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Report from COP26

As seas keep rising, rich nations urged to pay for damages from climate change

“Tuvalu is in the front lines of climate change. We are living climate change in our daily lives. We have our land fast disappearing, and our islands are sinking,” Tuvalu Minister for Finance Seve Paeniu tells the UN climate summit in Glasgow.

Climate talks backpedal on call to end all coal use

Negotiators at this year’s U.N. climate talks in Glasgow appeared to be backing away from a call to end all use of coal and phase out fossil fuel subsidies completely, but gave poor countries hope for more financial support to cope with global warming.

What's really the best alternative to meat?

Every day around noon, the smell of grilled beef and roasted venison wafts through the lines of delegates attending the COP26 climate conference as they queue for lunch. Yet even as hundreds flock to the burgers and venison pasties on offer, some attendees wonder if meat — a big emitter worldwide — should be on the menu. 

Activist beseeches leaders at UN climate talks to pull humanity back from the abyss

A Ugandan activist channeled the fears of many young people and vulnerable countries at Thursday's, November 11, 2021, U.N. climate talks in Glasgow that world leaders won't take the action needed to prevent potentially lethal levels of global warming.

Hajdu wants 'realistic timeline' for an end to First Nations boil-water advisories

Canada's new minister of Indigenous services says she's considering what the new timeline should be to lift remaining long-term drinking-water advisories on First Nations.

Get up to speed on what's happening at COP26

On Wednesday morning, a draft version of the final agreement to come out of the two-week United Nations climate conference was released. Now, the world waits to see what the final text will hold.