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Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg said the upcoming COP26 United Nations summit requires unflinching honesty about "the gap between what we are saying and what we are actually doing" to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. (CNS photo/Kevin Lamar)

Greta Thunberg is 'open' to meeting Biden at UN climate summit

Covering Climate Now: In the lead-up to COP26, the Swedish activist talked about Biden’s climate plan, the media’s responsibility and what gives her hope.

Group of Seven leaders pose for a photo at the G-7 summit June 11 in Carbis Bay, England. (CNS photo/Patrick Semansky, Pool via Reuters)

Climate justice, for the first time ever, is on the G7 agenda

How the G7 leaders respond to the climate justice challenge this weekend will shape the chances of success at COP 26 in November, what United Nations Secretary General António Guterres calls "our last opportunity" to defuse the climate emergency.

Protesters surround construction equipment used to drill a path for the Enbridge Line 3 oil pipeline near Haypoint, Minnesota, Jan. 9, 2021. (© Keri Pickett)

Stopping the last tar sands pipeline will take all of us

Commentary: In the homeland of the Anishinaabe, Enbridge, the largest pipeline company in the world, is hell-bent on jamming through Line 3, their most massive project, under the cover of this COVID-19 winter as fast as they can — before we can stop them and before the world takes notice.

These big city mayors want green stimulus spending to counter COVID-19

Trillions of dollars are on the table, as governments around the world seek to dig out from the economic crater caused by the coronavirus. With time also running short to avoid the worst of the climate crisis, the growing consensus among world leaders is that COVID-19 recovery spending must be "climate-smart."

 

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