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I understand climate scientists' despair – but stubborn optimism may be our only hope | Christiana Figueres

The Guardian: Energy

Even as the former head of the UN climate change convention that achieved the Paris agreement in 2015, I, like many, can succumb to believing in the worst possible outcome. I resonate with her feelings of despair.

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Everything you need to know about Cop28 as the summit begins – podcast

The Guardian: Energy

As Cop28 begins in Dubai, Ian Sample hears from Guardian environment editor and resident Cop expert Fiona Harvey.

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Ambitious partnerships on climate action are taking root and bearing fruit

GreenBiz

degrees C cap on average warming that governments pledged to aim for when they signed the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement to avoid dangerous climate change. Encouragingly, the official climate COP 26 hosted by the UK in Glasgow in November seems to be leaning in this direction. Global average temperatures are now about 1.2 Pull Quote.

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COP27: The most important meeting in human history?

Business Green

Is the COP27 Summit that kicks off in Sharm El Sheikh this weekend the most important COP meeting yet, and therefore one of the most critical gatherings in the entire history of humanity? It is, by the admission of the Egyptian hosts, an "implementation COP". If COPs did not exist you would need to invent them.

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Company leadership at COP 26, and what’s next in this Decisive Decade

EDF + Business

Countries came to the 26 th Conference of the Parties in Glasgow, Scotland to try to close the gap between what they pledged in Paris in 2015 and where we need to be to secure a climate stable future. Their march forward to address climate is a key factor in encouraging countries to step up their ambition, as they did in this year at COP.

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End of new coal power 'within sight' worldwide, report claims

Business Green

Analysis by E3G and Global Energy Monitor calculates pipeline for pre-construction coal plants has plummeted 76 per cent since 2015. Moreover, it claims a further 16 countries only have one new coal power plant each in development, putting them just "one project away from a future without coal".

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'Change the status quo': Brewers demand action on food waste at COP26

Business Green

The letter, which has been signed by brewing giants Adnams and Guinness, as well as a number of leadiung craft breweries such as Five Points Brewery, Meantime, Beavertown, and Stroud Brewery, has been coordinated by Toast Ale, which has been selling beer made using surplus bread since 2015.

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