• China and U.S. promise more climate cooperation at COP26 talks

    China and U.S. promise more climate cooperation at COP26 talks

    Nov 10, 2021 08:10 PM EDT

    ... rich nations to give poorer ones $100 billion a year in climate aid, to ensure that half of that money goes to adapting to worsening global warming, and the pledge to slash global carbon emissions by 2030. The draft acknowledges "with regret" that rich nations have failed to live up ...

  • The new Global Methane Pledge can buy time while the world drastically reduces fossil fuel use

    The new Global Methane Pledge can buy time while the world drastically reduces fossil fuel use

    Nov 10, 2021 06:55 PM EDT

    ... rates not seen since the 1980s. An ambitious start So, can the new global methane pledge work in time to help governments and industry limit global warming to 1.5 degrees C in the next two decades? In short: yes, it can. The Global Methane Assessment determined that global human ...

  • COP26 draft agreement conveys 'alarm and concern'

    COP26 draft agreement conveys 'alarm and concern'

    Nov 10, 2021 02:25 PM EDT

    ... 2 F) of global warming to date and that impacts are already being felt in every region.” Small island nations, which are particularly vulnerable to warming, worry that too little is being done to stop warming at the 1.5-degree goal — and that allowing temperature increases up to 2 ...

  • News Wrap: Prosecution rests case in Rittenhouse murder trial

    News Wrap: Prosecution rests case in Rittenhouse murder trial

    Nov 09, 2021 11:55 PM EDT

    ... has entered its final days, with warnings that new pledges to cut carbon emissions are not enough. A U.N. analysis says that, by 2030, global emissions will still be four times the levels needed to limit global warming. Separately, the NewClimate Institute says that there is no solid plan ...

  • How developing nations pay the price for climate goals missed by wealthier countries

    How developing nations pay the price for climate goals missed by wealthier countries

    Nov 09, 2021 11:45 PM EDT

    ... 26 climate change conference in Glasgow, Scotland, where leaders are trying to reach new agreements and commitments toward reducing emissions and slowing the impacts of global warming. William Brangham is there for us all week. In his report tonight, he looks at key questions about getting enough help to the ...

  • WATCH: Pelosi holds news conference at COP26 climate summit

    WATCH: Pelosi holds news conference at COP26 climate summit

    Nov 09, 2021 03:06 PM EDT

    ... called for putting women and girls at the center of efforts to fight climate change, saying they are disproportionately affected by the impacts of a warming planet. Global warming “is a threat multiplier, amplifying and accelerating existing inequities in our economies and societies,” Pelosi said during a Tuesday meeting focused ...

  • Russia launches forest plan as testing ground for climate action

    Russia launches forest plan as testing ground for climate action

    Nov 09, 2021 02:25 PM EDT

    ... forestland.” Scientists say that natural forms of removing carbon dioxide, the main greenhouse gas, from the atmosphere will indeed play a key role in tackling global warming. Many of the countries at the climate summit rely on some form of absorbing emissions to achieve their targets of being “net zero ...

  • In COP26 climate talks, rich and poor nations face a divide

    In COP26 climate talks, rich and poor nations face a divide

    Nov 09, 2021 01:22 PM EDT

    ... been delivered." Huq said that rich, polluting nations also had failed the rest of the world by not delivering on emission targets that would limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius. As things stand, it's the poor who pay for the destruction caused by climate change, he said ...

  • Corruption claims roiling UK government put Johnson under pressure

    Corruption claims roiling UK government put Johnson under pressure

    Nov 08, 2021 07:52 PM EDT

    LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson wants to talk about climate change. But his opponents want to focus on corruption. As a United Nations climate summit aimed at staving off catastrophic global warming entered its final week in Glasgow, Scotland on Monday, host Johnson faced a barrage of criticism ...

  • A week in, big issues unresolved at COP26

    A week in, big issues unresolved at COP26

    Nov 08, 2021 02:55 PM EDT

    ... for $100 billion annually in financial help from rich countries to poor ones; and the idea that half of that money go on adapting to global warming’s worst effects. Several other issues, including trading carbon and transparency, also weren’t solved yet. And on the issue of more frequent ...