Climate Change

The High-level Meeting of the Baku Dialogue on Water for Climate Action will take place during the 2025 UN Climate Change Conference (UNFCCC COP 30), serving as the official launchpad for putting the Dialogue’s commitments into action. The…
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The 17th-century Presépio Fort offers a great view of old and new Belém. Small wooden boats sail back and forth. The strikingly blue Ver-o-Peso fish hall seems even bluer in the morning sun. Next door to Ver-o-Peso, dozens of stands sell…
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Dozens of countries are still without confirmed accommodation just days before the COP30 climate summit opens in Brazil, prompting the host nation to offer free cruise ship cabins to help poorer delegations attend. The conference, set to…
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The United States will not send any senior officials to the COP30 climate summit in Brazil, a White House official told Reuters, easing concerns among world leaders that Washington might attempt to derail negotiations. Brazil is set to…
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Deep in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest, scientists have built what they call a “time machine” — an ambitious experiment that pumps carbon dioxide into the forest canopy to recreate the atmospheric conditions predicted for the coming decades.…
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The UNFCCC Secretariat has released a new synthesis report analyzing 64 recently submitted nationally determined contributions (NDCs) under the Paris Agreement, registered between 1 January 2024 and 30 September 2025. Together, these NDCs…
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Billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates has said that climate change “will not lead to humanity’s demise,” arguing instead that tackling global poverty and disease is key to helping the world’s poorest adapt to a warming planet. In a lengthy…
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The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) will hold its 30th Conference of Parties (CoP 30) in Belém, Brazil, from November 10–21. In preparation, the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bengaluru, in collaboration…
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Each UN climate summit (COP) brings a central theme to the table. At COP28 in Dubai in 2023, it was the heated debate over fossil fuels. After marathon negotiations, delegates from all UN member states agreed to “reduce” — rather than…
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The 30th UN Climate Change Conference (COP30) will be held in Belém, Brazil, from November 10 to 21, 2025, amid significant global challenges, including the United States’ withdrawal from the Paris Agreement. Ahead of the summit, Chinese…
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