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News Articles: COP27

A worker walks past lines of solar panels at the Roha Dyechem solar project in the western northwest Indian state of Rajasthan.

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  • Asia

'Sunny Makes Money': India installs a record volume of solar power in 2022

India, on track to become the world's most populous country, gets about 70% of its electricity from coal. But the government is aggressively investing in renewable energy — particularly solar.

November 22, 2022
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By:
  • Lauren Frayer
The COP27 summit went late into overtime, with Sameh Shoukry, president of the climate summit, speaking during a closing session on Sunday.

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  • Climate

Did the world make progress on climate change? Here's what was decided at global talks

Delegates reached a last-minute deal to pay vulnerable countries for damages caused by climate change. But the final agreement does not put humanity on track to avoid catastrophic warming.

November 20, 2022
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By:
  • Nathan Rott,
  • Michael Copley,
  • and 2 more
Chicken made from animal cells is made into a dish at Upside Foods.

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  • Health

FDA gives safety nod to 'no kill' meat, bringing it closer to sale in the U.S.

The FDA has taken a first step towards green-lighting cultivated meat. The agency gave a safety nod to Upside Foods, which provided documentation to show their meat grown from animal cells is safe.

November 17, 2022
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By:
  • Allison Aubrey
A methane flare seen in Texas. Methane is an incredibly potent greenhouse gas that is currently released in huge quantities by oil and gas operations, landfills and agriculture.

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  • Climate

Climate talks are wrapping up. The thorniest questions are still unresolved.

Despite new agreements to limit methane emissions and beef up weather forecasts, vulnerable countries aren't getting any more help and the Earth is headed for catastrophic warming.

November 17, 2022
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By:
  • Nathan Rott and
  • Rebecca Hersher
A man hugs a Ukrainian soldier as local residents gather to celebrate the liberation of Kherson on Sunday.

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  • World

Latest on Ukraine: Russia's retreat from Kherson gives Ukraine renewed hope (Nov. 14)

Catch up on key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

November 14, 2022
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By:
  • NPR Staff
Students at the Rolwaling Sangag Choling Monastery School in Beding take a break to play volleyball in the afternoon sun.

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  • Climate

'It could just sweep us away': This school is on the front lines of climate change

Climate change is an everyday reality for students and teachers living in the Himalayan mountains of Nepal. At one school, they are trying to learn more about the forces that could upend their lives.

November 13, 2022
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By:
  • Rebecca Hersher and
  • Ryan Kellman
Family members of farmer Dattu Narayan Shewal, who committed suicide after a hailstorm hit his village in Marathwada, India, in 2014. Farmers there were planting single cash crops, so a climate-related disaster would wipe out their livelihoods and leave them unable to buy food. Swayam Shikshan Prayog would seek out their families, particularly the women, and help them get back on their feet.

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  • Climate

Climate prize winner empowers women in India to become farmers and entrepreneurs

The group Swayam Shikshan Prayog, which will be recognized today at the U.N. COP27 summit, focuses on the restoration of livelihoods, especially for women, amid the negative impacts of climate change.

November 12, 2022
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By:
  • Kamala Thiagarajan
President Joe Biden spoke at the COP27 climate negotiations in Egypt. The President said the United States will meet its promises to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 50% by 2030.

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  • Climate

Biden says U.S. will rise to the global challenge of climate change

The President said the United States is cutting its greenhouse gas emissions, and promised again to give more money to developing countries on the front lines of climate change.

November 11, 2022
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By:
  • Lauren Sommer and
  • Rebecca Hersher
Workers in Germany construct a new pipeline for transporting natural gas imports from a nearby liquified natural gas facility. European countries are seeking new sources of natural gas, as they wean themselves off imports from Russia.

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  • Climate

Are climate change emissions finally going down? Definitely not

World leaders are discussing how to get climate change under control, but new reports show the post-pandemic rebound and war in Ukraine are driving emissions even higher.

November 11, 2022
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By:
  • Lauren Sommer
A group of scientists from the United Kingdom trek up to a research site on the west side of the Greenland ice sheet near Kangerlussuaq in the summer of 2022. This year marks the 26th year that Greenland has lost more ice than it gained.

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  • Climate

Here are 3 dangerous climate tipping points the world is on track for

Global leaders are negotiating about how to cut greenhouse gas emissions as quickly as possible. Scientists say every passing day, and every tenth of a degree, makes a big difference.

November 10, 2022
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By:
  • Rebecca Hersher and
  • Lauren Sommer
President Biden during the world leaders' summit at the UN COP26 climate change conference in Glasgow, Scotland, on November 2, 2021.

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  • Climate

It's going to be hard for Biden to meet this $11 billion climate change promise

President Biden has pledged to quadruple the annual U.S. contribution to international climate aid to $11 billion. He has a long, tough road to get there.

November 08, 2022
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By:
  • Eric McDaniel
Uwen Garae surveys his damaged house in Port Vila, Vanuatu in the aftermath of Cyclone Pam in 2015. The country has been hit with two category 5 storms in the last 7 years.

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  • Climate

Developing countries want climate reparations. Here's what it could cost

At global climate negotiations, developing countries say they're being devastated by a problem they didn't cause. So they're looking for compensation for the losses and damage from climate change.

November 07, 2022
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By:
  • Lauren Sommer
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, listens to Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi, giving a speech during the COP27 U.N. Climate Summit.

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  • Climate

Here's what happened today at the U.N.'s COP27 climate negotiations

A new early warning system for weather disasters, calls for wealthy nations and corporations to pay up and dire descriptions of human suffering. Here's what happened at COP27 today.

November 07, 2022
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By:
  • Rebecca Hersher,
  • Lauren Sommer,
  • and 2 more
Attendees of the COP27 U.N. Climate Summit arrive, Sunday, Nov. 6, 2022, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt.

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  • Climate

COP27 climate talks start in Egypt, as delegates arrive from around the world

Envoys from around the globe gathered Sunday in the Egyptian seaside resort of Sharm el-Sheikh for talks on tackling climate change.

November 06, 2022
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By:
  • The Associated Press
Coal power has resurged since the pandemic, like at this coal processing plant in China's Shanxi Province, but research shows it should be phased out by 2030 to avoid extreme climate change.

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  • Climate

Here's how far behind the world is on reining in climate change

The world is set to start crucial climate change negotiations soon. To avoid extreme warming, nations have to make deep cuts in heat-trapping emissions, fast.

October 27, 2022
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By:
  • Lauren Sommer

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