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Asia’s climate goals at risk over Cop28’s modest transition from fossil fuels: ‘we have one foot in the grave’

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  • Critics say the deal is still severely lacking when it comes to addressing the climate concerns of developing nations
  • Asia faces multiple obstacles to its clean energy transition, with countries such as China, India and Indonesia failing to provide clear timelines for ending coal usage

The United Nations Climate Change Conference in Dubai ended on Wednesday with a message signalling the eventual end to the fossil fuel era, but its lack of a clear timeline could leave parts of developing Asia increasingly vulnerable to climate shocks, experts said.

The conference, also known as Cop28, adopted within minutes of its presentation the proposed text for a final climate deal that acknowledges for the first time the need for “transitioning away from fossil fuels” and “accelerating action in this critical decade” to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.

The text also includes agreements to triple the deployment of renewable energy and double the rate of efficiency gains by the end of the decade.

Cop28 climate summit adopts world-first ‘transition’ from fossil fuels13 Dec 2023

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Nikki Haley is trying to shatter the presidential glass ceiling. She rarely mentions it

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Voters tell CNN why they like Nikki Haley

Keene, New HampshireCNN — 

Nikki Haley is trying to break the highest glass ceiling in politics, but you won’t hear her say so – at least not directly.

She does, however, offer fleeting glimpses at the historic nature of her Republican presidential campaign.

“There are no saints in DC right now, but that’s why I think you need a badass woman in charge at the White House,” the former South Carolina governor and United Nations ambassador said with a smile in the closing moments of a stop here Wednesday night, answering a voter’s question about criminal charges facing some politicians in Washington.

With the first votes of the Republican presidential primary barely a month away, Haley is drawing larger crowds – and louder applause – from voters like Thalia Floras, who has been eagerly searching for an alternative to former President Donald Trump.

“It would be great to have a female president, but that is not what this is about,” said Floras, a Nashua resident who has surveyed several candidates during their visits to New Hampshire. “I think we’re past the point of talking about that. It’s about the strongest candidate, and she, right now in the Republican Party, is the strongest candidate.”

Of course, not all of Haley’s supporters are women. And not all Republican women are supporting Haley, considering most polls show that Trump still receives a strong majority of support across all demographic groups.

But the makeup of Haley’s crowds is often distinct from those of her rivals, with audiences that include mothers bringing their daughters to see the candidate and older women hoping to see presidential history made in their lifetimes.

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The U.S.-South Korea Alliance

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Developments at home and abroad are testing U.S.-South Korea relations.

U.S. President Joe Biden and South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in San Francisco on November 16, 2023.
U.S. President Joe Biden and South Korea’s President Yoon Suk Yeol at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in San Francisco on November 16, 2023. Kevin Lamarque/Reuters

Blog Post by Michelle Kurilla

December 15, 2023 11:05 am (EST)

The latest episode of The President’s Inbox is live! This week, Jim sat down with Scott Snyder, senior fellow for Korea studies and director of the program on U.S.-Korea policy at the Council. They discussed Scott’s new book, The United States-South Korea Alliance: Why It May Fail and Why It Must Not.The President’s Inbox

The U.S.-South Korea Alliance, With Scott A. Snyder

Scott A. Snyder, a senior fellow for Korea studies and director of the program on U.S.-Korea policy at CFR, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss the importance of the U.S.-South Korea military alliance and how domestic and international forces could be undermining it.

Here are five highlights from the discussion:

1.) The U.S.-South Korea alliance is critical to the U.S. interest in preventing China from dominating the Indo-Pacific region. Scott argued that the United States is better equipped to “defend its interests” in East Asia with the “alliance architecture” that includes the U.S.-South Korea alliance as well as the U.S.-Japan alliance. The alliances help deter aggressive Chinese behavior that could roil the region.

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Eyewitness testimony and footage reveals escalation in Israel’s occupation tactics in West Bank

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CNN’s Nima Elbagir reports from Hebron in the West Bank, which remains under Israeli occupation in the shadow of the war against Hamas in Gaza. Elbagir and her team witnessed how settlers and the Israeli military are working together and creating a culture of fear amongst Palestinian families, despite calls from President Biden for Israel to sanction “settler extremists.”