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France, US Plan to Seek Ban on Private Finance to Coal-Fired Plants at COP28: Sources

France, backed by the United States, plans to seek a halt to private financing for coal-based power plants during the U.N. climate conference later this month, three sources familiar with the deliberations told Reuters in India and Europe. The plan, …

World Losing Race to Meet Climate Goals, COP28 President Says

The world is losing the race to meet its climate change goals, the president of the upcoming COP28 summit said on Tuesday, as African leaders called for changes to what they say is an unfair international climate finance system. The …

EU to Seek COP28 Deal on Phasing Out Fossil Fuels: Draft Document

European Union countries are preparing to push for a global deal on phasing out fossil fuels at the United Nations COP28 climate summit which begins in November, a draft of the EU’s negotiating position showed. Diplomats from the bloc’s 27 …

Finding Ways to Get Polluters to Pay for Climate Damages

The biggest achievement at the annual United Nations climate summit last year was committing to create a fund that would compensate the poorest cop28 for destruction wrought by global warming. One of the questions at the upcoming COP28 summit will …