COP27
A Long-Sought Loss and Damage Deal Was Finalized at COP27. Now, the Hard Work Begins
Three months after delegates at COP27 drafted an outline for a loss and damage deal under which rich, developed nations would compensate developing countries for permanent and irreversible climate impacts, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change is taking some first concrete steps to flesh out the agreement. In the past few days, the […]
Read MoreThe Red Sea Could be a Climate Refuge for Coral Reefs
When Lina Challita dives along Egypt’s coast, she doesn’t just see a colorful array of corals and fish. She sees hope. Against the grim backdrop of climate models that project most coral reefs dying by the end of this century in overheating oceans, the northern end of the Red Sea may end up being one […]
Read MoreQ&A: Robert Bullard Led a ‘Huge’ Delegation from Texas to COP27 Climate Talks in Egypt
Robert Bullard has watched the concept of environmental justice grow from an obscure notion in Houston in the 1970s into a high-profile global movement aimed at abetting pollution and climate change. Bullard, a former dean and professor at Texas Southern University, has authored 18 books on environmental justice, and has attended 18 United Nations climate […]
Read MoreThe Art at COP27 Offered Opportunities to Move Beyond ‘Empty Words’
While the goal of effecting decisive global change proved largely elusive at the United Nations’ annual climate conference in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, the art at COP27 offered other road maps for moving forward. “We don’t need more empty words,” said Jenni Laiti, a Sámi “artivist” whose five-minute video was shown at the World Health Organization’s […]
Read MoreFor Many, the Global Warming Confab That Rose in the Egyptian Desert Was a Mirage
SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt—The madness of COP27 started at the airport, where 50 diesel buses idled under the hot sun with doors wide open and air conditioners blasting until they headed out, often with just a handful of attendees aboard, delivering them to a far-flung network of hotels sprawled along the reef-fringed coast of the southern […]
Read MoreInside the COP27 fight to get wealthy nations to pay climate reparations
How developing countries’ 30-year battle for “loss and damage” funding culminated in a new agreement in Egypt.
Read MoreCOP27 is over. What did it achieve?
The climate conference delivered a historic deal on loss and damage — but little else.
Read MoreHow people with disabilities fought for formal recognition at COP27
Disabled people are pushing for the U.N. to acknowledge their unique vulnerabilities to climate change.
Read MoreAt COP27, an 11th-Hour Deal Comes Together as the US Reverses Course on ‘Loss and Damage’
SHARM El-SHEIKH, Egypt—A new COP27 agreement that establishes a funding mechanism to compensate developing countries for losses and damages caused by global warming may be the biggest breakthrough in global climate policy since the 2015 Paris Agreement. The deal was reached as two weeks of nail-biting negotiations here went into overtime with little to show […]
Read MoreIs COP27 the End of Hopes for Limiting Global Warming to 1.5 Degrees Celsius?
SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt—The COP27 climate conference in Egypt may be remembered as the moment when the world gave up on limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, the most ambitious goal set by the 2015 Paris Agreement. Late Friday, the last scheduled day of the climate talks in Sharm el-Sheikh, the heads of the national […]
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