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✇NYT > Climate and Environment

What Can the World’s Top Court Do About Climate Change?

By: Marlise Simons
2 December 2024 at 05:02
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The International Court of Justice, the United Nations’ highest judicial body, is beginning landmark hearings on global warming. Here’s a guide.

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Mexico’s Valle de Bravo reservoir this year. The court has been asked what obligations governments have to protect the world’s climate system.
✇NYT > Climate and Environment

Are All These U.N. Climate Talks Doing Any Good?

By: Brad Plumer
26 November 2024 at 12:26
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What the U.N. negotiations, known as COP, can (and can’t) do to combat climate change.

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Mukhtar Babayev, an Azerbaijani official and president of the COP29 summit, led the room in applause at the close of negotiations on Sunday.
✇NYT > Climate and Environment

COP29 Climate Talks Get a Deal on Money, but Only After a Fight

By: Max Bearak
24 November 2024 at 17:21
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The financing plan, which calls for $300 billion per year in support for developing nations, was immediately assailed as inadequate by a string of delegates.

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A demonstration at the summit on Saturday. Experts have estimated the additional financing needs of developing countries at $1.3 trillion per year.
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