Hidden cost: How keeping climate data classified hurts developing countries
The National Security Archive is calling for the release of a major US intelligence assessment on climate change and security
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Electricity demand surges, expanding renewables and fossil fuels in 2024
Cooling demand as a result of record temperatures was a significant driver of power generation last year, according to the International Energy Agency
Carbon credit auditors suspended for failures in sham rice-farming offsets
Verra has taken unprecedented action against four certification bodies that overlooked integrity problems with the projects. But the worthless credits still need to be compensated
It’s time for shipping to launch first global tax on a polluting sector
Decarbonising the seas is a strategic imperative for a sustainable trade system that can also generate climate finance for vulnerable countries
Greenpeace’s $660m damages ruling a ‘wake-up call’ to climate movement
The North Dakota court’s ruling has brought a wave of solidarity against SLAPP lawsuits designed to silence campaigners
2025 is the year to invest in forests – and the people who depend on them
With COP30 in the Amazon, governments, businesses and funders must step up restoration finance and put forests at the centre of climate action
Clean hydrogen hype fades as high costs dampen demand
Analysts say governments are not doing enough to get companies to buy green hydrogen to clean up transport and heavy industry
Nigeria bids to host COP32 climate summit in Lagos
The government wants to bring the UN climate summit to Africa’s most populous city in 2027 but will face competition
COP30 chief calls for global unity on climate action as cooperation falters
COP30 president André Corrêa do Lago defended climate multilateralism and called for cooperation in his first address at the UN
Gazans pay a high price for dangerous batteries to light tents
As conflict makes energy supplies scarce, displaced Gazans are forced to buy old or reconditioned batteries for power, with doctors warning of health risks
Countries fail again to decide timing of key IPCC climate science reports
China, Saudi Arabia and India pushed back against a proposal to align the IPCC flagship reports with the timeline of the global stocktake of climate action
Oil giant Pemex fails to control methane emissions, threatening Mexico’s net zero goal
A Climate Home investigation shows Mexico’s state oil firm has struggled to cut its methane emissions as promised, risking the country’s net zero ambitions
Risk of financial fallout may deter Argentina from leaving Paris Agreement
Argentina’s President Javier Milei has expressed his will to leave the global climate pact, but key trade partners and foreign aid may stand in the way
UN biodiversity talks agree finance roadmap, postponing decision on a new fund
Conservation experts call for an urgent boost in funding for nature protection as countries at COP16 say they’ll work out later how best to deliver the money
Zimbabwe plans to expand coal use to address drought-induced blackouts
The Southern African nation faces severe power shortages but lacks the funding to shift to cleaner energy sources, campaigners say
UK aid budget cuts threaten climate finance pledge to vulnerable nations, experts warn
The UK is the latest wealthy nation to announce cuts to its overseas aid budget after agreeing to step up climate finance to developing countries at COP29
In Trump’s shadow, IPCC set to make key decision on timing of climate science review
With the US not expected to show up at the IPCC meeting, countries have a final chance to agree whether assessment reports could inform the next UN scorecard of climate action
Global tax on shipping emissions faces choppy waters despite growing support
A proposed levy gains new backers at IMO talks in London this week, but big emerging economies argue it will hit developing nations hard
COP16 host Colombia reports 35% surge in deforestation
Despite the uptick in deforestation, Colombian environment minister Susana Muhamad said 2024 still had the second-lowest deforestation figure in two decades
After US retreat, countries clash over who should make up Green Climate Fund shortfall
At this week’s board meeting, Germany and Sweden encouraged wealthier developing nations to step up – an idea rejected by Saudi Arabia
How COP16 2.0 can unlock business investment to properly fund nature
Biodiversity COP16 ended with vague targets and limited accountability — but its resumed session in Rome provides an opportunity for businesses to step up
Lula’s government pushes for new oil drilling in the Amazon – where it will host COP30
Pressure mounts on Brazil’s environmental agency as the government seeks expedited approval of a controversial oil drilling project
Big polluters funnel 75% of profits to shareholders, not clean energy
Research by Friends of the Earth found that Europe’s top high-carbon firms have handed shareholders most of their profits in the last 13 years – now they want public handouts
Japan disregarded widespread calls to raise its 2035 emissions goal
Around four-fifths of public comments had called for more ambition – but Tokyo said inputs had not changed its view that a 60% cut is enough
UN Climate Weeks to restart with new focus on fast-tracking negotiations
The series of events held in the Global South were cancelled last year as the UNFCCC faced severe financial challenges
The world’s biggest climate finance coalition is in crisis. Is it worth saving?
After big North American banks exited the net zero alliance, remaining members weigh up future options amid lacklustre real-world impact
The vicious cycle pushing Bangladeshi climate migrants into modern slavery
More than nine in 10 migrants who left some of Bangladesh’s most climate-affected areas to find work experienced forms of forced labour, researchers have found
Ending poverty and gangs: How Zambia seeks to cash in on the global drive for EVs
Zambia is wooing international investors to develop its copper resources but communities dependent on illegal mining want a better deal
South Africa’s G20 push for local processing of transition minerals faces barriers
Will minerals giant China sign up to a plan to help resource-rich developing countries build their own value chains and generate more wealth?
Valentine’s Day a costlier affair as rising heat hits West Africa cocoa production
Extreme temperatures dent cocoa supplies as vulnerable farmers struggle to adapt to climate impacts
DRC’s huge Green Corridor project lacks buy-in from forest communities
Congo has launched a plan for the world’s largest protected area – but Indigenous and local people say they haven’t been consulted