'Don't make them wait': Pressure grows at COP26 for new funding for climate damage [[link removed]]

At the Glasgow talks, vulnerable countries are pressing hard for an official green-light to establish a new global loss and damage funding stream, but are making little headway so far

Crypto queens: Women stake out space in blockchain world [[link removed]]

A growing number of female artists, investors and collectors are embracing cryptocurrency and NFTs, and bridging the gender gap

COP26 carbon-market talks 'difficult' - but hopes for breakthrough, says Norway minister [[link removed]]

Setting rules for carbon markets - a major goal of the COP26 climate change talks - is challenging but "nobody wants to be the villain", says Norway's climate minister

Tired of COP26 promises, Glasgow protesters push climate justice from 'the outside' [[link removed]]

Indigenous peoples, African activists and others from developing nations led the Glasgow march, which had a focus on the role of racial and social inequity in the climate crisis

Nature and climate protection pledges pile up at COP26, amid ghosts of past failures [[link removed]]

Dozens of nations pledged to do more to protect nature and overhaul farming - but past promises often have not been met

Costs, literacy and design: The invisible barriers to tackling the digital divide [[link removed]]

While most of the focus is on getting everyone connected, experts at Lisbon’s Web Summit say making internet access more affordable and less complicated is also key.

Focus turns to climate finance after flurry of COP26 pledges [[link removed]]

Monday's session at the COP26 talks will focus on arguments on dealing with adaptation, loss and damage - as ministers get down to the nitty gritty of trying to honour earlier promises

Tuvalu minister stands in sea to film COP26 speech to show climate change [[link removed]]

Images of the minister standing in a suit and tie at a lectern set up in the sea have been shared widely on social media, drawing attention to Tuvalu's struggle against rising sea levels

With COP26 credibility at stake, some urge ratcheting up schedule [[link removed]]

A push to make countries review their emissions-cutting pledges every year rather than the current five-year schedule has gained traction but some say it could prove a strain

Opinion OPINION: COP26 should learn from cities pioneering food systems innovation [[link removed]]

Food systems remain overlooked in climate conversations, and the United Nations’ COP26 climate conference in Glasgow is not set to break that pattern

OPINION: How climate change threatens the thin blue line [[link removed]]

In the Caribbean, police are stretched thin, with personnel and resources more frequently redirected to emergency response operations during intense tropical storms and other natural disasters

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