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  1. How Much Are Countries Pledging To Reduce Emissions?

    The newest plans by countries to fight climate change still fall short of what scientists say is necessary. Here’s what the 10 biggest emitters have promised.

    By Brad Plumer, Blacki Migliozzi and Nadja Popovich

  2. Once a Leading Polluter, the U.K. Is Now Trying to Lead on Climate Change

    On the eve of a global climate summit, Britain’s evolution from fossil fuels to clean energy is on display. But experts question whether its commitment is sufficient, and whether it can persuade other nations to meet meaningful goals.

    By Mark Landler

  3. What Is ‘Net-Zero’? And 12 Other Climate Buzzwords

    As climate change discussions take center stage in Glasgow, here’s a primer on some of the jargon you’re likely to hear a lot.

    By Catrin Einhorn, Christopher Flavelle, Hiroko Tabuchi, Brad Plumer and Winston Choi-Schagrin

  4. Struggling at Home, Biden Is Buoyed by G20 Trip Abroad

    A trip to Rome invigorated a president whose poll numbers are slumping at home, but who projected confidence in his foreign and domestic agenda.

    By Jim Tankersley and Katie Rogers

  5. At Climate Talks, Biden Will Try to Sell American Leadership to Skeptics

    The president wants to assure Glasgow’s climate summit that the U.S. is serious about climate change. But he lacks a legislative win at home.

    By Lisa Friedman, Jim Tankersley and Coral Davenport

  6. G20 Nations Agree to New Limits on Coal-Burning Power Plants

    The world’s largest economies will stop financing coal plants abroad, though that falls far short of what’s needed to fight climate change, raising fears of half-steps at this week’s U.N. summit.

    By Somini Sengupta, Jason Horowitz and Jim Tankersley

  7. G20 leaders send a symbolic message on a key climate target.

    Countries will “pursue efforts” to limit global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius, compared with preindustrial times.

    By Somini Sengupta and Jason Horowitz

  8. Subtropical Storm Wanda Forms, Exhausting the List of Names

    The storm, which was about 900 miles west of the Azores, was not expected to pose any danger to land, the National Hurricane Center said on Sunday.

    By The New York Times

  9. Keeping Cattle on the Move and Carbon in the Soil

    Ranchers and conservationists, once unlikely allies, are teaming up to preserve grasslands, which act as a carbon dioxide sink that could support climate goals.

    By Benjamin Ryan

  10. Is Carbon Capture Here?

    A Swiss company is operating a device in Iceland that sucks CO2 from the air and shoots it into the ground, where it turns into rock.

    By Peter Wilson