Here are the top stories compiled from major international English-language news outlets.
Announcements
- India targets net-zero carbon emissions by 2070, says Modi (Aljazeera)
- Modi outshines Biden on Glasgow climate stage (Bloomberg)
- Brazil steps up climate emissions goal; critics unimpressed (Washington Post)
- White House unveils strategy for 2050 net-zero goal (The Hill)
- Canada will put a cap on oil and gas sector emissions, Trudeau tells COP26 summit (CBC)
- Vietnam targeting carbon emission neutrality by 2050, minister says (Reuters)
- Global methane pledge sees around 80 signatories now signed up (Bloomberg)
- UN chief launches group to study non-state net-zero emissions commitments (S&P Global)
White House unveils strategy for 2050 net-zero goal
The U.S. early Monday unveiled its strategy for achieving “net-zero” greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 — under which the country would try to eliminate or offset all of its climate pollution.
What’s at stake
- ‘We are digging our own graves’: world leaders’ powerful words at COP26 (The Guardian)
- Barbados prime minister: “We do not want that dreaded death sentence” (CNN)
- Act now for our children, Queen urges climate summit (BBC)
- Guterres urges leaders to double down on climate pledges (Reuters)
- World at one minute to midnight over climate change – Boris Johnson (BBC)
- Poor countries at COP26 concerned by G20’s limited climate progress (The Guardian)
- Climate finance could make or break the COP26 summit, here’s why (Economic Times)
‘We are digging our own graves’: world leaders’ powerful words at Cop26
The sense of urgency was palpable on the opening day of the Glasgow climate summit
Other Stories
World’s worst polluters accused of Facebook greenwashing campaign using ‘dark ads’
Exclusive: Massive Attack frontman Robert Del Naja says platform responsible for ‘climate disinformation’
Climate summit delegates highlight inequity of climate crisis
Representatives of developing nations and indigenous communities highlighted the heightened stakes of climate change for them at the United Nations climate summit, known as COP26, Monday.
Pacific nations need carbon cuts from Australia, not just cash: Fiji Prime Minister
Fiji’s president provided Scott Morrison with a copy of Fiji’s climate change act, which Frank Bainimarama hopes could serve as a model for Australia.
COP26: What climate summit means for one woman in Bangladesh
What do decisions made at a summit in Glasgow mean for a woman in a village on the front line of climate change?
Top climate scientists are sceptical that nations will rein in global warming
A Nature survey reveals that many authors of the latest IPCC climate-science report are anxious about the future and expect to see catastrophic changes in their lifetimes.
Climate change is now the main driver of increasing wildfire weather, study finds
New study says climate change is essentially two-thirds to 88% responsible for the conditions driving wildfire woes in the western United States.
Ending energy poverty need not come at the expense of a safe climate future
The Rockefeller Foundation, IKEA Foundation and the Bezos Earth Fund are launching an alliance to empower a billion people with renewable energy
If Cop26 fails, our future is hot and angry
A good deal of modern diplomacy is conducted through video and phone calls, but crunch moments are usually in person. I remember watching Angela Merkel at a Eur
