The agreements raise concerns that other countries will follow suit, delaying more difficult cuts of greenhouse gas emissions in wealthier nations.
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The World’s Most-Visited Glaciers Could Soon Be Gone
The U.N.’s cultural agency warns that ice sheets on Kilimanjaro, in the Dolomites and in Yosemite may disappear by 2050, highlighting travel’s impact on climate change.
Countries Made Bold Climate Promises Last Year. How Are They Doing?
At last year’s U.N. climate summit in Glasgow, world leaders pledged to halt deforestation, phase out fossil fuel subsidies and offer up more climate aid. Following through has been tough.
Your Monday Briefing: COP27 Begins
Plus India could be key to peace in Ukraine and a child’s death in China sparks new outrage over the zero Covid policy.
At COP27, Developing Nations Have a Message for Polluters: Pay Up
Poor countries facing climate hazards want the United States and other industrialized nations to compensate them for the harm caused by greenhouse gases.
Hosting Climate Summit Is Both Opportunity and Risk for Egypt
The COP27 meeting next week allows a debt-wracked African country to champion climate needs of poorer nations. But it also puts Egypt under scrutiny.
As Other Global Crises Collide, Nations Converge to Address Climate Change
The United States will try to reassert global leadership at global talks in Egypt.
Your Friday Briefing: A COP 27 Preview
Plus Benjamin Netanyahu retakes power in Israel and Imran Khan is wounded in Pakistan.
What Is COP27?
With the world still struggling to get global warming under control, diplomats will gather in Egypt for United Nations climate talks. Here are some key facts.
War in Ukraine Likely to Speed, Not Slow, Shift to Clean Energy, I.E.A. Says
While some nations are burning more coal this year in response to natural-gas shortages spurred by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, that effect is expected to be short-lived.