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Need a refresher on what’s happening in the final days of COP26? Watch this

By News Desk

William Brangham is at the climate summit all week and shared this dispatch.

Little Amal puppet appears at COP26 equality event

By Associated Press

The Little Amal puppet, representing a young Syrian girl, has been walked 8,000km across Europe in order to raise awareness about the plight of refugee girls.

COP26 agreements far cry from 1.5 goal, analysis finds

By Associated Press

The world has already warmed 1.1 to 1.2 degrees Celsius (2 degrees Fahrenheit) since pre-industrial times.

COP26 agreements so far won’t reduce warming enough, independent analysis says

By Associated Press

The world has already warmed 1.1 to 1.2 degrees Celsius (2 degrees Fahrenheit) since pre-industrial times.

‘We have only a few days left,’ COP26 chair warns

By Associated Press

Alok Sharma said that the commitments made by countries in the first week of the talks narrowed the gap but weren’t enough. He said that countries now have to shift immediately to making good on those promises.

WATCH LIVE: Pelosi holds news conference

By News Desk

The House speaker has joined COP26 on a day focused on the disproportionate effects of climate change on women and girls.

Pelosi: ‘America is back’ to curb climate change

By Associated Press

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is leading a delegation of congressional Democrats to the U.N. climate talks in Glasgow this week to send a message that the United States has rejoined international initiatives to curb climate change after the Trump years.

Rich and poor nations confront divides over money and trust

By Seth Borenstein, Aniruddha Ghosal, Associated Press

It’s time for the “high level” negotiations, when government ministers or other senior diplomats swoop in to make the political decisions that are supposed to break the technical logjams.

Russia aims to make its largest island carbon neutral by 2025

By Tanya Titova, Frank Jordans, Associated Press

Tree growth will absorb as much planet-warming carbon dioxide as the island’s half-million residents and its businesses produce, an idea the Russian government 4,000 miles to the west in Moscow hopes to apply to the whole country.

Russia launches forest plan as testing ground for climate action

By Tanya Titova, Frank Jordans, Associated Press

More than two-thirds of Sakhalin Island is forested. With the Kremlin’s blessing, authorities there have set an ambitious goal of making the island — Russia's largest — carbon neutral by 2025.