Chloé Farand
Chloé Farand is Climate Home News’ senior reporter. Her work has appeared in national publications including the Guardian, the Independent, the i paper and the BBC. Before joining Climate Home News, she worked for the investigative environmental outlet DeSmog UK and contributed to Business Green.
Indonesia ends forest protection deal with Norway, raising deforestation fears
The announcement took the Norwegian government and campaigners by surprise and came days before a moratorium on new palm oil concessions lifted
EU commits €4 billion more to climate vulnerables, calls on the US to step up
Ursula Von der Leyen called out the US for failing to deliver its fair share of climate cash – an issue poor nations say is critical to success at Cop26
Leftwing victory in Norway election puts oil exit at the heart of coalition talks
A leftist party calling for a ban on new oil licences could be the kingmaker in negotiations to form a government, calling into question the industry’s future
Conservationists set out ‘nature positive’ vision for global biodiversity deal
The IUCN Congress has come up with a blueprint for a “transformative” deal to protect plants and wildlife, which members hope governments will embrace in Kunming
Conservationists back indigenous peoples’ call to protect 80% of the Amazon by 2025
Members of the IUCN Congress overwhelmingly backed the motion but Brazilian experts warn the verdict will likely be ignored by Bolsonaro’s government
Displaced Afghan negotiator calls for climate aid to war-torn states
Ahmad Samim Hoshmand, a top climate official before he fled the Taliban, says Afghans need support more than ever to cope with climate impacts
UK rejects campaigners’ call to postpone Cop26 climate talks again
Green groups say unequal access to vaccines makes it impossible for developing countries to be fairly represented at the Glasgow summit in November
What is Cop26 and why does it matter? Your guide to the Glasgow climate summit
Following a two-year gap, countries are due to meet in the UK for UN climate talks in November. Here’s what is at stake
Waiting for Cop26 vaccines – Climate Weekly
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Conservation summit opens amid debate over role of indigenous people
A group of human rights NGOs has organised a counter-summit, claiming mainstream conservation measures aren’t respecting indigenous peoples’ rights
Frustration mounts as Cop26 delegates wait for the UK’s promised Covid vaccines
Most campaigners from developing countries have heard nothing about how to get jabbed, with time running out before the critical UN climate conference
The future of humanitarian aid? Pilot scheme stops drought leading to hunger
An early intervention approach tested in Pakistan and Senegal unlocks aid for predictable and predicted extreme weather before communities suffer
As the Taliban seizes control of Afghanistan, coal is a key source of revenue
Mining was a major source of finance for the Taliban resurgence in Afghanistan and has strategic importance as the militants seek to govern
US guidance to development banks puts gas infrastructure finance in question
Gas-fired power projects in Thailand and South Africa could be affected by a shift in US development finance policy to back clean energy over fossil fuels
Developing nations push to define ‘unacceptably vague’ adaptation goal
South Africa is proposing a quantitative target for boosting resilience to climate impacts globally, but there are technical and political hurdles
IPCC report a ‘call to arms’ for climate science in courts, legal experts say
Youth, climate disaster victims and vulnerable countries could use the latest UN science report as evidence to sue polluters for damages or remedial action
Cop26 delegates from ‘red list’ countries will need to isolate for 5 days in the UK
Hosts of the next UN climate summit in Glasgow, UK, say health is the priority as they share Covid-proofing plan with regional climate officials
China, India miss UN’s extended deadline for climate pledges
110 parties to the Paris Agreement have submitted updated 2030 climate targets to be counted by UN Climate Change before Cop26, but some major emitters’ are still missing
Ethiopia to shift from beef to chicken production under updated climate plan
The government is promoting smaller livestock to limit the rise of methane emissions, in a plan that is 80% dependent on international finance
South Africa proposes global goal for adaptation at pre-Cop26 ministerial
Environment minister Barbara Creecy called for quantifiable improvements in resilience to climate impacts, to give the adaptation agenda the same weight as emissions cuts