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COP27
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Climate change
11/19/2022 8:54:00 PM
COP27 host Egypt scrambled to salvage UN climate talks Saturday with the European Union and Pakistan signalling a breakthrough over the contentious issue of "loss and damage" funding for climate vulnerable nations.
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COP27
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Climate change
11/19/2022 12:29:00 PM
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.
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COP27
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Climate change
11/19/2022 12:17:19 PM
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.
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COP27
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Climate change
11/19/2022 11:38:15 AM
United Nations climate talks ran into extra time on Saturday with little sign of a breakthrough, as negotiations remain hung up on key issues including funds for the loss and damage suffered by poorer vulnerable countries hit by extreme weather.
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COP27
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Climate change
11/19/2022 10:54:34 AM
John Kerry, the top U.S. envoy at this year's U.N. climate talks in Egypt, has tested positive for COVID-19, a spokesperson said late Friday night, another potential setback for negotiations that were already going into overtime with no result in sight.
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COP27
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To Know
11/18/2022 2:36:00 PM
The COP27 presidency announced on Friday shortly after 13:30 Cairo Local Time that the COP27 climate talks in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt have been extended until Saturday.
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COP27
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Climate change
11/18/2022 12:46:30 PM
UN climate talks entered their last day Friday with rich and developing nations deadlocked over creating a fund for countries devastated by the impacts of global warming -- and the EU warning its offer was final.
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COP27
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Sharm El-Sheikh
11/17/2022 6:00:08 PM
UN chief Antonio Guterres on Thursday urged divided nations holding climate talks in Egypt to agree on an "ambitious" deal to cover losses suffered by vulnerable nations hammered by natural disasters.
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COP27
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Sharm El-Sheikh
11/17/2022 4:43:28 PM
UN climate talks were deadlocked Thursday over calls to create a special fund to cover the losses suffered by vulnerable nations hit by natural disasters, raising the risk that negotiations could collapse.
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COP27
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Focus
11/17/2022 4:07:27 PM
Men usually outnumber and outrank women negotiators in climate talks, except when it comes to global warming's thorniest diplomatic issue this year, reparations for climate disasters.
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COP27
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To Know
11/17/2022 12:48:40 PM
A Russian billionaire under sanctions by the United States and Europe over his alleged ties to the Kremlin said Wednesday that he was not surprised by protests against his country at this year's U.N. climate talks, but insisted that Russia wants to remain engaged on the issue of global warming because it deeply affects the nation.
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COP27
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Climate change
11/16/2022 7:09:03 PM
Small island states whose existence is threatened by rising seas insist they will not leave UN climate talks without a fund to contain the impacts of global warming, a chief negotiator told AFP Wednesday.
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COP27
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To Know
11/16/2022 1:40:54 PM
Brazilian president-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said at UN COP27 climate talks in Egypt on Wednesday that he wants the 2025 summit to be held in the Amazon region as he vowed to fight deforestation.
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COP27
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Focus
11/16/2022 1:19:01 PM
A pledge by G20 leaders, whose countries account for most global CO2 emissions, to pursue the most ambitious target against global warming breathed new life into fraught UN climate talks in Egypt on Wednesday.
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COP27
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Sharm El-Sheikh
11/16/2022 11:03:57 AM
UN climate talks got a fillip Wednesday as Brazilian president-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva launched the country back into the battle to curb global warming and global leaders reaffirmed key pledges.
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COP27
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Sharm El-Sheikh
11/16/2022 11:03:38 AM
Government ministers are returning to Egypt to take over negotiations at this year's U.N. climate talks, providing diplomats with the political backing they need to clinch credible agreements that would help prevent disastrous levels of warming in the coming decades.
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COP27
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Sharm El-Sheikh
11/15/2022 11:54:37 PM
Negotiators at COP27 climate talks in Egypt prepared Tuesday for a looming showdown over how, and how quickly, to funnel funds to developing countries battered by deadly and costly climate impacts.
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COP27
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Sharm El-Sheikh
11/15/2022 6:30:13 PM
Sameh Shoukry, President of this year’s UN climate talks COP27 currently underway in Sharm El-Sheikh, said he is optimistic that a “satisfactory” deal on loss and damage, one of the summit’s most demanding issues, can be reached.
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COP27
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Climate change
11/15/2022 4:33:42 PM
COP27 entered its final week Monday with rich carbon polluters and developing nations at loggerheads over how to speed up and fund reductions in emissions to slow global warming.
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COP27
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Climate change
11/15/2022 2:38:04 PM
COP27 entered its final week Monday with rich carbon polluters and developing nations at loggerheads over how to speed up and fund reductions in emissions.
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