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During a trip to Brussels, the US presidential climate envoy told Euractiv in an interview it was unconstitutional to mandate a coal exit for states
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The Glasgow pact calls on countries to improve their 2030 plans next year but the Cop26 host’s goal is already in line with 1.5C, the Climate Change Committee says
At the International Maritime Organization (IMO) meeting, countries urged ship operators to switch to cleaner fuels in Arctic waters
Investor and state-owned oil companies in the G20 find common cause in watering down climate ambition; we need to confront their influence
Australia and New Zealand have already said that they do not plan to update their 2030 targets by the end of 2022
At Cop26 in Glasgow, countries agreed to call out coal, double adaptation finance and finalise rules for carbon trading, in a bid to ‘keep 1.5C alive’
Denmark and Costa Rica have launched an alliance in Glasgow to phase out oil and gas production, but few governments are ready to take on energy incumbents
In a surprise joint statement, the world’s two top emitters agreed to work together in a range of areas to keep the goals of the Paris Agreement “within reach”
The UK presidency has appointed two ministers to steer each strand of Cop26 negotiations towards an agreement
Many Asian countries see gas as a “transition fuel” away from coal, while Brussels is urging the region to go straight to renewables
The funding from US, UK, Germany, Norway and the Netherlands confronts the weakening of indigenous land rights in countries like Brazil
Narendra Modi upped India’s climate ambition while calling for more climate finance from developed countries
The Italian presidency is seeking to secure an agreement to phase out coal power but there is resistance from members including China, India and Australia
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Agreeing on rules for a global carbon market has become a high-level political focus of the Glasgow summit but experts warn getting it wrong will undermine 1.5C ambition
Analysts welcomed the plan days before the UK hosts the Cop26 summit but warned more public investments were needed to give it credibility
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