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World leaders gather for COP30 as UN says 'virtually impossible' to achieve 1.5C climate limit

It is now “virtually impossible" to keep to the international target of limiting global warming of 1.5C, the chief of the UN's World Meteorological Organization says. Celeste Saulo tells world leaders ... Read More

Here are the 5 issues to watch at COP30 in Brazil

Global leaders will gather in northern Brazil next week to begin the 30th annual Conference of the Parties, or COP30, the United Nations climate summit that takes stock of just how much the world’s ... Read More

With U.S. noticeably absent, world leaders gather in Brazil for COP30 climate summit

World leaders will meet this week for the U.N. climate conference, known as COP30. The White House isn't sending anyone, leaving many wondering what role other countries will play in the summit. Read More

Leaders of world’s biggest polluters are no-shows as heads of state gather for U.N. climate summit

President Trump, who withdrew the U.S. from the Paris climate accords the same day he entered office, won’t send any senior officials. China will send its deputy prime minister, Ding Xuexiang. Read More

World leaders punch back at US climate denial ahead of Brazil's COP30 negotiations

Country leaders at a climate summit in Brazil on Thursday bemoaned the fractured global consensus on climate action, taking swipes at the climate-denying U.S. government while trying to assure the ... Read More