2025 is the year to invest in forests – and the people who depend on them
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Canada’s new leader culls carbon tax seen as burden on voters
Mark Carney – who has a track record on climate action as a central banker and UN envoy – ends levy and plans green incentives for the public, with industrial emitters expected to do the heavy lifting
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
“Not silver bullets”: COP30 CEO downplays impact of yearly climate summits
Ana Toni stressed the importance of year-round action by business, subnational government and finance, energy, transport and agriculture ministries
Brazil decides leaders will speak before COP30, easing logistics crunch
Brazilian authorities say the move will reduce pressure on hotels and enable climate negotiators to reflect on speeches by heads of state
Brazil’s COP30 president: Climate summits must move from words to real action
In a letter outlining his vision for Brazil’s climate summit, Corrêa Do Lago calls for a “new era” with collective work on implementation
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
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
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
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
UN gives countries more time to submit “quality” climate plans for 2035
China, the EU and India are among big polluters set to miss this month’s deadline for new targets as concerns grow of a “softening” in climate ambition
“No future”: Climate projects face existential threat after Trump’s aid shutdown
The Trump administration’s attack on USAID puts at risk close to $500 million a year in grant-based climate funding for developing countries
African governments opt for gas-run cars over EVs to drive down transport emissions
Countries like Nigeria, Egypt and Tanzania are promoting CNG as a cheaper, cleaner fuel than petrol – but using gas could hold back a green transition
Arctic geoengineering experiment shuts down over environmental risks
US-based nonprofit Arctic Ice Project has cancelled tests in Alaska because of potential disruption to the food chain
After Trump’s pullback, Bloomberg promises to fill US funding gap to UN climate body
The announcement comes after Trump said the US should “immediately cease or revoke” any financial commitment made under the UNFCCC
Brazil appoints veteran climate diplomat André Corrêa do Lago as COP30 president
Ambassador Corrêa do Lago’s appointment was widely welcomed by Brazilian climate campaigners, who praised his “deep knowledge” of climate talks
Trump orders US to quit Paris Agreement and pause all foreign climate finance
Around $11 billion a year of funding for climate projects in developing countries is under threat from Trump’s review
Green Climate Fund looks at capital-market borrowing to meet COP29 goal
A GCF official says the fund needs new sources of money but campaigners worry the move could undermine climate justice
Support grows for global tax on shipping emissions to fund climate action
Shipping-reliant nations like Panama and Liberia have joined the EU, Japan and small islands in backing an emissions levy
LA fires show human cost of climate-driven ‘whiplash’ between wet and dry extremes
These cycles can worsen wildfires, like in California, where rapid vegetation growth is followed by drying – and also exacerbate flooding when unusually heavy rains hit baked ground
To reform climate COPs, we should start with the voting rules
The UN COP climate conferences can’t be fixed with organisational reforms – we need to address the obstruction that results from blanket consensus decision-making
Record-hot 2024 shows world must adapt to extremes, says EU climate service
With global warming topping the key limit of 1.5C last year, adapting to worsening climate impacts has become a “necessity”, top scientist warns