climate talks
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If the Ocean Is Essential to Tackling Climate Change, Then Why Is No One Talking About It?
Climate change is commonly discussed as though it’s a uniquely atmospheric phenomena. But the crisis is deeply entwined with the ocean, and this has largely been neglected in international climate talks. The latest international climate negotiations made some progress by, for the first time, anchoring oceans permanently into the multilateral climate change regime. But the…
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UN Climate Summit Ends With A Whimper
The longest global climate conference in its 25-year history came to an end Sunday after negotiations ran nearly two days over its initial deadline. Unfortunately, talks in Madrid went about as well as they do every year at the United Nation’s (UN) historically ineffective summit: There was a lot of finger-pointing, not a lot of…
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This Perfect Shitstorm Crystallises The Climate Crisis We Face
This week, Chile announced it would no longer host an international climate conference despite it being a little more than a month out. The move comes as protests over inequality roil the country. The only reason the conference was scheduled in Chile in the first place is that Brazil backed out of holding it after…
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Poland Literally Filled An International Climate Change Conference With Coal
International climate talks are off to an inauspicious start in Poland.