Nov 20 COP27 closes with deal struck for climate disaster fund, but no new emissions cuts By Seth Borenstein, Samy Magdy, Frank Jordans, Associated Press For the first time, the nations of the world decided to help pay for the damage an overheating world is inflicting on poor countries, but they finished marathon climate talks on Sunday without further addressing the root cause of those… Continue reading
Nov 19 UN climate talks poised for deal creating disaster fund for vulnerable nations By Seth Borenstein, Samy Magdy, Frank Jordans, Associated Press Negotiators say they have struck a potential breakthrough deal on the thorniest issue of United Nations climate talks, the creation of a fund for compensating poor nations that are victims of extreme weather worsened by rich nations’ carbon pollution. Continue reading
Nov 17 Women lead talks on tough climate change topic: reparations By Seth Borenstein, Associated Press Experts say this summit's success or failure centers on the issue. And most of the negotiators and public faces of the issue are women. Continue reading
Nov 17 Russia airstrikes hit Ukraine’s energy facilities as first snow of season falls By John Leicester, Associated Press Russian airstrikes have targeted Ukraine's energy facilities again, as the first snow of the season fell in Kyiv. Continue reading
Nov 15 Global population to hit 8 billion mark Tuesday, U.N. says By Dan Ikpoyi, Chinedu Asadu, Associated Press The upward trend threatens to leave even more people in developing countries further behind, as governments struggle to provide enough classrooms and jobs for a rapidly growing number of youth and food insecurity becomes an even more urgent problem. Continue reading
Nov 14 African nations demand more money for removing greenhouse gas emissions By Wanjohi Kabukuru, Associated Press African nations want to increase how much money they receive from schemes that offset greenhouse gas emissions and are looking for ways to address the issue at U.N. climate talks currently underway in Egypt. Continue reading
Nov 13 Watch 4:55 What’s on the climate agenda as COP27 enters its final week For 27 years, the United Nations has held annual gatherings of world leaders to discuss how to combat climate change. Yet progress towards the goal of stopping global warming has been elusive, and this year’s summit is happening against the… Continue watching
Nov 11 WATCH: Biden touts U.S. spending at COP27 U.N. climate conference By Matthew Daly, Seth Borenstein, Associated Press President Joe Biden says new spending on clean energy initiatives has cemented the United States' commitment to fighting global warming. Continue reading
Nov 07 COP27 begins as world leaders up urgency of climate crisis By Seth Borenstein, Associated Press With the world on “a highway to climate hell with our foot on the accelerator," the United Nations chief on Monday told dozens of leaders to ”cooperate or perish."… Continue reading
Nov 06 Rising temperatures and sea levels getting worse faster, says UN weather report By Seth Borenstein, Associated Press Earth’s warming weather and rising seas are getting worse and doing so faster than before, the World Meteorological Organization warned Sunday in a somber note as world leaders started gathering for international climate negotiations. Continue reading