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Waiting for Cop26 vaccines – Climate Weekly
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Frustration mounts as Cop26 delegates wait for the UK’s promised Covid vaccines
Most campaigners from developing countries have heard nothing about how to get jabbed, with time running out before the critical UN climate conference
Joe Biden can seal a breakthrough deal to end global public finance for fossil fuels
The US has the opportunity to make fossil-free public finance a new international norm ahead of Cop26 – but that requires ending its support for gas
UK oil construction postponed after kayakers’ Stop Cambo protest
Campaigners scored a minor victory in efforts to block consent for Cambo oil field in the North Atlantic, which they argue is incompatible with climate leadership
How a Glasgow PACT can advance the climate agenda at Cop26
At November’s UN climate talks, leaders need to deliver on finance promises, raise ambition and accelerate the clean transition
US guidance to development banks puts gas infrastructure finance in question
Gas-fired power projects in Thailand and South Africa could be affected by a shift in US development finance policy to back clean energy over fossil fuels
Developing nations push to define ‘unacceptably vague’ adaptation goal
South Africa is proposing a quantitative target for boosting resilience to climate impacts globally, but there are technical and political hurdles
Following the science means slashing emissions 7% per year – starting now
Governments and businesses have set laudable net zero targets, but few have committed to the annual CO2 cuts this decade the planet needs
Cop26 delegates from ‘red list’ countries will need to isolate for 5 days in the UK
Hosts of the next UN climate summit in Glasgow, UK, say health is the priority as they share Covid-proofing plan with regional climate officials
China, India miss UN’s extended deadline for climate pledges
110 parties to the Paris Agreement have submitted updated 2030 climate targets to be counted by UN Climate Change before Cop26, but some major emitters’ are still missing
South Africa proposes global goal for adaptation at pre-Cop26 ministerial
Environment minister Barbara Creecy called for quantifiable improvements in resilience to climate impacts, to give the adaptation agenda the same weight as emissions cuts
Developing nations put numbers on the table for the next climate finance goal
Nearly 100 developing countries have come together to define what success means at Cop26, raising the stakes for donor countries to step up their finance pledges
South Africa’s climate advisers urge faster shift away from fossil fuels
The climate commission has called on the government to step up its 2030 climate goal – which some advisers say will require ending new coal and gas projects
Delivering an inclusive Cop26 in the age of Covid-19 requires more than vaccines
Even vaccinated, negotiators from vulnerable nations face logistical and financial barriers to travel to Glasgow amid border closures and quarantine measures
UK government opens registration for Cop26 participants to apply for vaccines
The race is on for delegates to the next UN climate summit to register for a Covid vaccine by 23 July, offered by the UK hosts to enable more people to participate
Ministers called in to break deadlock after unproductive climate talks
Diplomats say a lot more work is needed over the next five months to overcome divergent views on finalising the Paris Agreement rulebook
South Korea proposes cutting emissions 40% by 2030
The coal-reliant nation will need to pivot quickly to renewable energy under the government’s proposed new climate target
G7 offers ‘peanuts’ to developing world, putting climate ambition in doubt
While Canada and Germany set out new climate finance pledges, rich countries are still falling short of a target they promised to meet in 2020
Joe Biden’s trip to Europe offers a chance for a new transatlantic climate alliance
With a US-EU summit scheduled following the G7 meeting, Biden and EU leaders have an opportunity to usher in a new era of collaboration on climate action
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