Daily Archives: November 8, 2022

At COP27, World Leaders Urge Faster Action on Climate Change

On the first day of COP27, the U.N. climate talks, world leaders urged each other to move faster to cut the pollution that is warming the planet while recognizing the war in Ukraine’s global energy effects and the unequal effects of climate change to date.

American Aid Worker Is Shot Dead in Baghdad

Security officials said that gunmen opened fire on the aid worker’s vehicle in a drive-by shooting in the central Baghdad neighborhood where he lived.

Switzerland Is Paying Poorer Nations to Cut Emissions on Its Behalf

The agreements raise concerns that other countries will follow suit, delaying more difficult cuts of greenhouse gas emissions in wealthier nations.