Key takeaways from the COP27 climate summit in Egypt 22/11/2022

This year's U.N. climate summit featured visits by world leaders, proposals by business leaders, and negotiations by nearly 200 nations about the future of global action on climate change. ...more

Explainer: Who will pay for climate 'loss and damage'? 22/11/2022

The COP27 summit of nearly 200 countries agreed on Sunday to set up a "loss and damage" fund to support poorer countries being ravaged by climate impacts, overcoming decades of resistance from wealthy nations whose historic emissions have fuelled climate change. ...more

Analysis: COP27 does little for next month's global agenda: nature loss 22/11/2022

The U.N. climate talks in Egypt closed on Sunday with a resolution to address the dual crises of climate change and nature loss, but did little to boost next month's global meeting on biodiversity. ...more

China's CO2 emissions fall but policies still not aligned with long-term goals 22/11/2022

China's greenhouse gas emissions have been in decline since last year but could still be some way from their peak, with the country's policies still not fully aligned with long-term goals to limit temperature increases, a survey of Chinese experts said on Monday. ...more

Nearly half replanted trees do not survive past five years 22/11/2022

A team of researchers established that approximately half of all trees planted to restore tropical forests in Asia do not survive beyond five years. ...more

COP27 deal delivers landmark on 'loss and damage', but little else 21/11/2022

Countries adopted a hard-fought final agreement at the COP27 climate summit early on Sunday that sets up a fund to help poor countries being battered by climate disasters - but does not boost efforts to tackle the emissions causing them. ...more

U.S. aims for zero-emissions heavy-duty vehicles by 2040 21/11/2022

The United States aims to only sell and produce zero-emissions medium- and heavy-duty vehicles like school buses and tractor trailers by 2040, the U.S. energy secretary agreed at the COP27 climate summit in Egypt on Thursday. ...more

Norway-backed fund to protect Amazon to restart early 2023 - Norwegian minister 21/11/2022

A Norway-backed fund to protect Brazil's Amazon rainforest will restart "very soon after the 1st of January", Norway's environment minister Espen Barth Eide told Reuters on Thursday. ...more

'Landmark vote' gives boost to threatened sharks 21/11/2022

More than 50 species of sharks are to be given protection from over-exploitation in what's being seen as a milestone for shark conservation. ...more

FIFA World Cup Qatar will be lit by smart solar leaf lights 21/11/2022

Decorative off-grid solar street lights from the U.S. were installed as part of the sustainable agenda for hosting the World Cup in Qatar. Near the end of 2022, the country will be hosting the popular event and created a green agenda to make it as sustainable as possible. ...more