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The UN climate action summit – as it happened
Updates as leaders lay out their plans to tackle the climate crisis
Leading climate lawyer arrested after gluing herself to Shell headquarters
Breaking the law has become more important than making the law, said Farhana Yamin, who charged through a police cordon outside the oil company on Tuesday
As climate fight enters new phase, local responses are starved of funding
Global, one-size-fits-all solutions work for cutting emissions, but adapting to warming requires an altogether different approach
‘Laggard’ Ireland takes step toward net-zero carbon goal
A cross-party parliamentary group wants carbon budgets, a higher tax and green agriculture support to reverse the country’s lax policies
UK and Italy bid for 2020 climate talks, amid political uncertainty for both
Both countries face potential general elections and economic problems before the crucial Cop26 meeting and the UK may still be in a Brexit imbroglio
Belfast’s bid to join UK environment law raises post-Brexit border issues
Adding Northern Ireland to the environment law adds pressure on London to keep its regulations in step with the EU’s
New UK green watchdog to be based on EU system, says Gove
‘Whatever else are the defects of the EU – that is a good working model,’ the environment secretary told MPs
German climate law draft calls for net-zero emissions by 2050
The environment ministry is calling to hike the target to 95% and ensure that any remaining emissions are removed
‘End of the road’ for UK citizens’ climate case rejected by appeal court
The case, brought by 11 members of the public and the NGO Plan B argued the UK’s 2050 climate target was not in line with the Paris Agreement
China open to ‘uniform’ climate rules, sidestepping old allies
Shift comes as EU and China hastily draft proposals to break an impasse on the toughest issues at UN climate talks in Poland
Poland calls for ‘solidarity’ with industrial workers in climate talks
Island leaders reacted strongly to the host country’s emphasis on workers, reminding them of their own dire predicament
Starmer: UK and EU green protections risk diverging under Brexit deal
Draft withdrawal agreement prompts calls for green watchdog to assume climate powers
UK called to explain no-deal Brexit impact on power prices
A House of Lords committee was unsatisfied by minister Claire Perry’s testimony last month
France aims to ban deforestation imports by 2030
New French strategy puts pressure on Brussels to set an EU-wide action plan to stop agricultural trade destroying forests
EU has ‘strong’ interest in safeguarding post-Brexit energy supply – UK minister
Preparing for a no-deal break with the EU’s energy market is tricky because it depends on other countries, Claire Perry said
UK court frees fracking protestors from ‘excessive’ prison sentences
Three protesters were sentenced to jail for 2017 blockade, but court of appeal found that a community work order would have been appropriate
World Bank dumps Kosovo plant, ending support for coal worldwide
The Kosovo e Re lignite plant could not compete with renewables on price, said bank president Jim Yong Kim
‘Scientifically right’: EU commission president backs deeper carbon cuts
Jean-Claude Juncker urged the European Union to raise its goals for limiting climate change, but did not mention the forthcoming 2050 strategy
A green transition can help save money: France’s new environment minister
De Rugy presents himself as more pragmatic than his predecessor, calling to end divisions over nuclear energy and work within budgetary constraints
One tenth of UK climate aid spent through western consultants
Corporate role in UK overseas climate projects revealed for the first time, with critics saying it undermines development of expertise in poor countries