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Scientists say 2023 and 2024 were the hottest years ever recorded (GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA)
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Scientists struggle to explain record surge in global heat

The world has been getting hotter for decades but a sudden and extraordinary surge in heat has sent the climate deeper into uncharted...

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2024 ‘certain’ to be hottest year on record: EU monitor

Scientists say the period being lived through right now is likely the warmest the Earth has been for the last 125,000 years.

COP30 in Brazil will be the third consecutive year the UN's top climate talks have been held in a country that plans to expand domestic production of fossil fuels (AFP)
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Brazil will not ‘shy away’ from fossil fuels as COP30 host: envoy

Brazil, host of COP30, won’t shy away from leading global talks on fossil fuel phaseout, despite being a major oil producer.

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‘Steep climb’ ahead as clock ticks on stalled climate talks

With two days left at COP29, wealthy nations have yet to disclose funding plans for developing countries on climate change.

Activists holding signs reading 'Pay Up' demand action on climate funding.
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Negotiators seek to break COP29 impasse after G20 ‘marching orders’

Negotiators push to resolve deadlock at U.N. climate talks after G20 backs trillions of dollars for poorer nations.

Despite a historic pledge made at the COP28 climate summit, countries are still planning to expand fossil fuel production (AFP)
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‘Waiting in vain’: year on from pledge, world clings to fossil fuels

One year after COP28's fossil fuel pledge, nations push oil and gas expansions, drawing criticism ahead of COP29 climate talks.

Poorer countries on the frontlines of climate change will need trillions of dollars in financial aid to install clean energy and adapt to global warming (AFP)
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COP29 fight looms over climate funds for developing world

For developing countries, who pays is non-negotiable: the 2015 Paris climate agreement reaffirmed that developed countries pick up the tab.

This year's UN climate summit is being hosted in Azerbaijan, which has come under scrutiny as an oil and gas producer with questions over its rights record (AFP)
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Deal on climate aid hangs in balance at UN COP29 summit

Nations at COP29 are deadlocked on a key climate aid pact, divided over who pays and how much.

Uncertainty around the US election outcome is weighing on climate negotiators ahead of the UN-led COP29 talks in November (AFP)
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Trump stalks global climate talks as COP29 draws near

Other countries 'holding back' on financial commitments at preliminary talks for COP29, given lack of certainty over Trump and Harris showdown.

The power grids of the future will rely on better batteries to store excess renewable energy for when the sun isn't shining and the wind isn't blowing (GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA)
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‘Not a lab experiment’: climate tech CEO on green innovation

Bill Gates has hosted executives in London this week to boost investment in technologies promising breakthroughs in tackling climate change.

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