Nov 09 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. Continue reading
Nov 09 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. Continue reading
Nov 09 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. Continue reading
Nov 09 ‘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. Continue reading
Nov 09 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. Continue reading
Nov 09 WATCH: Pelosi holds news conference at COP26 climate summit By Associated Press 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. Continue reading
Nov 09 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. Continue reading
Nov 09 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. Continue reading
Nov 09 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. Continue reading
Nov 09 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. Continue reading