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From Cambodia to Peru, a suite of innovative projects are helping communities weather a range of climate-related perils. Here is a closer look at five of those efforts.

Just a few days into COP28—the U.N. climate talks happening now in Dubai—world leaders have made a dizzying number of pledges. Some of the world’s biggest oil and gas companies have pledged to curb methane emissions and eliminate emissions from their operations. Sixty-three countries have vowed to limit emissions from cooling systems, like refrigeration and air conditioning. Twenty-two countries have promised to triple nuclear energy capacity. The U.S. has said it will deliv...

After decades out of fashion, a declaration to triple nuclear capacity at UN climate talks suggests a revival. Some say it's necessary to help curb emissions, others call it a needless distraction.

Mexican legislators float an energy transition proposal at the Dubai summit while Pemex gets a boost from the president

IN FOCUS: Recent positive signs don’t mean that decarbonisation is anywhere near completion, as Nick Ferris explains from the Cop28 summit in Dubai

Three decades on from the first UN Cop summit the world is finally about to hit peak emissions, writes Nick Ferris from the latest summit in Dubai. It is a major milestone but the job of decarbonising our lives is nowhere near complete

Let’s start by talking about where we are with climate change. Greenhouse gas emissions and the global average temperature are hitting new highs. Extreme weather events are occurring more often, developing faster and becoming more intense. We all know who suffers the most, and it isn’t those who caused the problem in the first place. 

The Loss and Damage fund for vulnerable nations now is operationalized, with initial funding commitments of more than $420 million. 

UN climate change secretariat Simon Stiell has urged for COP28 to be a “turning point.”

Let’s start with a climate health check. Greenhouse gas emissions and the global average temperature are hitting new highs. Extreme weather events are occurring more often, developing faster and becoming more intense. These impacts are battering vulnerable communities. The diagnosis is poor.