Climate politics
Threading the needle on Afghan aid – Climate Weekly
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Displaced Afghan negotiator calls for climate aid to war-torn states
Ahmad Samim Hoshmand, a top climate official before he fled the Taliban, says Afghans need support more than ever to cope with climate impacts
UK rejects campaigners’ call to postpone Cop26 climate talks again
Green groups say unequal access to vaccines makes it impossible for developing countries to be fairly represented at the Glasgow summit in November
What is Cop26 and why does it matter? Your guide to the Glasgow climate summit
Following a two-year gap, countries are due to meet in the UK for UN climate talks in November. Here’s what is at stake
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
Who speaks for Afghans? – Climate Weekly
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As the Taliban seizes control of Afghanistan, coal is a key source of revenue
Mining was a major source of finance for the Taliban resurgence in Afghanistan and has strategic importance as the militants seek to govern
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
A Cop to help people cope – Climate Weekly
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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
Weaponising the science – Climate Weekly
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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
IPCC report prompts calls to tackle methane emissions at Cop26
Only 13 countries have methane emission targets in their climate plans, despite evidence of the gas’s potent role in global heating
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
Science is on time; action is late – Climate Weekly
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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