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UN climate talks start with nations pushing for action despite broken consensus

The UK will be focused on discussing how to accelerate climate action as well as defending multilaterialism itself.

Evening Standard

Triple-whammy of hottest ever years risks ‘irreversible damage’, says UN

Experts say 2023, 2024 and 2025 the three hottest years in 176 years of records, with 1.5C Paris agreement target now ‘virtually impossible’

The Guardian - UK

Nvidia first to hit $5 trillion valuation but last in AI supply chain decarbonisation, study finds

The rapid growth of the AI market comes with increasing environmental challenges. The massive energy demands are raising serious concerns. Leading AI companies, including Nvidia, have so far failed to address these issues according to Greenpeace.

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Still a chance to return to 1.5C climate goal, researchers say

Report calls for scaling-up of renewable energy and electrification of key sectors to limit peak of global heating

The Guardian - UK

It's official: The world will speed past 1.5 C climate threshold in the next decade, UN says

The UNEP's 2025 Emissions Gap report has found that global average temperatures will exceed 1.5 C (2.7 F) before 2035 — and this just days before the COP30 climate summit kicks off in Brazil.

LiveScience

World heading for 2.8°C warming as UN report reveals climate pledges are 'barely moving the needle'

A new UN report reviews the gap between countries’ climate commitments and global emissions targets.

Euronews

World on track for 2.8C warming under current policies, says UN

Predicted global temperature rise this century had fallen slightly, experts said, as countries were preparing for Cop30 in Brazil.

Evening Standard

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Money to fight climate crisis falls by £1.5 billion – and aid cuts will make things far worse

UN says the money required to adapt to an increasing climate and extreme weather is 12 to 14 times greater than is available, and that gap is set to only widen has the impact of aid cuts continue to be felt

The Independent UK

Plastic Pollution Treaty Not Dead In The Water: UN Environment Chief

The UN's environment chief insists that a landmark global treaty tackling plastic pollution remains achievable, despite talks twice imploding without agreement, and the chair suddenly resigning this week.

International Business Times

UN plastics treaty chair to step down with process in turmoil

Exclusive: Luis Vayas Valdivieso says he is quitting for personal and professional reasons after reports of pressure behind the scenes

The Guardian - UK

Oil giants accused of dodging Niger Delta clean-up as UN panel intervenes

Oil giants stand accused of walking away from decades of pollution in Nigeria’s Niger Delta without cleaning up the damage. A UN-appointed panel of experts wrote to Shell, Eni, ExxonMobil and TotalEnergies, warning the companies cannot sell off their assets and dodge their responsibilities to local communities.

Radio France Internationale

Minister ‘hugely disappointed’ as talks to agree UN plastics treaty fail

Emma Hardy said she is however ‘extremely proud’ of how UK negotiators worked tirelessly to seek an ambitious deal.

Evening Standard

New Push To Reach Plastic Polution Pact

Negotiators will take another stab at reaching a global pact on plastic pollution at talks opening Tuesday in Geneva but they face deep divisions over how to tackle the health and ecological hazard.

International Business Times

Gaza Today: Under Debris And In Darkness

In 21 months of war in Gaza, the destruction and damage of 70 percent of buildings has buried the Palestinian territory under millions of tonnes of debris and plunged it into darkness, according to data from the UN and NASA analysed by AFP. The Israeli army has relentlessly pounded the…

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The Guardian - UK

‘Total infiltration’: How plastics industry swamped vital global treaty talks

Petrostates and well-funded lobbyists at UN-hosted talks are derailing a deal to cut plastic production and protect people and the planet

The Conversation

Ukraine minerals deal: the idea that natural resource extraction can build peace has been around for decades

Ukraine has finally signed its minerals agreement with the US. The deal states that Washington will eventually receive a share of the profits from the sale of Ukrainian natural resources, providing an economic incentive to continue investing in Ukraine’s defence and reconstruction.

Radio France Internationale

Global talks seek to curb e-waste dumping as Africa bears the brunt

The world is drowning in discarded electronics – from broken phones and laptops to old refrigerators and medical equipment – and only a tiny fraction is being recycled. Now, as electronic waste surges to record levels, more than 180 countries have gathered in Geneva to confront the growing crisis.

International Business Times

'More And Faster': UN Calls To Shrink Buildings' Carbon Footprint

Countries must move rapidly to slash CO2 emissions from homes, offices, shops and other buildings -- a sector that accounts for a third of global greenhouse gas pollution, the United Nations said Monday.

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The Independent UK

UN hails rare climate success story as emissions from construction stop rising

2024 represents only non-pandemic year when building emissions have stalled – but will the progress last?

The Conversation

How sand mining is eroding rivers, livelihoods and cultures

Sand underpins everything from skyscrapers to smartphones. Sharp sand (as opposed to rounded desert sand) is the key ingredient in concrete, while high-purity silica sand is essential for making the silicon chips that power our digital devices.

Evening Standard

Cop29: Key questions about the UN climate conference

The meeting kicks off against a backdrop of deadly weather events, extreme conditions and record temperatures in recent months.

LiveScience

'We are teetering on a planetary tightrope': Cut emissions in half right now to prevent climate catastrophe, UN warns

A new U.N. report has found the world will warm by twice the 1.5-degree-Celsius target adopted in the Paris Agreement by 2100 if countries fail to slash greenhouse gas emissions right now.

The Independent UK

Slight progress in global biodiversity protection efforts but some species decline, new reports find

Two reports on protecting biodiversity were released at a major UN summit on global biodiversity underway in Cali, Colombia

Evening Standard

World on track for ‘catastrophic’ 3.1C of global warming this century, UN warns

International goal to limit warming to 1.5C will ‘soon be dead’ without a massive mobilisation to cut climate emissions, UN says.

The Guardian - UK

‘Crunch time for real’: UN says time for climate delays has run out

Means to stop catastrophic global heating exist, says UN chief, but political courage is needed to end world’s fossil fuel addiction

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