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UK Climate Minister Pulls Out of Event with Climate Science Deniers

DeSmogBlog

Graham Stuart MP was listed as a keynote speaker on Tuesday at the four-day Global Investment in Sustainable Development conference in London, hosted by the CC Forum, a company which touts itself as the “green Davos”. in a call and response chant of “Global warming is?” in a call and response chant of “Global warming is?”,

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What is COP26? Here’s how global climate negotiations work and what’s expected from the Glasgow summit

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It was the first time the majority of nations formally recognized the need to control greenhouse gas emissions , which cause global warming that drives climate change. That agreement set the goal of limiting global warming to “well below” 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 F), and preferably to 1.5 degrees Celsius. The U.S. ,

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Alok Sharma to call for global financial system overhaul to meet climate goals

Business Green

Alok Sharma is set to call for major reform of the global financial system in order to accelerate flows of finance towards helping developing countries decarbonise and prepare for the worsening impacts of global warming, in his expected to be his final major speech as COP26 President.

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House Republicans with Ties to Fossil Fuel Industry Head to COP26 Climate Talks

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A group of Republican members of Congress are traveling to Glasgow, Scotland, in order to attend COP26, the United Nations’ international climate negotiations meant to galvanize global action to cut greenhouse gas emissions. In 2009, Sen. Senator James Inhofe (R-OK) in Copenhagen in 2009. Credit: Andrew Revkin. (CC

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Keeping 1.5C alive: Is COP26 on track to deliver on its goals?

Business Green

The COP26 Climate Summit in Glasgow next month is likely to fall short of putting the world on track to avert dangerous levels of global warming, but diplomats and analysts are cautiously optimistic it could deliver several breakthroughs and broadly deliver on the UK hosts' stated goal of 'keeping 1.5C is closing fast.