Computer Weekly

COP26: Lord Maude on using open source to help fight against climate change

Businesses and governments across the world could accelerate their technological efforts to arrest the pace of climate change by adopting open source-like ways of working, claims ex-Cabinet Office ...
CNN

COP26 climate deal includes historic reference to fossil fuels but doesn’t meet urgency of the crisis

Nearly 200 nations reached a climate agreement on Saturday at COP26 with an unprecedented reference to the role of fossil fuels in the climate crisis, even after an 11th-hour objection from India that ...
Upstream

No consensus at COP26 with less than four hours to go

COP26 president Alok Sharma wants cover text agreed by 6pm but negotiations could continue into the night, and possibly beyond Nations at COP26 have not yet been able to reach consensus on key issues ...
CNET

COP26: US and China announce joint declaration to hit Paris Agreement climate goals

Katie is a UK-based news reporter and features writer. Officially, she is CNET's European correspondent, covering tech policy and Big Tech in the EU and UK. Unofficially, she serves as CNET's Taylor ...
New Scientist

COP26: UK asks world leaders to recognise urgent need for action

Nearly 200 governments in Glasgow, UK, are being asked to recognise the “urgency of action” needed to meet the world’s climate change targets, in a final statement to be presented at the COP26 summit ...
Reuters

Fact Check: COP26 did not use diesel generators to power event, organizers say

Photos circulating online do not show diesel powered generators being used at the U.N. COP26 climate change conference, contrary to claims made in social media posts, a spokesperson for the conference ...
YES! Magazine

Whose Voices Are (and Aren’t) Being Heard at COP26?

This story is part of Covering Climate Now, a global journalism collaboration strengthening coverage of the climate story. “COP26 is looking like one of the most inequitable, White, and segregated ...
Wall Street Journal

COP26 Prepared the World to Beat Climate Change

Journal Editorial Report: The week's best and worst from Kim Strassel, Bill McGurn, Kyle Peterson and Jillian Melchior. Images: Getty Images Composite: Mark Kelly In diplomacy and governing, there are ...
Drexel University

Drexel Hosts First COP Event, Sends Delegation to COP26

Drexel University is a permanent observer to United Nations Framework Convention for Climate Change (UNFCCC)’s annual Conference of Parties (COP), and has sent a delegation of faculty, professional ...
Forbes

COP26 Is Over. Now It’s Up To Investors, Companies, And Governments To Raise Their Climate Ambition

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Mindy Lubber is CEO and president of Ceres, a sustainability nonprofit organization. This column was authored by Ceres CEO and ...
NPR

An island nations representative says COP26 failed to set actionable response plan

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Janine Felson, deputy head of the Belize Delegation for COP26 and advisor to the Alliance of Small Island States, about how negotiations went at COP26 in Glasgow. After ...