#COP27 – Top Stories in Media – Nov 13

• Mexico ups target for cutting emissions, boosting renewables (AP)

“Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard said Mexico would aim to reduce emissions by 35% compared to doing nothing by 2030. That’s up from an unconditional pledge of 22% cuts it had made two years ago.”

• Green Farming Gets $8 Billion Boost at UN Climate Summit (Bloomberg)

“Dozens of countries and organizations pledged Friday to steer more than $8 billion into research and development projects aimed at reducing the impact of farming on the planet.”

• Saudi Arabia Starts Carbon-Capture Center as Part of 2060 Next-Zero Goal (Bloomberg)
• Quebec announces $46 million in funding for citizen-led climate initiatives (The Star)

• Paris Agreement requires phase down of all fossil fuels: India at COP27 (The Hindu)

“‘Natural gas and oil also lead to emission of greenhouse gases. Making only one fuel the villain is not right,’ a source in the Indian delegation attending the climate talks said.”

• UN climate talks near halftime with key issues unresolved – but there is still hope (Euronews)

“As the UN climate talks in Egypt near the halfway point, negotiators are working hard to draft deals on a wide range of issues they’ll put to ministers next week in the hope of getting a substantial result by the end.”

• At COP27 climate talks, slow progress stokes worry over final deal (Reuters) 
• Some countries have resisted 1.5°C goal in COP27 text, US says (Reuters)
• Science Day at COP27 Shows That Climate Talks Aren’t Keeping Pace With Planetary Physics (Inside Climate News)
• Mediterranean marine heatwaves threaten coastal livelihoods (Reuters) 
• Droughts, rising sea levels put Cuba’s agriculture under threat (The Washington Post)
• COP27: US bid to have China pay pollution costs puts climate cooperation at risk, observers warn (South China Morning Post)
• Religious leaders join world-first inter-faith ceremony on climate change (The Independent)