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Disaster-battered nations seek $120B in adaptation cash
20 November 2025 at 03:58

Disaster-battered nations seek $120B in adaptation cash

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By: By Sara Schonhardt

20 November 2025 at 03:58

The move at COP30 comes as global climate pollution continues to rise, increasing damage in poorer countries.

Residents return to their damaged homes after Typhoon Kalmaegi caused devastation in the central Philippines on Nov. 5.

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‘Additional promises mean nothing’: The awkward flaw in the world’s climate talks
17 November 2025 at 03:00

‘Additional promises mean nothing’: The awkward flaw in the world’s climate talks

Politico | Energy & Environment

By: By Sara Schonhardt

17 November 2025 at 03:00

World leaders have vowed to fight rising temperatures for years. Many of those pledges fade when the summits end.

A youth activist demonstration Friday in Belém, Brazil, included complaints about meager donations to a climate "loss and damage" fund, three years after an earlier U.N. summit established it.

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Whitehouse waves climate banner at Brazil summit — no thanks to Trump, he says
15 November 2025 at 05:38

Whitehouse waves climate banner at Brazil summit — no thanks to Trump, he says

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By: By Sara Schonhardt and Zack Colman

15 November 2025 at 05:38

The lone U.S. government representative at the United Nations climate gathering says the State Department made it harder for members of Congress to attend.

Senate Environment and Public Works ranking member Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) will be at the COP30 climate summit in Brazil through Sunday.

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‘Trump is against humankind’: World leaders at climate summit take swipes at absent president
7 November 2025 at 02:35

‘Trump is against humankind’: World leaders at climate summit take swipes at absent president

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By: By Sara Schonhardt and Karl Mathiesen

7 November 2025 at 02:35

Some of Thursday's speeches reflected anger and dismay at U.S. policies but could not hide the ambivalence that many countries feel about this year's climate talks.

Chilean President Gabriel Boric, left, and Colombian President Gustavo Petro talk before the speeches by world leaders begin Thursday at the COP30 climate conference in Belém, Brazil.

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The US led the world to reach a huge climate deal. Then, it switched sides.
6 November 2025 at 00:00

The US led the world to reach a huge climate deal. Then, it switched sides.

Politico | Energy & Environment

By: By Sara Schonhardt

6 November 2025 at 00:00

Ten years after nations adopted the Paris Agreement, its objectives are in jeopardy amid rising climate pollution and a political backlash against clean energy.

Environmental activists form a human chain depicting a peace sign and "100% renewable" during the COP21 climate conference in Paris, where the Paris Agreement was finalized in 2015.

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China doubles down on climate, wind and solar pledges — a day after Trump called them a 'scam'
25 September 2025 at 06:03

China doubles down on climate, wind and solar pledges — a day after Trump called them a 'scam'

Politico | Energy & Environment

By: By Sara Schonhardt

25 September 2025 at 06:03

Clean energy is the "trend of our time," Chinese President Xi Jinping said while announcing modest targets for trimming the economic superpower's carbon pollution.