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ANALYSIS-Who Pays? UN Climate Report Reignites Global Fight for Compensation

With this week’s U.N. climate science report laying bare the staggering economic costs and losses already faced from climate change, an inevitable question arises: who should pay? Within U.N. climate negotiations, “loss and damage” refers to the costs countries are …

U.S., EU Urge More Policy Guidance, Specifics in UN Climate Report

The U.S. and European Union are pushing for a stronger explanation about the dangers of climate change and the consequences of failing to stem fossil-fuel emissions in the UN’s most extensive report on global warming. The appeals are detailed in …

Reforms Urged to Make UN Climate Reports Shorter, More Focused

Climate experts on a U.N. panel should focus more on shorter reports on specialist subjects such as extreme weather in a shift from sweeping overviews of the kind being prepared this week in Stockholm, many scientists and governments say. The …