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![Group of Maasai tribesmen wearing bright red shawls and carrying sticks, walking down a dirt path, viewed from behind]()
Tanzania drops murder charges against 24 Maasai land defenders
The alleged murder occurred when state security forces tried to evict the Maasai to create a hunting preserve.
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![Collage: world map ripping in half in the middle; United States and European Union flags; 100 U.S. dollar bill and Euro bill; COP27 logo]()
![Collage: world map ripping in half in the middle; United States and European Union flags; 100 U.S. dollar bill and Euro bill; COP27 logo]()
Inside the COP27 fight to get wealthy nations to pay climate reparations
How developing countries' 30-year battle for "loss and damage" funding culminated in a new agreement in Egypt.
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COP27 is over. What did it achieve?
The climate conference delivered a historic deal on loss and damage — but little else.
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![A panel of activists discussing climate justice for disabled persons at COP27 in Egypt]()
![A panel of activists discussing climate justice for disabled persons at COP27 in Egypt]()
How people with disabilities fought for formal recognition at COP27
Disabled people are pushing for the U.N. to acknowledge their unique vulnerabilities to climate change.
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![A group of Nigerians standing in flooded waters carry supplies onto a military truck after devastating flooding in September 2022.]()
![A group of Nigerians standing in flooded waters carry supplies onto a military truck after devastating flooding in September 2022.]()
Climate change made deadly rainfall in West Africa 80% more likely to happen
A new study says climate change also made the weather 20 percent wetter.
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Developing countries need trillions for climate action. Where will it come from?
At COP 27, negotiators have been haggling over how to pay for the mounting costs of climate change.
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![Collage: Oil refinery with sunset; crown prince and prime minister of Saudi Arabia Mohammed Bin Salman; a field of solar panels, and colorful green and yellow graphics on top]()
![Collage: Oil refinery with sunset; crown prince and prime minister of Saudi Arabia Mohammed Bin Salman; a field of solar panels, and colorful green and yellow graphics on top]()
Saudi Arabia has a new green agenda. Cutting oil production isn’t part of it.
The petrostate pitched a plan to cut carbon at COP27. And it’s covered in oil.
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Underfunded, understaffed, Canada’s Indigenous Services Agency is failing to protect First Nations
As climate disasters intensify, poor emergency management puts Indigenous peoples at higher risk.
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![A Syncrude oil sands mining facility near Fort McKay, Alberta]()
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Draft COP27 agreement fails to call for ‘phase-down’ of all fossil fuels
The document will provide basis for negotiations over coming days and is likely to be significantly reworked.
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![A nativity scene in front of a sign showing pollution and saying "creation is in peril"]()
![A nativity scene in front of a sign showing pollution and saying "creation is in peril"]()
Pew poll: 42% of religious Americans pray for the environment
But that concern for the planet doesn't always include climate change.
