On Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s first trip abroad after winning last month’s election, he pledged to protect the Amazon rainforest and said Brazil was “leaving its cocoon.”
Tag: United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
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A Clash at Climate Talks: Should Nations Keep the 1.5-Degree Goal?
The mantra has been: Limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius or risk climate catastrophe. But at COP27, there are concerns about backsliding.
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Biden and Xi Break the Ice
Climate cooperation could get a boost from breakthroughs at a meeting of the world’s 20 biggest economies.
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U.S. and China Restart Climate Talks
Discussions about combating climate change between the world’s two largest economies — and two biggest emitters of greenhouse gases — had been frozen since August.
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COP27 Protests Call for Climate Justice and Freedom for Fattah
In a country where protests are banned, hundreds rallied at the COP27 climate talks, demanding climate reparations and freedom for a political prisoner.