Here are the top COP27 and Climate stories compiled from major international English-language news outlets.
Announcements
EU pledges €250m to Moldova to tackle acute energy crisis (The Independent)
“Moldova, which has a population of about 2.6 million, is entirely dependent on Russia for its natural gas. But Russia has used that dependence to pressure the country over its alignment with the West and in recent weeks halved its gas supplies, triggering an unprecedented energy crisis as winter begins to grip.”
EU pledges €250m to Moldova to tackle acute energy crisis
European Union Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has paid an official visit to Moldova and announced a 250 million-euro (-dollar) support package to help the small nation overcome an acute winter energy crisis amid Russia’s war in Ukraine
What’s at stake
- Climate activists condemn spike in fossil fuel delegates at COP27 (Al Jazeera)
- Report: War-triggered gas boom threatens world climate goal (AP)
- Oil and gas firms planning ‘frightening’ fossil fuels growth, report finds (The Guardian)
- Biden Brings ‘Trust Us’ Message to Skeptical UN Climate Summit (Bloomberg)
- G20 will struggle to agree on communique at summit – German official (Reuters)
- Japan gets infamous ‘fossil’ award at COP27 for oil, funding gas and coal projects (Japan Times)
- Climate Projections Again Point to Dangerous 2.7C Rise by 2100 (Bloomberg)
- ‘Crime against life’: Children at Cop27 demand action to save futures (The Independent)
- Civil society groups report surveillance and intimidation at Cop27 (The Guardian)
- Biden pushes to require big federal contractors to cut climate pollution (The Washington Post)
Analysis: Global CO2 emissions from fossil fuels hit record high in 2022 - Carbon Brief
Global carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels and cement have increased by 1.0% in 2022,...
Other Stories
COP27: EU, US push back on climate 'loss and damage' reparation fund
While small island states and poor countries are pushing for the creation of a new fund to compensate for the 'loss and damage' caused by climate-related disasters, the US and Europe have coordinated a gentle but firm pushback.
‘More than 50 poor countries in danger of bankruptcy’ says UN official
Developing countries falling into default would be catastrophic and delay climate action, UN development chief warns
COP27: The Namibia-Botswana oil project being called a sin
Indigenous people warn of risks to the Okavango Delta, and an ex-bishop calls on COP to take action.
COP27: UN food agency plan on farming emissions to launch by next year after investor push
The U.N. food agency aims to launch a plan within the year to make the world's food system more sustainable, a senior executive told Reuters on the sidelines of the COP27 climate talks in Egypt.
LEANNE GOVINDSAMY: Global finance rules must change to support just transitions around the world
The financing on offer to support SA’s energy transition risk the country becoming crushingly over-indebted
Why we can’t offset our way out of climate change | All Hail
Are carbon offsets, net zero, climate-neutral all a myth?
