FAQ: What's at stake at the COP27 global climate negotiations
World leaders are meeting in Egypt for the next two weeks to talk about reining in climate change and paying for its deadly effects. Here's what you need to know.
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The U.N. chief tells the climate summit: Cooperate or perish
Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warning that the world is "on a highway to climate hell" and urged the two biggest polluting countries, China and the United States, to work together to avert it.
News brief: Midterm homestretch, climate summit begins, Twitter fallout
Midterms are Tuesday and the results will determine the Biden administration's next two years. The annual climate conference takes on new urgency. Twitter's Elon Musk era isn't off to a smooth start.
Climate summit aims to convince nations to dramatically cut greenhouse gas emissions
NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Rachel Cleetus of the Union of Concerned Scientists, who's attending the U.N. climate summit in Egypt, about the state of the climate, and what needs to be achieved.
Money will likely be the central tension in the U.N.'s COP27 climate negotiations
Global efforts to limit climate change can't happen without more aid. Rich countries promised $100 billion to poorer ones to cope with global warming but seven years later, have yet to deliver.
COP27 climate talks start in Egypt, as delegates arrive from around the world
Envoys from around the globe gathered Sunday in the Egyptian seaside resort of Sharm el-Sheikh for talks on tackling climate change.
Tornadoes hit Texas and Oklahoma, killing at least 2 people and injuring dozens
Tornadoes hit hard in parts of Oklahoma and Texas, destroying homes and businesses. More than 100 buildings suffered damage in the rural Oklahoma town of Idabel.
Climate change negotiator talks priorities and setbacks ahead of UN conference
NPR's Adrian Florido speaks with Ambassador Janine Felson, a climate negotiator from Belize, about her main goals heading into the United Nations Climate Conference, which begins Sunday in Egypt.
Climate change hits local ballot boxes
NPR's Adrian Florido speaks with Vox senior reporter Rebecca Leber to learn about how a handful of state elections could shape U.S. climate policy.
War fallout and aid demands are overshadowing the climate talks in Egypt
War in Ukraine, rising energy and food prices, and growing enmity between the West on the one hand and Russia and China on the other make finding cooperation at the coming climate talks difficult.