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A villager holding umbrella to protect himself from sun, walks over parched land on the outskirts of Bhubaneswar, India on May 2, 2009
TENSE negotiations at the final meeting on an international fund to help poor countries hit the hardest by climate change ended on Saturday in Abu Dhabi.
Participants agreed that the World Bank would host the fund for the next four years.
But, the US and several developing countries expressed disappointment in the draft agreement, which will be sent for global leaders to sign at the Cop28 climate conference in Dubai later this month.
The glacier collapse in Nepal is yet another warning that a warming planet is making Himalayan disasters more frequent and destructive – but the countries facing the greatest risks are often those least responsible, says LI YANG
The future does not have to be climate chaos and social breakdown. MARC VANDEPITTE looks at the alternatives offered by the Global Justice Report, co-authored by Thomas Piketty
From summit to summit, imperialist companies and governments cut, delay or water down their commitments, warn the Communist Parties of Britain, France, Portugal and Spain and the Workers Party of Belgium in a joint statement on Cop30