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Poor nations to seek assistance for climate actions at COP27: LDC Chief

The chair of an influential negotiating bloc in the upcoming United Nations climate summit in Egypt has called for compensation for poorer countries suffering from climate change to be high up on the agenda. Madeleine Diouf Sarr, who chairs the Least Developed Countries group, told The Associated Press that the November conference known as COP27 should capture the voice and needs of the most climate-vulnerable nations and deliver climate justice. Sarr said the group would like to see an agreement to establish a dedicated financial facility that pays nations that are already facing the effects of climate change at the summit. The LDC group, comprised of 46 nations that make up just a small fraction of global emissions, negotiates as a bloc at the UN summit to champion the interests of developing countries. Issues such as who pays for poorer nations to transition to cleaner energy, making sure no communities get left behind in an energy transition and boosting how well vulnerable ..

Centre submits NDC climate target to UNFCC, eyes net-zero by 2070

No Sectoral Targets, 500 GW renewable energy target also dropped

World's major companies lag on climate, some markets regress since Paris

Limiting the world's temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius above the pre-industrial average by mid-century was crucial in order to avoid irreversible damage to the planet: UN

'Budget 2022 sends important signal to markets, financial institutions'

These were the views of climate experts and negotiators who participated in several international diplomatic meets, including the just concluded UN Climate Change Conference or COP26

India needs constellation of actions to deal with climate change: N K Singh

Singh said the climate change issue goes far beyond the confines of the Constitution as it has multiple dimensions

India is hanging on to coal but its EV education campaign is visionary

E-Amrit is a government-run portal that's a one-stop shop for all your electric vehicle questions.

India's last-minute coal defense at COP26 hid role of China, US

A dramatic process of revision to the final text unfolded in the closing minutes of talks on Saturday

Climate talks resume, proposal on coal phaseout still on table

Negotiators at the this year's UN climate talks pored over fresh proposals Saturday aimed at sealing a deal that could credibly be said to boost the world's efforts to tackle global warming

Glasgow COP26: Republicans, China, Russia hurt progress, says Obama

Obama said the Paris agreement he helped to broker had created a framework to tackle climate change

COP26: Must make bold compromises for climate deal, warns Johnson

The first week of the talks have seen much of the attention focus on the attendance by world leaders

Glasgow COP26: Financiers with $130-trillion purse make climate vows

An announcement made at the COP26 UN climate conference in Scotland commits its over 450 signatories to assuming a "fair share" of the effort to wean the world off fossil fuels.

What is COP26 and why does it matter? A guide to Glasgow climate talks 2021

COP26's aim is to curb emissions, keep the goal of 1.5 degrees of global warming within reach, sort out rules for a carbon market and raise billions in climate finance. Here's your roadmap to COP26

Greenhouse gas build-up reached new high in 2020: United Nations

UN weather agency warns the world is 'way off track' on reaching goals for capping rising temperatures

UN climate talks: Faint progress on money, none on pollution

Opening pocketbooks wider to fight climate change? That's looking slightly more doable. Closing more smokestacks for the same goal? Not yet sold

UN chief 'disappointed' as longest talks end with no deal on carbon market

The two-week long negotiations which extended till Sunday saw no agreement on major issues such as Article 6, loss and damage, and long term finance

World leaders' commitments fall short of outcome at UN climate conference

The narrow aim of the Madrid negotiations is to finalise the rulebook for the 2015 climate accord, which enjoins nations to limit global temperature rises to "well below" two degrees Celsius.

Greta Thunberg accuses world leaders of 'creative PR' not leading to action

The activist cited scientific reports that have established that unchecked warming above 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) for the planet will be catastrophic.

Battle lines drawn over coal at UN climate talks

To cap global warming at 'well under' two degrees Celsius, the planet-saving target in the 196-nation Paris Agreement, coal must be phased out