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Climate cooperation gains ground despite U.S. retreat

Countries are deepening climate action together, and energy crises are making shared interests harder to ignore.

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Nov 6, 2026

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Climate cooperation gains ground despite U.S. retreat

Countries are deepening climate action together, and energy crises are making shared interests harder to ignore.

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Countries are deepening climate action together, and energy crises are making shared interests harder to ignore. Despite U.S. opposition to climate action, countries are forming new coalitions on fossil fuel transition and carbon markets, driven by energy insecurity and climate disasters. Originally reported by TIME.

Countries still choosing cooperation

Despite U.S. opposition to climate action, many countries are working together on issues that have long divided them, making progress on shared climate challenges.

Fifty-seven nations tackle fossil fuel barriers

In April, fifty-seven countries met in Santa Marta, Colombia, including developed and developing nations, fossil fuel importers and producers, to work through removing barriers to transitioning away from fossil fuels.

E.U., China and Brazil form carbon coalition

The E.U., China, and Brazil have formed a new coalition on carbon markets, a significant political step essential to cutting industrial emissions without disadvantaging domestic producers.

Energy crises reshape climate thinking

The war in Iran and worsening climate impacts are forcing governments to reconsider energy security.

Climate disasters demand action

Extreme heat and wildfires this year are taking lives and inflicting economic losses on a scale governments can no longer ignore.The U.N.

U.S. pressure threatens but doesn't stop progress

Washington has threatened tariffs on countries backing shipping emission levies and sought to keep climate change off G7 and G20 agendas.But middle powers acting together can give one another more room to withstand U.S.pressure.

COP31 aims for clean electricity pledge

At the annual U.N. climate conference this year, known as COP31, in Antalya, Turkey, a broad group of countries wants to pledge to use clean electricity to replace fossil fuels, with American states, cities and…

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Despite U.S. opposition to climate action, countries are forming new coalitions on fossil fuel transition and carbon markets, driven by energy insecurity and climate disasters.

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