1 week ago Climate Change: China reaffirms commitment to global climate action at COP30

Climate Change: China reaffirms commitment to global climate action at COP30  news.cgtn.com

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2 w. ago China is ‘walking the walk’ on climate action leadership say green industry figures

China is ‘walking the walk’ on climate action leadership say green industry figures  Fortune

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2 w. ago ‘We can’t have it all’: Turkey to host UN climate summit as Australia budges

Turkey will host next year’s UN climate summit while Australia will lead the conference’s negotiations among governments under a compromise deal taking shape in talks in Brazil, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Thursday. The annual Cop conferences are the world’s main forum for driving climate action. The compromise would resolve a stand-off between Australia and Turkey over who would stage Cop31. Both bid in 2022 to host it and refused to stand down. The two sides were now...

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2 w. ago Cop30: climate protesters rally in Brazil at UN summit’s halfway mark

Thousands of people marched through the streets of Belem on Saturday to press for action from negotiators holding tough talks at the United Nations’ Cop30 climate conference in the Amazonian city. Under a baking sun, indigenous people mixed with activists gathered in a festive atmosphere, blasting music from speakers, carrying a giant beach ball of Earth and holding a flag of Brazil emblazoned with the words “Protected Amazon”. It was the first major protest outside the annual climate talks...

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2 w. ago Expert: China, the U.S. must lead jointly on global climate action

Expert: China, the U.S. must lead jointly on global climate action  news.cgtn.com

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3 w. ago Takeaway from Cop30: climate action needs to be up close and local

Spectating from afar during the Cop30 UN climate summit in Belem on the edge of Brazil’s Amazon forests, it is easy to despair. Despite 30 years of concerted global diplomacy and exhaustive scientific evidence of the gravity of global warming, carbon dioxide emissions continue to rise, as do global temperatures. Brazil’s rainforest continues to burn. Global oil and gas production remains robust. Governments procrastinate and funding promises still fail to materialise. Worst of all, the world’s...

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4 w. ago Climate action vacuum looms over COP30 while China dominates clean energy tech

Climate action vacuum looms over COP30 while China dominates clean energy tech  Nikkei Asia

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4 w. ago Brazil’s Lula opens Cop30 demanding courage – and cash – to save the planet

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva kicked off the Cop30 climate summit on Thursday, urging leaders to turn promises into action while highlighting his country’s work within the Brics group to reaffirm the importance of climate finance, capacity building and technology transfer in global cooperation. The meeting comes amid the notable absence by the United States. President Donald Trump, who ordered the country’s withdrawal from the Paris Agreement in January, declined an invitation...

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