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CLIMATE CHANGE

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ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Nov 20, 2022
Australia's climate policies don't match its big talk at COP27
Australia is talking up its green credentials, but its policies do not match the portrayal as it continues to fuel the crisis through its enormous fossil fuel exports.
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WORLD
Nov 19, 2022
COP27 talks on verge of collapse after EU threatens to walk out
The EU's ultimatum throws talks into jeopardy just days after the bloc proposed to establish a finance facility to pay for the loss and damage caused by events like flooding and hurricanes.
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BUSINESS / Tech
Nov 19, 2022
How an industry built on pollution is getting a tiny bit greener
A new piece of tech used at some airports helps tighten the space between incoming aircraft as they approach, potentially making a small dent in aviation's carbon footprint.
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WORLD / Science & Health
Nov 19, 2022
Gridlocked U.N. climate talks head deep into overtime
Climate negotiators were locked in efforts to break the deadlock at U.N. COP27 talks Friday as nations tussle over funding for developing countries battered by weather disasters.
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WORLD
Nov 18, 2022
EU agrees to climate damage fund, energizing bogged-down COP27 talks
The EU proposal agreed to set up a special fund for covering loss and damage in the most vulnerable countries — but funded from a 'broad donor base.'
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BUSINESS
Nov 18, 2022
Investors wary of greenwashing in Japan’s $140 billion bond plan
The ambiguous name and a lack of details over what the proceeds would be used for are sparking concerns among investors.
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COMMENTARY / World
Nov 17, 2022
Resetting Southeast Asia’s climate agenda
As they grapple with a cascade of economic challenges, from high inflation to volatile energy prices, the region's governments have scaled back efforts to combat climate change.
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WORLD
Nov 17, 2022
For island nations, giving up on climate fund 'not an option'
Rising sea levels threaten to eventually swallow some small island states — and for them the issue of compensation for cultural and economic losses is crucial.
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JAPAN
Nov 16, 2022
Japan to consider providing aid to developing nations for damage from climate change
The country's environment minister said that Japan has been experiencing the threat of typhoons and other natural disasters, and that it understands the need to strengthen support for other nations.
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WORLD
Nov 15, 2022
Biden, Jokowi unveil $20 billion deal to end coal in Indonesia
Brokered between the U.S., Indonesia and Japan following over a year of talks, it is the largest single climate finance transaction ever.
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WORLD
Nov 15, 2022
U.N. climate talks enter home stretch amid deep divides
Rich carbon polluters and developing nations are at loggerheads over how to speed up and fund reductions in emissions to slow global warming.
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WORLD
Nov 14, 2022
Climate disaster aid initiative 'Global Shield' launched at COP27
The plan, backed by the G7 and launched with initial funding of more than $200 million, aims to provide speedy financial support to communities battered by climate disasters.
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WORLD / FOCUS
Nov 12, 2022
Dying lands: Farmers fight to save the 'skin of the Earth'
In America's dusty Corn Belt this spring, the land was drowning. In China's Yangtze River basin, it's bone dry. Farmers in both are fighting a losing battle to save the soil.
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WORLD / Politics
Nov 12, 2022
Biden casts America as climate leader, while activists push him to do more
At climate talks in Egypt, President Biden apologized for his predecessor's decision to withdraw the United States from the Paris climate agreement.
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WORLD / Science & Health
Nov 12, 2022
U.S. election outcome unlikely to impact climate change fight, experts say
Republicans' gains in U.S. midterm elections are unlikely to knock President Joe Biden's existing climate policies off course, experts say.
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WORLD
Nov 11, 2022
How 'chief heat officers' keep cities cool as the world warms
The role is focused on protecting vulnerable residents — mainly women, the elderly and low-income communities — from rising temperatures.
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WORLD / Science & Health
Nov 11, 2022
Can world leaders at COP27 climate summit still limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius?
One of the key objectives around which the 2015 Paris Agreement was formed, the figure has become a shorthand for the success of every subsequent climate summit.
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WORLD
Nov 10, 2022
Israel harnessing DNA of wild crops to enhance food supply
Scientists in Israel are creating a gene bank from the seeds of local wild crops, some that have survived for thousands of years since the birth of agriculture.
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COMMENTARY / World
Nov 10, 2022
Soon there will be 8 billion people on the planet
We live in a world where billions of people are struggling, hundreds of millions are facing hunger and famine and record numbers are on the move due to conflict and other hardships.

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