis threatens ‘very life of planet’ at COP27

Speaking in Sharm El-Sheikh, The US president declared America is on track to meet its emissions targets by 2030

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Biden calls for global action to combat climate crisis

US president outlines steps US is taking against climate change, apologises for Trump withdrawal from Paris Agreement.

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Biden says U.S. will rise to the global challenge of climate change

The President said the United States is cutting its greenhouse gas emissions, and promised again to give more money to developing countries on the front lines of climate change.

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Biden, at COP27, says U.S. "on track" to meet 2030 emissions commitment

The president touted increased efforts to help vulnerable nations too, but may face new headwinds in Congress

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COP27: Biden Says Climate Crisis Is about ‘Very Life of the Planet’

US President Joe Biden addressed the COP27 climate conference in Egypt on Friday, saying the global climate crisis posed an existential threat to the planet and promising that the United States was doing its part to combat it. "The climate crisis is about human security, economic security, environmental security, national…

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Methane: war and international tensions make cutting potent greenhouse gas emissions harder

US president Joe Biden has announced new oil and gas industry regulations, which his administration claims will plunge emissions of the greenhouse gas methane 87% below 2005 levels. This is part of an update to the Global Methane Pledge, a US-EU initiative announced at COP26, last year’s UN climate summit…

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COP27: Biden says the climate crisis is about 'very life of the planet'

U.S. President Joe Biden told the COP27 climate conference in Egypt on Friday that global warming posed an existential threat to the planet and promised the United States would meet its targets for fighting it.

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U.S., EU, others affirm need to accelerate clean energy transitions -statement

The United States, the European Union and other governments said they were committed to taking action to address climate and energy crises and affirmed the need to accelerate global transitions to clean energy, according to a joint statement released on Friday.

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U.N. talks not ready to agree climate compensation fund, EU says

Talks about how to compensate vulnerable countries for the damage caused by climate change are not ready to agree on a funding mechanism, a European Union negotiator said on Friday, but did not exclude progress on the issue at COP27.

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How the energy crisis is pressuring countries at the UN climate summit – while some race to renewables, others see natural gas wealth, but it may be short-lived

Russia’s war on Ukraine has cast a shadow over this year’s United Nations climate summit in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, where officials from around the world are discussing the costs of climate change and how to cut emissions that remain near record highs.

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President Biden heads to climate summit as global emissions hit record high

US President Joe Biden is headed to UN climate talks in Egypt armed with major domestic achievements against global warming but under pressure to do more for countries reeling from natural disasters.

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Live: US President Biden addresses COP27 climate summit in Egypt

US President Joe Biden headed to UN climate talks in Egypt on Friday armed with major domestic achievements against global warming but under pressure to do more for countries reeling from natural disasters. Watch his address live on FRANCE 24.

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The Latest | UN Climate Summit

Dozens of countries including the United States, India, Australia, Kenya, and the European Commission have launched a 12-month plan to boost technologies that would help tackle global warming

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Joe Biden warns world faces ‘pivotal moment’ in fight against climate crisis - as it happened

The US president assured the summit the US would hit its climate targets by 2030 and apologised for pulling out of the Paris agreement

The Independent UK

African nations push for funding to adapt to climate change

Battling droughts, sandstorms, floods, wildfires, coastal erosion, cyclones and other weather events exacerbated by climate change, the African continent needs to adapt, but it needs funds to do so, leaders and negotiators from the continent said at the U.N. climate summit

The Independent UK

Biden off to climate talks, 1st leg of round-the-world trip

President Joe Biden is heading to a global climate meeting with a giant domestic investment in tow

Reuters

Global CO2 emissions to rise again, climate goals at risk, scientists say

Global carbon dioxide emissions from burning fossil fuels are on track to rise around 1% this year, scientists said on Friday, warning this would make it harder for the world to avoid disastrous levels of climate change.

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Global recession fears could slow needed climate investments

Current funding is far below the estimated $1 trillion needed.

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