The Global Climate Leadership Vacuum
The United States is largely absent from the United Nations climate negations in Brazil. So who is stepping up?
Brazil
Row over definition of ‘gender’ hangs over Cop30 plans to support women
Advocates say conservative states’ push to define gender as ‘biological sex’ would backslide on decade-old language within the UNA row over the definition of the term “gender” threatens to bog down pivotal talks at the Cop30 climate summit.Before the U…
Cop30: ‘We will exterminate ourselves’ if we keep extracting fossil fuels, activists say – as it happened
Climate Action Tracker report finds pledges made in past year have not cut the forecast for global heatingMore than half of all delegation members at Cop30 have withheld or obscured details of their affiliations, potentially concealing conflicts of int…
Indigenous Protesters Clash With Guards at U.N. Climate Summit
Dozens of Indigenous protesters burst into the COP30 summit in Brazil on Tuesday, demanding preservation of their lands.
Cop30 live: ‘literally insane’ that we are letting global heating happen, says Al Gore
This live blog is now closed. You can read the full Guardian coverage of the climate talks in Brazil hereHello comrades, this is Nina Lakhani in chilly New York City taking over the blog for the next few hours. Thanks very much to my colleague Matt Tay…
India’s Strategic Diplomacy At G7: Jaishankar Engages With Germany, France, Brazil, And UK In Canada
External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar conducted key bilateral meetings with his counterparts from Germany, France, Brazil, and the United Kingdom on the fringes of the G7 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in Niagara, Canada.The discussions spanned strategic partnerships, multilateral cooperation, and avenues for expanding trade and technology ties.Jaishankar’s interaction with German Foreign
Removing CO2 from atmosphere vital to avoid catastrophic tipping points, leading scientist says
10bn tonnes of C02 emissions must be removed from the air every year to limit global heating to 1.7C, says Johan RockströmCop30: click here for full Guardian coverage of the climate talks in BrazilRemoving carbon from the atmosphere will now be necessa…
World must ‘honour 1.5C’, small island states insist at Cop30 summit – live
The 1.5 temperature limit is not a political slogan, it’s a lifeline, the small island states say, as climate discussions continue in BelémIn the run-up to Cop30, the Guardian published a series of articles looking at the ten biggest polluters of green…
Agenda for Cop30 agreed as crucial climate talks begin – as it happened
Ministers and high-ranking officials from nearly 200 countries have gathered in the Amazonian city of Belem, with Brazil insisting this will be ‘the Cop of implementation’Hundreds lined up for Cop30 on opening morning, with some in Indigenous headdress…
India to Procure 80 Medium Transport Aircraft To Strengthen Airlift Fleet
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) is preparing to initiate the long-awaited procurement of up to 80 medium transport aircraft (MTA) for the Indian Air Force (IAF). This multi-billion-dollar contract, one of the largest global tenders in the transport aircraft segment, aims to significantly enhance India’s strategic and tactical airlift capabilities over the next decade.The new fleet will replace the