Here are the top COP27 and Climate stories compiled from major international English-language news outlets.
Announcements
- COP27: India unveils strategy for net zero goal by 2070, takes moral high ground (The Hindustan Times)
“India submitted its long-term climate action strategy to the [UNFCCC] at UN Climate Conference (COP27) on Monday, joining a select list of countries that have articulated how they will achieve their net zero emissions goal in the long-term.”
“Coordinated by Group of Seven president Germany and the Vulnerable Twenty (V20) group of climate-vulnerable countries, the plan launched on Monday aims to rapidly provide prearranged insurance and disaster protection funding after events such as floods, droughts and hurricanes hit.”
What’s at stake
“India’s push to add a call for the phase down of all fossil fuels into the agreement at COP27 gained momentum as the European Union, small island states and the UK looked set to back the move.”
- U.S. and China Restart Climate Talks (The New York Times)
[T]he leaders of the world’s two biggest economies — and the two biggest sources of fossil fuel emissions that are warming the planet — met for more than three hours on Monday afternoon ahead of the Group of 20 summit in Bali, Indonesia, and emerged to say their representatives would return to the negotiating table.”
- India, along with 3 top emitters, downplay progress on climate: Report (IANS)
- ‘This could be the Cop where we lose 1.5C,’ warns Alok Sharma (The Guardian)
- Timmermans: EU’s 2030 climate goal ‘can now be increased to 57%’ (Euractiv)
- COP27: Big polluters talking, voices of climate vulnerable stifled (Business Standard)
- Don’t ask developing nations to act, let developed ones reach net zero by 2030: India at COP27 (Indian Express)
- Africa’s heritage sites in peril as planet heats up (Reuters)
- Millions of Pakistan women suffering worst health impacts of devastating floods (The Independent)
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