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As Pakistan awaits compensation from the Loss and Damage Fund, climate coordinator Romina Khursheed Alam discusses her vision for addressing the nation’s climate challenges and preparing for COP29.

So-called 'debt-for-nature swaps' have regained prominence in recent years as part of efforts to raise finance for conservation efforts across biodiverse developing countries.

In a surprise move, US president Joe Biden has announced a “temporary pause” on liquified natural gas (LNG) terminal expansion.

Courage is contagious, says the convenor of Youth for Climate Hope, who traces how the struggle against fossil fuels in her hometown of Negros Occidental has come "full circle", with young people now at the forefront of the movement.

By P M Baigal

Thomson Reuters Foundation

By Hannah Alcoseba Fernandez

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Climate change is expected to displace tens of millions of people by mid-century, especially in the Global South. By enhancing international cooperation, we could improve the lives and livelihoods of the displaced and develop sustainable solutions that enable affected communities to rebuild. By Sameh Shoukry and Amy E. Pope

Many campaigners on international financial institutions know from monitoring the multilateral lender's operations that it lacks a "climate culture", as it imposes loans and conditionalities to Global South countries. By Dorothy Grace Guerrero

Reducing methane emissions is key to limit global warming. By Dr Shareen Yawanarajah

COP28 will take stock of the step change in ambition needed, but the gulf in climate finance promises and realities presents an obstacle to a stronger action. By Michael Dolan

By Mahmoud Mohieldin and Vera Songwe

By Harjeet Singh and Liane Schalatek

By Sameh Shoukry

By Monika Merdekawati, Septia Buntara Supendi and Faricha Hidayati

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Rich nations need to shift investments into renewables instead, they say. The civic space for demonstrations at this year's climate summit, held in Egypt, is more restricted than the Scotland event last year.

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