The decision to allow a new coking coal mine goes against official climate advice and the UK’s international rhetoric on fossil fuels
Just a handful of major countries improved their climate pledges by the Cop26 team’s September 23 deadline
Those on the frontline of the climate crisis have something to teach the world about climate resilience if they are given a meaningful seat at the table
Global coal power generation reached an all time high in 2021, just as countries reached an elusive consensus to phase down the fossil fuel
Here’s how G20 host Indonesia and G7 host Germany can make climate finance flow for effective action next year
The Glasgow pact calls on countries to improve their 2030 plans next year but the Cop26 host’s goal is already in line with 1.5C, the Climate Change Committee says
An estimated 13-20 million workers in India depend on coal assets for their livelihoods, raising the need for a transition plan and financial support
With the US refusing to budge on the text of the Glasgow agreement, African nations reluctantly accepted a promise of stronger voluntary support
The first female prime minister of Barbados is elevating wonky discussions on the future of global finance to the highest political level
Investor and state-owned oil companies in the G20 find common cause in watering down climate ambition; we need to confront their influence
At Cop26 in Glasgow, countries agreed to call out coal, double adaptation finance and finalise rules for carbon trading, in a bid to ‘keep 1.5C alive’
The package agreed at Cop26 cites coal in a UN first and finalises the Paris Agreement rulebook, but is weak on finance for vulnerable nations
The US and EU have resisted calls for finance to the victims of climate disaster, but developing countries say it is a red line
Analysts welcomed draft language on closing the ambition gap as Cop26 negotiations get to the crunch point
While advocates want to link the climate and biodiversity agendas, critics say nature should not be commodified and human rights safeguards are needed
Sponsored content: The Adaptation Research Alliance aims to build an evidence base on what works, in partnership with communities on the ground
In a surprise joint statement, the world’s two top emitters agreed to work together in a range of areas to keep the goals of the Paris Agreement “within reach”
At transport day in Glasgow EVs were given centre stage, in what campaigners said was a missed opportunity to promote public transport and active travel
Language on phasing out coal and fossil fuel subsidies is likely to meet pushback from countries like Australia and Saudi Arabia
African nations and a group of 24 “like-minded” countries that includes China and India accuse donor countries of ducking substantive talks on finance