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Protesters in Pikachu costumes demand Japan end fossil fuel financing at UN climate conference

Protesters in Pokemon costumes stomped around the United Nations climate conference on Friday to send a message to Japan: end financing of coal and natural gas projects across Southeast Asia and other ... Read More

11/17 COP30 Demonstration: Global Advocates Demand Funded Fossil Fuel Phaseout, Just Transition

Global grassroots climate advocates and Indigenous leaders calling for a funded and fair phaseout of oil, gas and coal will stage a demonstration inside the COP30 summit on Monday afternoon. Read More

The Future of Climate Progress Is Being Built in the Global South

For the countries now driving the global climate transition, progress hinges on finance. Developing countries need about $1.3 trillion a year in external finance by 2035, only around 1% of global GDP. Read More

World leaders: Time running out to stop worst effects of global warming

World leaders gathering the in Brazil's Amazon rainforest for the U.N.‘s annual climate summit warned Thursday that time is running short for urgent and decisive action to prevent the worst ... Read More

Leaders at the Global Climate Summit Highlight the Rising Toll of Warming

Instead, with heat-trapping emissions from the burning of fossil fuels and deforestation continuing to rise, the world is on track to warm by roughly 2.8 degrees Celsius. Scientists have said that ... Read More

Ahead of COP30, Climate Leaders Stress the Urgency of Tackling Global Emissions

Despite wealthy countries pulling back on climate commitments, climate activist Tzeporah Berman, who chairs the Fossil Fuel Treaty Initiative calling for a new global pact to limit the production of ... Read More

Flaring climate protests becoming more confrontational as free speech tested globally

Climate protesters have grown more confrontational in recent years, experts say, including publicly cataloging energy sector leaders and conservatives as "climate criminals," staging disruptive ... Read More

At U.N. climate summit, world leaders say time is running short to stop the worst effects of warming

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva sought to convince world powers to mobilize enough funds to halt the ongoing destruction of climate-stabilizing tropical rainforests. Read More

Protesters in Pikachu Costumes Urge Japan to End Fossil Fuel Financing at COP30

At COP30, protesters in Pikachu costumes urge Japan to stop financing fossil fuel projects in Southeast Asia, highlighting its impact on climate change. Read More