Here are the top stories compiled from major international English-language news outlets.
Announcements
- UK pledges GBP 290 million to help countries prepare for climate change (The Independent)
“Diplomats and negotiators are hoping to raise further funding pledges from other countries to add to the billions already raised from states including Australia, Canada, Denmark, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, Switzerland and the US.”
What’s at stake
- COP26 climate summit shifts from pomp and promises to difficult negotiations (Washington Post)
- Nervous PM warms up for a climate deal rescue mission (The Times)
- Greenpeace accuses oil-rich Saudi Arabia of blocking climate negotiations (SCMP)
- Could Brazil hold up climate talks for a third year in a row? (News247)
- COP26 negotiators turn to Plan B as climate pledges fall short (WSJ)
“Negotiators from key governments, including the US and the European Union, are no longer banking on a few big developing countries to come up with deeper cuts during the summit itself, according to officials. Instead, they plan to spend the rest of the conference negotiating how to push governments to make new, more ambitious pledges in the near future.”
“Developing countries want a percentage of the proceeds from trading all types of carbon credits to be channeled to poor nations. But the US – along with the European Union – has objected to applying such a levy to the bilateral exchanges.”
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