Climate Change

Analysis: Why leaders at COP28 should focus on the effect of climate change on conflict

By Natalie Caloca, Council on Foreign Relations

At this year's UN climate conference, increased attention should be paid to how climatic changes are affecting political stability, and even making armed conflict more deadly, in the most environmentally vulnerable and insecure regions.

As COP28 talks wind down, sticking points remain on fossil fuels and climate adaptation

By Sibi Arasu, Seth Borenstein, Jon Gambrell, Associated Press

Negotiators have been urged to narrow down their options so they can agree on how to save Earth from disastrous levels of warming and help vulnerable societies adapt to weather extremes as the clock runs down on United Nations climate…

Analysis: Carbon removal can help achieve net zero, but comes with its own climate risks

By Kirsten Zickfeld, Pep Canadell, The Conversation

Carbon capture and sequestration can play a role in limiting warming, but researchers say the nuances of its application are far more complicated than just fertilizing the ocean or planting trees. Getting it wrong could make warming worse.

News Wrap: Texas high court grants AG Paxton's request to pause abortion ruling

In our news wrap Saturday, the Texas Supreme Court temporarily blocked a lower court’s decision to allow a pregnant woman whose fetus has a fatal diagnosis to get an abortion, Israel hit targets across Gaza as its war with Hamas…

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Climate change adaptation commitments so far lacking at COP28

By Sibi Arasu, Associated Press

Negotiators are largely focused on how to curb climate change, but there's another topic on their plates: how to adapt to the warming that's already here.

At COP28, pageantry is over and negotiations get intense

By Seth Borenstein, David Keyton, Jon Gambrell, Associated Press

The leadership of climate talks, called COP28, sent out four pairs of veteran and high-level ministers to push countries together on four key but stubborn issues as the summit went into its second week after a day of rest Thursday.

The Christmas Eve bonfire tradition that almost wasn't

By Roby Chavez

A statewide burn ban, which was a response to unusually dry weather, threw into question whether this year’s 300-year-old tradition of lighting up bonfires would move forward in Louisiana.

U.S. touts new era of collaboration with Native American tribes to manage public lands

By Susan Montoya Bryan, Associated Press

Hundreds of tribal leaders gathered in Washington this week for an annual summit where the Biden administration is celebrating nearly 200 new agreements to boost cooperation with the tribes.

COP28 talks shift into high gear when words and definitions matter

By Seth Borenstein, David Keyton, Sibi Arasu, Joshua A. Bickel, Associated Press

The mood is about to shift, the hours grow longer and the already high sense of urgency somehow amp up even more as the United Nations climate summit heads into its final week.

COP28 in murky middle ground on climate goals after 1st week wraps up

By Seth Borenstein, Dana Beltaji, Associated Press

Proponents who are calling for a ground-shifting phase-out of fossil fuels have hope for the first time in years, but also see where it could be torpedoed.