Climate COP27
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![John Kerry giving a speech]()
![John Kerry giving a speech]()
Can carbon offsets kill coal? John Kerry wants to try it.
Kerry’s plan is light on details, but corporate carbon markets don't have a track record of success.
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![Skyline of glass, newly-constructed buildings in downtown Mississauga, Ontario with a construction site in the foreground.]()
![Skyline of glass, newly-constructed buildings in downtown Mississauga, Ontario with a construction site in the foreground.]()
A post-pandemic construction rebound put building emissions at an all-time high
In the race for more efficient buildings, the world is running in place, UN report finds.
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![Man in a suit and tie stands at a podium in front of two flags]()
![Man in a suit and tie stands at a podium in front of two flags]()
At COP27, Tuvalu joins call for an international treaty to stop fossil fuel expansion
The Pacific island nation becomes the second U.N. country to support the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty.
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![COP27 president Sameh Shoukry speaks on stage in front of crowd.]()
![COP27 president Sameh Shoukry speaks on stage in front of crowd.]()
It’s official: Climate reparations are on the agenda at this year’s UN climate conference
After dodging the issue for more than 30 years, wealthy nations face calls to address the “loss and damage” created by climate change at COP27.
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![Rickshaws traveling through a flooded area of Chittagong.]()
![Rickshaws traveling through a flooded area of Chittagong.]()
Adaptation, loss and damage, and African oil: What’s at stake at COP27?
Amid the Russia-Ukraine war and an impending recession, climate negotiators will be trying to keep the world’s goal of 1.5 degrees Celsius in sight.
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![Egypt's New Administrative Capital]()
Egypt is touting its climate agenda ahead of COP27. Is it all a mirage?
In Sisi’s Egypt, flashy green infrastructure, soaring debt, and 60,000 political prisoners.
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![farmers harvest crops on a floating garden]()
Wealthy nations pledged to fund climate adaptation abroad. They’re way behind schedule.
Funds for climate resilience are “too little, too slow,” warns U.N. report.
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![person stands in a forest holding a stick with a bunch of fruit collected at the top]()
![person stands in a forest holding a stick with a bunch of fruit collected at the top]()
Report: Countries need an impossible amount of land to meet climate pledges
Pressure to convert land for carbon removal puts Indigenous communities at risk.
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![The Giza Pyramids rise above the buildings of Giza on September]()
![The Giza Pyramids rise above the buildings of Giza on September]()
Report: Global climate ambitions still fall short ahead of COP27
Last year's Glasgow Climate Pact urged countries to increase their ambition. Few have.
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![Joe Biden and climate envoy John Kerry at podiums]()
![Joe Biden and climate envoy John Kerry at podiums]()
The US is finally ready to discuss climate reparations. But is it ready to act?
Loss and damage advocates say the U.S. is muddying the waters with “linguistic acrobatics” and diversionary tactics ahead of COP27.
