Semafor • Nov 11, 2025
COP30 sidesteps trade barriers
On its first day, COP30 managed to overcome a basic but notoriously contentious obstacle: settling on an agenda.
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Mother Jones • Nov 11, 2025
One Rule Is Dooming the UN Climate Talks
This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.When Christine Peringer attended her first United Nations climate conference in 2019, she was not exactly impressed. As a professional facilitator and a member of Mediators Beyond Borders International, she said she was “appalled” by the “lack of sophistication in […]
Semafor • Nov 11, 2025
COP30 has a carbon trading problem
The global carbon market envisaged by the Paris Agreement is losing steam.
Semafor • Nov 11, 2025
World's biggest mining project begins operations in Guinea
Critics fear China’s growing dominance over Africa’s mineral resources could lead to environmental damage.
Semafor • Nov 11, 2025
China’s emissions have remained flat for more than a year, new data shows
The emissions trend is partly driven by falling construction and manufacturing, Carbon Brief data showed.
Semafor • Nov 10, 2025
World’s biggest electric ship charges up
The Australian-built battery-electric ship will “test the limits of maritime electrification,” IEEE Spectrum wrote.
Semafor • Nov 10, 2025
Grid bottlenecks hamper Indian renewables growth
The country wants to reach 500 gigawatts of renewable energy capacity by 2030.
Semafor • Nov 10, 2025
US data centers sit dark as electrification lags
An energy company estimates large data centers could take up to seven years to come online.
Semafor • Nov 10, 2025
Gates Foundation pledges $1.4B for farmers hit by extreme weather
250 million people were displaced globally due to climate-related disasters over the past decade, found a UN report published on Monday.
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Michigan Lawsuit Calls Big Oil a “Cartel” That’s Driving High Energy Bills
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Reclaiming water from contaminated brine can increase water supply and reduce environmental harm
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Kristi Noem’s Throttling of FEMA Funds Constitutes a Preventable Disaster
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Snowstorms Are Hell for Wheelchair Users—But They Don’t Have to Be
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Climate change threatens the Winter Olympics’ future – and even snowmaking has limits for saving the Games
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Data centers told to pitch in as storms and cold weather boost power demand
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Trump’s climate policy rollback plan relies on EPA rescinding its 2009 endangerment finding – but will courts allow it?
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In a Warming World, Winter Olympics Organizers Will Have to Adapt
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Oregon Bill Would Tax Tourists to Protect Animals and Their Habitats
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