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Delivering strong resilience and debt relief packages will be key to a successful COP26. This week the UK held its Climate and Development Ministerial Summit. Various experts and leaders demanded G7 countries to urgently deliver these packages to the most vulnerable nations. The same day the UK announced that it will stop financing overseas fossil fuel projects. Scroll down to read other climate diplomacy stories from this week.

Graça Machel calls for a concerted international effort to increase climate financing and advance climate justice during the Climate and Development Ministerial

Climate and Development Ministerial: time for climate action
Today, as the UK brings countries together for a global Climate and Development Ministerial, Graça Machel calls for a concerted international effort to increase climate financing and advance climate justice.

UK Government will no longer financially support the fossil fuel energy sector overseas

UK government cuts overseas fossil support in favor of green tech
In force today (31st March), the UK government has cut back its support for the fossil fuel sector overseas as it seeks to harness new and emerging technologies such as hydrogen. A landmark move for the country, the move is in favor of clean energy and accelerates the shift to supporting green ...

G7 should double help for poorer countries to cut CO2 emissions, says UN

G7 should double help for poorer countries to cut CO2 emissions, says UN
Richer nations also urged to ensure make-or-break climate talks this year are a success

Imran Khan warns about the risks of a COP26 without a finance deal

PM urges financial commitments to address climate change | The Express Tribune
In an article for The Times, premier asks world’s leading economies to provide finances to Pakistan, other vulnerable countries

Here are 3 things Boris Johnson must do to make the Glasgow climate change summit a success

Africa needs Britain to succeed in 2021
Here are 3 things Boris Johnson must do to make the Glasgow climate change summit a success

Seven key takeaways from the IEA-COP26 Net Zero Summit

Dividing lines, deadlocks, and milestones: Seven key takeaways from the IEA-COP26 Net Zero Summit
As time ticks away before COP26, Alok Sharma and the International Energy Agency hosted a major global climate summit aimed at cranking up the climate urgency

India and the US agree to revamp energy partnership ahead of climate summit

India-US Agree to Revamp Energy Partnership Ahead of Climate Summit
India and the United States have agreed to revamp their strategic energy partnership to focus on greater collaboration in cleaner energy sectors such as biofuels, and hydrogen production.