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COP27 fails women & girls – High time to redefine multilateralism

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- Anwarul K. Chowdhury - December 12, 2022December 13, 2022

Three weeks have gone by since the much-ballyhooed mega-gathering of the 27th Conference of Parties (COP) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), generally known by its easy-to-say-and-remember title – COP27, concluded at the resort city Sharm El-Sheikh in Egypt. This year the annual rotational hosting of COP was

Can Asia and the Pacific Get on Track to Net Zero?

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- Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana, IPS - November 30, 2022November 30, 2022

The recent climate talks in Egypt have left us with a sobering reality: The window for maintaining global warming to 1.5 degrees is closing fast and what is on the table currently is insufficient to avert some of the worst potential effects of climate change. The Nationally Determined Contribution targets

COP27: Landmark win on loss and damage fund

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- Meena Raman - November 22, 2022November 23, 2022

COP 27 delivered on what was the ‘litmus test’ for its success – consensus on the establishment of a fund on loss and damage. What seemed impossible was made possible, largely due to the unity of the G77 and China and the role of the Egyptian Presidency. Also important were

Loss and damage fund saves COP27 from the abyss

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- Daniel Gutman, IPS - November 21, 2022November 22, 2022

They were on the brink of shipwreck and did not leave happy, but did feel satisfied that they got the best they could. The countries of the global South achieved something decisive at COP27: the creation of a special fund to address the damage and loss caused by climate change

Historic loss and damage fund takes COP27 to the edge

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- Aimable Twahirwa, IPS - November 20, 2022November 21, 2022

After a tense impasse and many hours of negotiations, almost 200 countries struck a deal to set up a loss and damage fund to assist nations worst hit by climate change – a demand considered not-negotiable by the developing countries. COP27 was extended by a day after negotiators couldn’t agree on

COP27: Historic climate compensation deal approved

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- Associated Press - November 20, 2022November 21, 2022

Negotiators early Sunday approved a historic deal that would create a fund for compensating poor nations that are victims of extreme weather worsened by rich countries' carbon pollution, but an overall larger agreement still was up in the air because of a fight over emission reduction efforts.Talks on the overall

Will the global energy crisis accelerate the energy transition?

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- Daniel Gutman, IPS - November 19, 2022November 20, 2022

COP27 is unlikely to produce new commitments to reduce emissions of climate-changing gases, but the global energy crisis will eventually prompt more action by countries to move away from fossil fuels. That is the positive feeling that many observers are taking away from the annual climate summit being held in

COP27: Despair, lack of progress at climate talks, yet hope blooms

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- Associated Press - November 19, 2022November 20, 2022

It's a desert, where little grows. It's a climate conference, where water is scarce inside buildings and out, lines are long, tempers are short, meetings go late and above all progress comes in one-drop drips. Yet hope springs forth in the strangest places. Not in the naive new face, but

COP27: EU shakes up talks with surprise disaster fund offer

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- Associated Press - November 18, 2022November 19, 2022

Climate talks appeared stalled late night Thursday on major issues going into the final day, but possibilities for a deal were buoyed by an unexpected proposal by the European Union on two of the thorniest issues, tying compensation for climate disasters to tougher emissions cuts. Minutes after the United Nations

COP27: Show me the money-supported by policy

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- Peter Schlosser & Michael Dorsey, IPS - November 18, 2022November 18, 2022

Climate change is an existential threat to humans and our ability to thrive on a healthy planet. But when it comes to rising temperatures, the inability of humankind to slow emissions and limit warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius isn’t because we lack knowledge or need new technologies. Consider: Humans have been