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COP27 delivers climate fund breakthrough at cost of progress on emissions

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Reuters

Climate summit approves deal to fund "loss and damage"

A plenary session of the COP27 climate summit approved a deal on Sunday covering funding arrangements for loss and damage from climate change suffered by vulnerable countries.

Reuters

Analysis-Australia's climate policies don't match its big talk at COP27

Australia is talking up its green credentials at the annual U.N. climate summit, but its policies do not match the portrayal as it continues to support new mining and energy projects, and fuels the crisis through its enormous fossil fuel exports.

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Rich nations relent on climate aid to poor at Cop27

Developed countries agree to ‘loss and damage’ fund for vulnerable nations, but delay approving wider deal

The Guardian - UK

Five crucial issues in fight to save planet – and what Cop27 did about them

This month’s environmental summit opened as our planet wilts under the impact of climate change. Here we examine five key areas and assess what success – if any – was achieved in Egypt

The Guardian - UK

COP27: China's climate envoy says expects cooperation with U.S. to continue

China's top climate negotiator Xie Zhenhua said on Saturday he expects to continue direct cooperation on climate change with his U.S. counterpart John Kerry after the COP27 summit taking place in Egypt comes to a close.

Reuters

China and US renew commitment to tackling climate crisis but differences remain

Xie Zhenhua said he’d had ‘very constructive discussions’ with John Kerry at Cop27 but there’s no change on finance issues

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Explainer - COP27: What is 'Loss and Damage' funding, and who should pay?

The question of whether rich nations should offer funding to vulnerable states hit by climate-fuelled disaster has dominated negotiations among nearly 200 countries at this year's U.N. climate summit in Egypt.

Reuters

COP27 draft climate deal published but gaps remain

The U.N. climate agency on Saturday published an updated draft of a proposed final agreement for the COP27 summit, fleshing out some key parts of the deal countries are struggling to reach.

Reuters

A climate reparations insurance scheme

A group of countries led by Germany announced a climate insurance scheme called the Global Shield at COP27

Salon

Cop27 talks in disarray with 1.5C goal at risk, campaigners warn

Countries urged to make progress as ‘untransparent, unpredictable and chaotic’ talks in danger of collapse

The Guardian - UK

COP27 climate summit considers new proposal for 'loss and damage' fund

The United Nations climate agency on Saturday published a draft proposal for a deal to tackle the issue of "loss and damage" that said the COP27 summit would agree to launch a new fund to help countries cope with the cost of climate damage.

Reuters

Cop27: crunch climate talks teeter on the edge

UN climate talks were thrown into disarray Saturday as the EU rejected a proposal by host country Egypt for lacking ambition on emissions cuts and warned it would rather leave with no deal than a bad one. But Egypt's Foreign Minister said he was hoping for a breakthrough and called…

Radio France Internationale

Saudi Arabia Steps up ‘Climate Battle’ Efforts

The Saudi pavilion at COP27 was one of the most crowded places during the days of the conference in Sharm el-Sheikh. Visitors did not only attend seminars and discussion sessions, they also met researchers who have introduced programs directed to combating climate change to light. While Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz…

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The Guardian - UK

EU president says Cop27 deal is ‘small step towards climate justice’ but warns much more to be done – as it happened

Despite breakthrough on fund for developing nations, Ursula von der Leyen says Cop27 has not delivered on commitment to phase down fossil fuels

Reuters

Africa climate activists have mixed feelings about COP27

COP27 climate talks dragged into the weekend after negotiators failed to agree on a final deal at the close on Friday, and African activists tried to hold on to dimming hopes that the event could bring meaningful changes to their continent.

The Guardian - UK

‘False solutions’: scepticism over Saudi carbon capture plan

Kingdom’s Cop27 announcement of new storage hub part of pattern of delaying fossil fuel transition, experts say

Reuters

COP27 nears breakthrough on climate finance in scramble for final deal

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 impacts of global warming, but remained locked over how to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions driving them.

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Chris Bowen on Cop27’s urgent fight: ‘If we’re not trying to keep to 1.5C then what are we here for?’

Australia’s climate change minister backs proposed loss and damage fund but says 1.5C target is crucial to limiting the bill

Reuters

COP27: U.S. climate envoy Kerry tests positive for COVID-19

U.S. Special Climate Envoy John Kerry has tested positive for COVID-19 at the COP27 climate summit in Egypt, but continues to work by phone, the State Department said on Friday.

The Independent UK

Ghanian girl cuts through jargon, delivers message at COP27

During a session at the U.N. climate summit in Egypt, 10-year-old Nakeeyat Dramani Sam told attendees that rich nations should compensate developing countries' climate impacts

The Guardian - UK

US shamed as the ‘colossal fossil’ of Cop27 climate summit by campaigners

Climate action group believes US is blocking progress on global heating by rejecting payments to poorer countries

Radio France Internationale

Young protesters at Cop27 demand climate damage fund

As the UN’s Cop27 climate talks were extended by a day, Fridays For Future protesters at the event demanded that big-polluting rich nations agree to loss and damage financing for vulnerable countries already ravaged by the climate crisis – a major obstacle to a final deal.

Reuters

COP27 host Egypt aims to share climate finance model

COP27 host Egypt has secured nearly $10 billion in funding in ways it hopes can provide a template for other developing nations to obtain climate-related finance, its international cooperation minister said.

Reuters

With a 'back to normality' message, Brazil's Lula seeks to improve foreign ties

Brazil's Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva travelled from the COP27 summit in Egypt to Portugal on Friday to tell officials that his country is back to "normal" as he strives to improve foreign ties and Brazil's image abroad.

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