US election leaves 'wide-open vacuum' for global climate leadership, activist says
• Nov 11, 2024, 7:47 PM
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The COP29 climate talks open Monday in Azerbaijan, under the long shadow cast by the re-election of Donald Trump, who has pledged to row back on the United States' carbon-cutting commitments. FRANCE 24's Emerald Maxwell reports. Angela Diffley speaks to Henna Hundal, National Coordinator of Climate Live USA. She says that the US election leaves a wide-open vacuum for global climate leadership and hopes that the other historical big emitters will step up to fill that gap.
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South Korea hosts treaty talks on curbing 'existential challenge' of plastic pollution
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A conference on how to end plastic pollution opened on Monday in Busan, South Korea, but there was little consensus between nations on how to deal with the 90 percent of plastic produced globally that is not recycled.
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Developing nations blast 'paltry' $300 billion deal approved at COP29 UN climate summit
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