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    10 years after Paris, the world is failing its climate targets. Can COP30 change things?
    Climate ActionNovember 11, 2025

    10 years after Paris, the world is failing its climate targets. Can COP30 change things?

    Excerpt from rappler.com Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva promised a “COP of truth” in the Amazon rainforests. Ten years since the Paris Agreement, when the world agreed to keep global warming in check to avoid catastrophic consequences, and 30 years since climate negotiations began, countries are failing to reach targets. “If we fail to move beyond speeches into real action, our societies will lose faith – not only in the COPs, but in multilateralism and international politics more broadly,” Lula said.

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    EU agrees weakened climate target in final-hour deal for COP30
    Climate ActionNovember 10, 2025

    EU agrees weakened climate target in final-hour deal for COP30

    Excerpt from reuters.com BRUSSELS, Nov 5 (Reuters) - EU climate ministers agreed a 2040 climate change target in the early hours of Wednesday after watering down the goal in last-minute negotiations, as they raced to clinch the deal before the U.N. COP30 summit in Brazil. After negotiating late into Tuesday night, climate ministers from European Union countries approved in a public vote a compromise to cut emissions 90% by 2040, from 1990 levels, but with flexibilities to weaken this aim.

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    Pacific Youth Activists to demand end to fossil fuels and Climate reparations at COP30
    Climate ActionNovember 10, 2025

    Pacific Youth Activists to demand end to fossil fuels and Climate reparations at COP30

    Excerpt from pasifika.news With the 30th United Nations Climate Change conference (COP30) in Belém, Brazil, looming closer, Vishal Prasad, the Director of the Pacific Islands Students Fighting Climate Change (PISFCC) and other activists are set to make their mark on the world stage yet again. The PISFCC were responsible for demanding legal accountability for climate change at the International Court of Justice. What unfolded was the biggest case in history and the delivery of the ICJ’s Advisory Opinion on states’ obligations in relation to climate change. This historical landmark decision has major implications for accountability, ambition, and climate diplomacy heading into COP30.

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    Fiji launches third national climate plan ahead of COP30
    Climate ActionNovember 10, 2025

    Fiji launches third national climate plan ahead of COP30

    Photo Credit: Ministry of Environment and Climate Change via fbcnews.com.fj Excerpt from fbcnews.com.fj The Ministry of Environment and Climate Change has officially launched its third Nationally Determined Contribution, a key climate plan that shows the country’s strong commitment to tackling climate change. This announcement comes just before the COP30 climate summit in Brazil, where world leaders will meet to discuss urgent climate action. Ministry of Environment and Climate Change permanent secretary, Sivendra Michael, stressed the need for stronger global efforts to reduce emissions, increase funding for countries most affected by climate change, and include the ocean in all climate discussions.

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    Taiwan’s ‘inclusive, forward-looking’ policies set to confront climate change, says official
    Climate ActionNovember 10, 2025

    Taiwan’s ‘inclusive, forward-looking’ policies set to confront climate change, says official

    Photo credit: Photo via Official Source / AA.com.tr Excerpt from aa.com.tr Taiwan’s “comprehensive, inclusive, and forward-looking” commitment to long-term policies is aimed at confronting the challenge of climate change, a top official said Thursday. Peng Chi-ming, the environment minister, said in a statement to Anadolu that the administration has presented a “clear and transparent” nationally determined contribution (NDC) for 2035, setting explicit goals for a low-carbon transition. The statement came on the eve of the UN COP30 climate change summit set for Nov. 10-21 in Brazil. “Taiwan is not immune to growing challenge of climate change,” said Peng, mentioning how this summer southern and eastern parts of the island were struck by typhoons and torrential rainfall, causing severe flooding and damage. This underscores the “profound effect of extreme climate on regional development and public safety,” he said. He said Taiwan is “integrating resources and expanding networks for climate adaptation” as well as “disclosing its progress and demonstrating its commitment to meeting its responsibilities as concerns the global effort to reduce emissions.”

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    Pacific calls for urgent climate action as latest UN report warns world is off track
    Climate ActionNovember 10, 2025

    Pacific calls for urgent climate action as latest UN report warns world is off track

    Excerpt from islandsbusiness.com BELÉM, 4 November 2025 – The latest UN Environment Programme Emissions Gap Report 2025 delivers yet another stark warning – the world is still far off track to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement, with current Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) leading us towards a devastating 2.3–2.5°C pathway of warming. For the Pacific, where the impacts of the climate crisis are already a lived reality, this failure to act with urgency is nothing short of an injustice. This latest report reaffirms what our communities have been saying for years – that while the science grows clearer, global action remains far too slow. The findings highlight the widening gap between promises made and the real action needed to keep 1.5°C alive.

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    Sustainable Switch: COP30 starts as Typhoon Kalmaegi kills hundreds
    Climate ActionNovember 10, 2025

    Sustainable Switch: COP30 starts as Typhoon Kalmaegi kills hundreds

    Excerpt from reuters.com The storm that devastated the country's central regions regained strength as it headed towards Vietnam. In Vietnam's Gia Lai province, authorities expected to have evacuated some 350,000 people by the middle of the day as they warned of heavy rains and damaging winds that could cause flooding in low-lying areas and disrupt agricultural activity. Even as Typhoon Kalmaegi, locally named Tino, left the Philippine monitoring zone, weather forecasters were tracking a brewing storm east of Mindanao that could strengthen into a typhoon, raising concerns for potential impact early next week. Scientists say storms are intensifying faster and more frequently as a result of warming ocean waters driven by greenhouse gas emissions.

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    Climate finance must reach Indigenous communities at COP30 & beyond (commentary)
    Climate ActionNovember 10, 2025

    Climate finance must reach Indigenous communities at COP30 & beyond (commentary)

    Excerpt from news.mongabay.com As the COP30 climate summit in the Amazon draws near, pressure is mounting to get funding directly into the hands of Indigenous and local community organizations who are the frontline defenders of the world’s rainforests. Donors are waking up to the powerful truth that funding Indigenous and local communities is one of the highest-impact investments we can make for forest protection and climate action. This momentum is encouraging. Still, the numbers tell a stark story. Indigenous and local communities protect 36% of the world’s intact tropical forests, yet receive less than 1% of international climate finance. This contradiction threatens global climate goals and leaves the most effective forest guardians without the resources they need. Behind this funding gap lie systemic barriers: rigid eligibility rules, donor requirements designed for large institutions, and administrative hurdles that shut out grassroots organizations. For decades, many intermediary organizations tried to bridge these gaps. Still, in practice, some evolved into permanent gatekeepers, unintentionally absorbing resources that could have more directly supported the organizations and communities they aimed to serve.

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    In the aftermath of Melissa, Caribbean faces climate chaos as COP30 nears
    Climate ActionNovember 10, 2025

    In the aftermath of Melissa, Caribbean faces climate chaos as COP30 nears

    Excerpt from guardian.co.tt The United Nations’ most important climate change conference, COP30, will start this week in Belem, Brazil. As world leaders and negotiators discuss the way forward in the climate fight, Jamaicans, Cubans, Haitians and Bahamians will continue to pick up the pieces from what was left behind by Hurricane Melissa. The closeness of the hurricane’s rampage through the Caribbean to COP30 might lead you to believe it could shake the conscience of negotiators and inspire them to ramp up ambitions at the two-week conference. Caricom Climate Envoy Dr James Fletcher said we have been here before.

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