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Cop26 pledge cautiously welcomed as ‘first step’ in making indigenous rights central to climate crisis talks

At least $1.7bn of funding will be given directly to indigenous peoples and local communities (IPLCs) in recognition of their key role in protecting the planet’s lands and forests, it will be announced at Cop26 today.

The governments of the UK, US, Germany, Norway and the Netherlands are leading the $1.7bn (£1.25bn) funding pledge, which is being announced as part of ambitious global efforts to reverse forest loss and land degradation by 2030, with campaigners cautiously hopeful that this conference of the parties (Cop) could be the first to properly champion indigenous peoples’ rights.

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Historic declaration at Cop26 commits countries to ending major cause of CO2 emissions

World leaders have agreed a deal that aims to halt and reverse global deforestation over the next decade as part of a multibillion-dollar package to tackle human-caused greenhouse gas emissions.

Xi Jinping, Jair Bolsonaro and Joe Biden are among the leaders who will commit to the declaration at Cop26 in Glasgow on Tuesday to protect vast areas, ranging from the eastern Siberian taiga to the Congo basin, home to the world’s second largest rainforest.

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California Carbon Allowance (CCA) prices roofed to a fresh all-time high above $32 on Monday, while RGGI Allowances (RGAs) briefly plummeted beneath the $12 mark on potential bearish implications of Virginia’s Tuesday election and lower natural gas prices.

The US and the EU on Sunday agreed to end Trump-era tariffs on steel and aluminium and vowed to work towards a broader global arrangement that would penalise countries that don’t meet low-carbon targets.

Now most countries have experienced the climate crisis as wildfires, floods or heatwaves, leaders know they must deliver

For a conference that had already been delayed by a year, perhaps this was a fitting start for the delegates and world leaders who made their way to Cop26 with a mission to save the planet.

It was raining. There was no shelter. And the thousands of participants who had come to the UK from all four corners of the globe faced the mother of all queues to get inside.

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Voluntary emissions reduction (VER) prices neared or reached the $10 mark on standardised, exchange-traded nature-based offset contracts this week, as traders reported booming demand across the entirety of the voluntary carbon market (VCM).

The Queen has recorded a message for the world leaders attending the Cop26 summit in Glasgow, asking them to think of the future and be the pioneers who take decisive action. The Queen is not attending the United Nations summit in person after being given medical advice to rest

• What is Cop26 and why does it matter? The complete guide

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The Indian prime minister made five pledges on the country's efforts in tackling the climate emergency over the next few decades. India, a developing country of more than 1.3 billion people, is the world’s third largest emitter of carbon dioxide after the US and China

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The veteran news anchor tweeted presence of ‘20,000 world leaders and delegates’ 47 miles east of actual summit

Eyebrows were raised at Cop26 on Monday when a veteran US news anchor announced he would be covering the climate summit from Edinburgh – 47 miles east of Glasgow.

Wolf Blitzer, a news anchor with CNN, wrote on Twitter that he was reporting from Edinburgh in Scotland, “where 20,000 world leaders and delegates have gathered for the Cop26”.

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NSW attracts 28 pumped hydro projects totalling 11 gigawatts to help back up wind and solar in its rapid switch to renewables.

The post NSW flooded by 11GW of pumped hydro proposals for big flip to renewables appeared first on RenewEconomy.

British monarch urges world leaders to rise to challenge of ‘true statesmanship’

The Queen has expressed her hope that world leaders would “rise above the politics of the moment, and achieve true statesmanship” in tackling the climate crisis as she welcomed Cop26 delegates to Glasgow in a recorded video address.

In a message played at the evening reception, she also recalled how her “dear late husband, Prince Philip,” had warned of the threat of “increasingly intolerable” world pollution more than half a century ago.

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Keeping world leaders waiting for half an hour and then giving them a fart joke suggest the PM hasn’t quite got Cop26

When one of the themes of your speech is that the clock is at one minute to midnight and you have 60 seconds left to save the world, it’s not the best look to come on stage 30 minutes later than planned. Better late than never isn’t quite the message of Cop26. The time for dawdling has been and gone. Countries need to act now. But then maybe Boris Johnson and the other world leaders were experiencing the same problems getting into the Glasgow venue as all the other punters.

Johnson is something of a late convert to the reality of the climate crisis. We know that and he knows that. He’s even admitted it was only when he got to Downing Street and academics walked him through the science that the penny really dropped. So you might have thought the prime minister would have chosen to play it fairly straight in welcoming everyone to Glasgow. Just thank them all for coming and make them aware of the responsibility they carry for saving the planet.

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Australia named 'fossil of the day', Boris Johnson compares climate change to 'James Bond style doomsday device' and Biden apologises for actions of Trump administration.

The post Glasgow Diary: Australia named a ‘fossil of the day’ on first day of COP26 appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Here are four ways the current electricity system favours existing, higher emitting technologies. These must be overcome to rapidly cut Australia’s emissions. Lee White, Research Fellow, Australian National University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

New Zealand has announced a more ambitious pledge to cut emissions, but the commitment relies on buying credits from offshore. There is no system for doing this yet, or for ensuring genuine cuts. Robert McLachlan, Professor in Applied Mathematics, Massey University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Summary of the main developments on kick-off day of the UN climate summit in Glasgow

The main things that happened on day one of the Cop26 climate conference in Glasgow included:

It’s one minute to midnight on the doomsday clock and we need to act now. If we don’t get serious about climate change today, it will be too late for our children to get serious about it tomorrow.

In my lifetime, I have witnessed a terrible decline. In yours, you could and should witness a wonderful recovery.

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US president, Joe Biden, has warned that the climate crisis poses an 'existential threat to human existence as we know it' in his remarks to fellow world leaders at Cop26 in Glasgow. Biden urged other leaders to embark upon a transformational shift to clean energy

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