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COP27: Almost nothing–but something real–Changed

Article / 1st December 2022

COP27 marked the point where equity finally took center stage. National fair shares are now on the agenda, if only as the background to an inevitable debate about pragmatic ways forward, writes Tom Athanasiou for Foreign Policy in Focus.

Rich polluting nations are hijacking 1.5C goal for their own aims

Blog / 1st December 2022

At COP27, wealthy governments are pushing for stronger efforts to limit global warming—while failing to deliver the finance and technology promised for climate action in poorer countries.

COP27 closes with deal on loss and damage: ‘A step towards justice’, says UN chief

News / 22nd November 2022

After days of intense negotiations in Sharm el-Sheikh, countries at the latest UN Climate Change Conference, COP27, reached agreement on an outcome that established a funding mechanism to compensate vulnerable nations for ‘loss and damage’ from climate-induced disasters.

People's power wins at COP27 as loss and damage fund established but talks fail to deliver on other key demands

News / 22nd November 2022

As the 27th United Nations Conference on Climate Change (COP27) closes, the collective power of civil society groups and grassroots climate activists saw a historic outcome with the establishment of a loss and damage fund. 

気候危機 すべての国の協力を要求 - 地球救出 最後のチャンス

News / 18th November 2022

世界中のメディア組織は、各国が協力し、道義的責任を受け入れ、気候変動への取り組みの負担を公正に分担する必要があるという共通の見解を報じています。

 

The imperative of cooperation: Steps towards an equitable response to the climate crisis

Report / 16th November 2022

A new report provides a global equity analysis of how climate pledges stack up against the Paris Agreement goal of limiting warming to 1.5°C.

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Climate crisis needs cooperation between all nations - time is running out to save Earth

News / 15th November 2022

Media organisations worldwide have published a common view about the need for nations to cooperate, accept their moral responsibilities and fairly share the burden of tackling climate change.

Climate Clock erected at COP27 says richest nations owe $31.8 trillion... and counting

News / 14th November 2022

As world leaders gather at the United Nations Climate Change Conference, the Climate Clock team is displaying reminders of a looming deadline and just how much high-polluting nations owe the Global South.

Rich countries falling billions short on ‘fair share’ of climate-finance goal

Report / 8th November 2022

The US should be paying nearly $40bn towards the $100bn climate-finance target, new Carbon Brief analysis shows. This is $32bn more than the estimated $8bn it actually gave in 2020.

Extreme hunger has more than doubled in the world’s worst climate hotspots, says Oxfam

Report / 22nd September 2022

In a new report on the impact of climate on food supply, Oxfam found a 123 per cent rise in acute hunger in the 10 countries with the highest number of UN appeals driven by extreme weather events.