UN boss calls for stronger aviation and shipping climate goals in line with 1.5C

News Antonio Guterres said targets set at UN bodies for international transport were compatible with more than 3C of global warming and urged more action

News Heat rises on donor countries to meet overdue $100bn climate finance promise

News Nearly 150 green groups have told rich governments they must make up for missing their climate aid target by delivering $600bn in total 2020-25

News Japan eyes international carbon offsets to deliver 2030 emission cuts

News Campaigners accused Japan of failing to take responsibility for cutting its own emissions and relying on developing nations to do so

Comment The IEA is embracing 1.5C ambition, leaving no excuse for new fossil fuel investment

Comment In a fundamental shift in mainstream thinking, the world’s most influential energy body has for the first time put a net zero scenario at the heart of its forecasting

News UN isolation fund launched to support Cop26 delegates who contract Covid-19

News Delegates who test positive for Covid-19 must isolate for 10 days, with a solidarity fund to cover extra accommodation costs for developing countries

News Xi Jinping announces biodiversity fund to help developing nations protect nature

News The Chinese president called on other donor countries to contribute to the $230 million fund for biodiversity at Kunming talks

Countries failing to protect forests, 7 years after New York declaration

News Of the 32 biggest forest nations, only India has set an ambitious tree planting target and others are falling far short, according to analysis of their latest climate pledges

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UAE sets net zero by 2050 target, promises renewable investments

Turkey ratifies the Paris Agreement after approving a 2053 net zero goal

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“Run that dishwasher”: what net zero means for an appliance manufacturer

Cop26 must urgently get specific on carbon removal in net-zero pathways

The last IPCC report overlooked the technical, financial, and political limitations of carbon removal techniques and risks informing poor policy choices

Street vendors and garbage pickers need protection from climate extremes

Two billion people globally do informal work that exposes them to unsafe conditions like extreme heat, air pollution and flooding

Why I refuse to collude with polluters in the carbon offsetting lie

The industry-led Taskforce on Scaling Voluntary Carbon Markets is pitching carbon offsets as a win for the Global South. This is greenwashing at its most patronising

From obscurity to vital global service: Celebrating 10 years of Climate Home

As Climate Home News celebrates its 10th anniversary, founding editor Ed King recounts the wild ride to establish it as a credible news outlet

Reader profile: Amelia Rose Khan wants Cop26 to close carbon accounting loopholes

“I don’t relax, the climate crisis is always on my mind” says Canadian regional organiser Amelia Rose Khan

To close the climate ambition gap, we must look beyond national targets

Rapid advances in clean steelmaking are an example of the kind of sectoral progress that needs to be captured by the UN’s global stocktake of climate action

Reader profile: Will Ward is all about human-centred stories

An educational program coordinator for a Canadian charity, Will Ward thinks great things can be achieved when you take brave positive action

Joe Biden can seal a breakthrough deal to end global public finance for fossil fuels

The US has the opportunity to make fossil-free public finance a new international norm ahead of Cop26 – but that requires ending its support for gas

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