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Climate compensation fund approved at COP27 | CBC News
Negotiators early Sunday approved a historic deal that would create a fund for compensating poor nations that are victims of extreme weather worsened by rich countries' carbon pollution, but an overall larger agreement was still up in the…
Last minute objections threaten historic UN climate deal in COP27
Issued on: 19/11/2022 - 23:25
Negotiators at the COP27 climate summit in Egypt neared a breakthrough deal on Saturday for a fund to help poor countries being ravaged by the…
India’s power units binge on coal, outpace Asia
Smoke billows from the cooling towers of a coal-fired power plant in Ahmedabad. File.
| Photo Credit: Reuters
India's coal-fired power output has increased much faster than any other country in the Asia Pacific since Russia's invasion of…
COP27 Climate Negotiators Scramble for Deal with Summit in Overtime
Countries were struggling to reach agreement at the COP27 climate talks in Egypt on Saturday, with some threatening to walk away if negotiators failed to make progress on fighting climate change.With the talks already in overtimen,…
Commentary: Tuvalu has a desperate plan to upload itself to the metaverse – and a hidden message
Technologically, it’s already easy enough to create beautiful, immersive and richly rendered recreations of Tuvalu’s territory. Moreover, thousands of different online communities and 3D worlds (such as Second Life) demonstrate it’s…
COP27 climate talks hurtle towards overtime, countries mull EU offer of fund
LOSS AND DAMAGE
The loss and damage issue has dominated this year's summit, and talks had stuttered until Thursday as the United States and EU resisted a new fund over fears that it could open the door to spiralling liabilities to pay.
EU…
COP27: Climate deal draft weak on loss and damages, phasing out fossil fuels
The formal draft omitted references to the need for rich countries to achieve "net-negative carbon emissions by 2030" and their disproportionate consumption of the global carbon budget, both of which were points that India and…
From COP27 to Portugal, Brazil’s Lula on mission to improve foreign ties
LISBON: Brazil's Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva travelled from the COP27 summit in Egypt to Portugal on Friday (Nov 18) to meet officials, showing that improving foreign ties and the country's image abroad will be one of his top priorities as…