World Nov 13 Nations compromise on coal to strike UN climate agreement By Seth Borenstein, Frank Jordans, Associated Press
World Nov 13 Climate consensus appears near; India objects to coal plans After hours of one-on-one huddles and contentious disagreements over money, countries participating in United Nations talks to curb global warming appeared to be nearing a consensus Saturday, but India was saying not so fast. By Seth Borenstein, Frank Jordans, Associated Press
World Nov 12 Climate diplomats decide wording and the world as talks come to a close Hours of negotiations over wording could seem like nit-picking but determined how firmly nations commit to steps to stave off climate change. By Ellen Knickmeyer, Aniruddha Ghosal, Seth Borenstein, Associated Press
World Nov 12 Climate talks soften stance on fossil fuel phaseout Negotiators at this year’s U.N. climate talks in Glasgow appeared to be backing away from a call to end all use of coal and phase out fossil fuel subsidies completely. By Frank Jordans, Associated Press
World Nov 10 Saudi Arabia says allegation that they are trying to slow negotiations is false Saudi Arabia’s energy minister has denied allegations that his country’s negotiators were working to slow down negotiations and water down commitments at the U.N. climate talks. By Associated Press
Nov 10 COP26 draft agreement conveys ‘alarm and concern’ By Seth Borenstein, Aniruddha Ghosal, Frank Jordans, Associated Press In a significant move, countries would urge one another to “accelerate the phasing out of coal and subsidies for fossil fuels” in the draft, though it has no explicit reference to ending the use of oil and gas. Continue reading
Nov 09 Watch 11:02 How developing nations pay the price for climate goals missed by wealthier countries By William Brangham, Sam Lane At the COP26 climate change conference in Glasgow, Scotland, world leaders are trying to reach new agreements and commitments toward reducing emissions and slowing the impacts of a warming planet. William Brangham reports from Glasgow on the key issue of… Continue watching
Nov 04 6 clean energy priorities that could deliver COP26 breakthroughs By Dolf Gielen, Morgan Bazilian, The Conversation Clean energy innovation, methane cuts and getting China and India on board for net-zero can deliver progress at COP26. Continue reading
Nov 01 India pledges to get to ‘net zero’ by 2070, long after U.S. and China By Associated Press Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India announced a new target for his country -- to cease adding greenhouse gases to the atmosphere by 2070. Continue reading
Nov 01 World leaders ramped up rhetoric ahead of international climate negotiations By Seth Borenstein, Associated Press World leaders are turning up the heat and resorting to end-of-the-world rhetoric in an attempt to bring new urgency to sputtering international climate negotiations. Continue reading