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COP28 begins: 4 issues that will determine if the UN climate summit is a success, from methane to money

The United Nations climate conference is underway in Dubai, and representatives from around the world will be confronting an extraordinary array of challenges over its two weeks. They carry with them some long-held – and new – grievances, and strong expectations.

The Conversation

Why loss and damage funds are key to climate justice for developing countries at Cop28

Nations contributing least to greenhouse gas emissions are least equipped to deal with climate-related destruction

The Guardian - UK

China is already paying substantial climate finance, while US is global laggard – new analysis

Finance is poisoning international cooperation on the climate crisis.

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Climate change: 3 key goals Nigeria must focus on at COP28

Global environmental stakeholders will converge in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, from 30 November to 12 December 2023 for the UN Climate conference known as COP28. The conference aims to continue negotiations to address the global climate crisis. Nigeria’s main agenda in the conference is climate finance needed for climate…

The Conversation

Low emissions and economic survival – countries in the global south aren't getting a fair deal

In 2015, more than 140 countries signed up to the goal of achieving net-zero emissions by 2050. For countries in the global south this is a huge task. On the one hand they have committed to low emissions. On the other their economic survival depends on using resources that produce…

The Conversation

What is Cop28 and why does it matter?

UN climate summit begins in Dubai on 30 November and will readdress finance for loss and damage

The Guardian - UK

Unpacking the Dubai climate meeting

At the top of the COP28 agenda is the first Global Stocktake, a key part of the Paris Agreement machinery

The Hindu

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Climate funding is in short supply. So some want to rework the financial system

Efforts to boost climate financing have moved beyond national pledges. Now the focus is on overhauling organizations like the World Bank and providing countries debt relief.

WEKU

Revealed: Saudi Arabia’s grand plan to ‘hook’ poor countries on oil

Climate scientists say fossil fuel use needs to fall rapidly – but oil-rich kingdom is working to drive up demand

The Guardian - UK

FAQ: Annual climate negotiations are about to start. Do they matter?

World leaders, climate experts and oil company executives converge on Dubai later this week to talk about climate change at the United Nations COP28 meeting. Here's what you need to know.

WEKU

South Africa, Colombia and others are fighting drugmakers over access to TB and HIV drugs

In a series of moves experts say signal a shift in how developing countries deal with pharmaceuticals, South Africa, Colombia and others have recently adopted a more combative approach towards drugmakers, pushing back on policies that deny treatment to millions of people with tuberculosis and HIV

The Independent UK

How to increase EV uptake in developing countries

Getting the supply chain right is key to encouraging consumers to buy Electric Vehicles

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At COP 28, a fair share of the global carbon budget is at stake | Explained

There is a linear relationship between global warming and CO2 emissions. The carbon budget is a global resource available to all countries to limit warming to below a certain temperature, and developed countries have appropriated a larger share of this budget. India must recognise 'fair share of carbon budget' as…

The Hindu

Who are the polluter elite and how can we tackle carbon inequality?

Is capitalism the problem? Experts weigh in on ways to address the great carbon divide

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Fund to compensate developing nations for climate change is unfinished business at COP28

A fund to compensate developing nations for the impacts of climate change was the supposed big breakthrough at last year's United Nations-led climate talks in Egypt

The Conversation

Projects funded by the World Bank Group's private sector arm fuel violent conflict – it's time to reform the system

To what extent does private investment help developing countries to reduce conflict and violence and to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals?

The Hindu

The U.S.’s signal of a huge digital shift

Developing countries must stoutly resist a new trap of a digital Cold War, whereby they get bound into digital dependencies either with the United States or China

The Conversation

COP28: a year on from climate change funding breakthrough, poor countries eye disappointment at Dubai summit

At the COP27 summit in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, an agreement to establish a loss and damage fund was hailed as a major breakthrough on one of the trickiest topics in the UN climate change negotiations. In an otherwise frustrating conference, this decision in November 2022 acknowledged the help that poorer…

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The Independent UK

Stage set for conflict at COP28 with mixed response to outcome of key climate talks

Tense negotiations at the final meeting on a climate-related loss and damages fund — an international fund to help poor countries hit hard by a warming planet — ended Saturday in Abu Dhabi, with participants agreeing that the World Bank would temporarily oversee the fund for the next four years

The Guardian - UK

Climate crisis talks resume on ‘loss and damage’ funding for poorest countries

World leaders will reconvene in Abu Dhabi before UAE’s Cop28 after talks broke down two weeks ago

The Conversation

Whose job will AI replace? Here's why a clerk in Ethiopia has more to fear than one in California

Artificial intelligence is changing the world – and one of the main areas it will affect in the short-to-medium term is the workforce.

WEKU

As climate threats grow, poor countries still aren't getting enough money to prepare

To adapt to the threats developing countries are facing from climate change, the United Nations says they'll need at least 10 times more money than the public funding they received in 2021.

The Hindu

Stocktaking climate finance — a case of circles in red ink

Climate finance has a crucial role in retaining the trust of the developing countries in future climate change negotiations

The Hindu

Developed countries to overshoot carbon emissions goal: study

The U.S., Russia and EU will be responsible for 83% of the projected overshoot, according to a study by Council for Energy Environment and Water, a Delhi-based thinktank; developed countries were able to meet their 2020 targets largely due to COVID-19 lockdowns

The Hindu

De Leo Fund award for Thrissur native

Dr. Menon, from Thrissur, India, wins 2023 De Leo Fund Award from IASP for his research on suicidal behaviour in developing countries. He is the first Indian and second Asian to receive this biennial award, presented at 32nd IASP World Congress in Piran, Slovenia. He is the son of Sasi…

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