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New leadership in the EU – Roswall takes off on Sunday
The EU Parliament says yes to Ursula von der Leyen's new EU Commission with 370 votes against 282. Jessika Roswall and her colleagues are already revving up on Sunday.
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Long road to global plastic agreement
The Climate Summit in Baku had barely ended before the next global environmental meeting got underway. In Busan, South Korea, this week's focus is on plastic pollution, among other things, in the oceans. But the road to an agreement appears to be long.
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So the Saudis sabotaged the climate meeting
Saudi Arabia was a brake pad in the climate negotiations at the UN top meeting in Baku. The country's representatives changed directly in the negotiating texts, blocked attempts to intensify emission reductions and did not respond when countries wanted to talk.
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Researchers: Even harder to reach the 1.5-degree target
The outcome of the climate summit jeopardizes the goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees even further. We are in a situation where 1.5 degrees is very, very difficult to achieve, says climate policy researcher Mathias Fridahl.
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These are the key points in the climate agreement
Rich countries should contribute more money to help poorer countries transition to cleaner energy and adapt to global warming. Here are the main points of the agreement reached at COP29 in Baku:
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Pourmokhtari: More countries must take responsibility
A significant part of the world's countries do not take their responsibility for climate work, according to Sweden's Climate Minister Romina Pourmokhtari (L), who expresses frustration after COP29 in Baku.
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Climate Agreement Reached Tonight – "Mountain of Work Left"
The Climate Summit COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan, has agreed on an agreement. Rich countries will pay 300 billion dollars per year to climate efforts in poorer countries – but many had hoped for much more. Pathetic. It's pitiful, says India's representative Chandni Raina.
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The draft of the Climate Meeting: "Everyone will be dissatisfied"
A new draft has been presented at the UN climate meeting in Baku, where rich countries such as Sweden are expected to more than double their contributions to poor countries' climate efforts by 2035. Everyone will be dissatisfied when they go home, says climate policy researcher Mathias Fridahl.
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