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COP28 Will Be Earth-Shaping News in 2024 and Beyond [1]

When nations converge this fall for the latest round of annual talks on harnessing climate change, they meet at a crucial juncture. Will the increasingly dramatic impacts of global warming, and the prospects of worse, focus their attention enough to bring about progress? In this sweeping analysis, Backgrounder assesses the varied pressures at play at the coming COP28, along with tips for covering it, from up close or afar.

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Climate Change [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Environmental Studies [7]
Government [8]
Journalism & Media [9]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Policy [11]
Science [12]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [13]
International [14]
Canada [15]
Africa [16]
Asia [17]
Europe [18]
Middle East [19]
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Public [20]
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"States Are Criminalizing Environmental Protest" [21]

"Since the Dakota Access Pipeline conflict, 17 states have passed laws aimed at restricting protests, according to the International Center for Not-for-Profit Law (ICNL). Much of that legislation is aimed specifically at environmental protests, raising the penalties for gatherings that take place on "critical infrastructure" sites like pipelines."

Activism [22]
Climate Change [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Justice [23]
Environmental Politics [6]
Infrastructure [24]
Journalism & Media [9]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Public [20]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: Sierra [25], 09/18/2023
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"Biden to Target Industrial Pollution in a 2nd Term, If He Gets One" [26]

"If President Biden wins a second term, his climate policies would take aim at steel and cement plants, factories and oil refineries — heavily polluting industries that have never before had to rein in their heat-trapping greenhouse gases."

Climate Change [3]
Environmental Politics [6]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Pollution [27]
Public [20]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: NYTimes [28], 09/18/2023
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Climate Protesters Around Globe Sharpen Their Message and Head to New York [29]

"Tens of thousands of people, including students, retirees, scientists, politicians and celebrities, filled the streets of Midtown Manhattan on Sunday to demand that world leaders quickly pivot away from the fossil fuels that are dangerously heating up the planet."

Activism [22]
Climate Change [3]
Environmental Politics [6]
Journalism & Media [9]
Public [20]
National (U.S.) [13]
International [14]
Source: NYTimes [30], 09/18/2023
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10 States Ask Judge To Block Changes In National Flood Insurance Program [31]

"Increases in federal flood insurance premiums that are projected to surpass 700% over the coming years are already leading people to back out of home purchases and will likely lead to an exodus of residents and businesses from southern Louisiana, officials told a federal judge Thursday in New Orleans."

Climate Change [3]
Disasters [32]
Economy & Business [33]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Justice [23]
Environmental Politics [6]
Forests [34]
Laws & Regulations [10]
People & Population [35]
Water & Oceans [36]
Public [20]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: AP [37], 09/15/2023
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"Inside Exxon’s Strategy to Downplay Climate Change" [38]

"ExxonMobil issued its first public statement that burning fossil fuels contributes to climate change in 2006, following years of denial. ... Yet behind closed doors, Exxon took a very different tack: Its executives strategized over how to diminish concerns about warming temperatures, and they sought to muddle scientific findings that might hurt its oil-and-gas business ... ."

Climate Change [3]
Economy & Business [33]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Journalism & Media [9]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Science [12]
Public [20]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: Wall St. Journal [39], 09/15/2023
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"Green Groups Slam World Bank For Backing Indonesian Coal Plants" [40]

"Environmental groups have submitted a formal complaint to the World Bank for providing financial support for two coal-fired power plants in Indonesia, violating a pledge to stop backing fossil fuels."

Activism [22]
Climate Change [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Politics [6]
Infrastructure [24]
Natural Resources [41]
Pollution [27]
Public [20]
International [14]
Australia & Oceania [42]
Source: Reuters [43], 09/15/2023
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"EPA Bolsters States’ Control Of Water, Infrastructure Permitting" [44]

"The Biden administration is restoring significant state and tribal authority over water resources and expanding their leverage on infrastructure permitting decisions, including for pipelines."

Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Justice [23]
Environmental Politics [6]
Environmental Studies [7]
Infrastructure [24]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Water & Oceans [36]
Public [20]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: E&E News [45], 09/15/2023
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September 27, 2023 to September 28, 2023

The Rules-Based Order in Antarctica and Global Challenges [46]

Join the Wilson Center and partners NSF, NOAA, the US Coast Guard and Battelle in Washington, DC or via live stream for the first-ever conference on Antarctic policy, with the aim of elevating dialogue on Antarctica’s connection to key US national interests.

Other Events [47]
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Climate Change [3]
Economy & Business [33]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Fish & Fisheries [48]
Government [8]
Natural Resources [41]
Policy [11]
Science [12]
Water & Oceans [36]
Region: 
Antarctica & Arctic [49]
June 5, 2024 to June 6, 2024

White House Environmental Justice Advisory Council Public Meeting [50]

The White House Environmental Justice Advisory Council will convene a free virtual public meeting, ~12:00 - 6:30 p.m. ET each day. Topics for public comment include carbon management and environmental justice issues affecting Indigenous Peoples and Tribal Nations. 

Other Events [47]
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Diversity [51]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Justice [23]
Environmental Politics [6]
Government [8]
People & Population [35]
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National (U.S.) [13]

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