At COP27 climate talks, slow progress stokes worry over final deal

At COP27 climate talks, slow progress stokes worry over final deal

One week into this year’s U.N. climate summit in Egypt, frustrations were starting to flare as negotiators worried about resolving myriad details in time for a deal by the summit’s scheduled close on Friday. With a long list of demands for COP27, country delegates said on Sunday there had been little progress so far on … Read more

Half-Hearted Financing Efforts at COP 26 Climate Conference

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Delegates talk during the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland, Britain November 13, 2021.(Photo source: Reuters) By Dr Anwar Sadat,  The issue of finance, especially adaptation finance has kept the negotiators at the recently concluded COP 26 climate change conference at Glasgow quite busy. Scaling up of finance is badly needed to accelerate … Read more

G20 Rome summit aims to set agenda for COP26 climate talks

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Hectic negotiations are underway among G20 countries to set the agenda for the upcoming COP26 global climate talks in Glasgow and strike a consensus between the developed and developing nations to raise and hasten climate ambitions. On the table is a strong pitch for net-zero commitments, cutting coal use in the power sector, signing up … Read more