UN climate talks
Marshall Islands, Suriname, Norway upgrade climate plans before Cop26
The three nations account for 0.1% of global emissions. Norway says 9 February was the deadline for new plans before climate talks in November
World misses symbolic February deadline to ratchet up climate action before Cop26
The 2015 Paris Agreement seeks to raise global ambition every five years. But only three nations have issued upgraded climate plans nine months before Cop26 in Glasgow
UK walks diplomatic tightrope for 2020 climate summit after shaky start
Boris Johnson officially launched Cop26 on Tuesday but gave little indication as to how the government is going to leverage the world into taking bolder climate action
Democratic contenders in Iowa caucus aim to rejoin Paris accord in green goals
Candidates pledged to boost climate finance for developing nations and break US dependence on fossil fuels
UK’s Boris Johnson urges all countries to set net zero emissions goals in 2020
The UK’s Prime Minister launched Cop26 hours after being accused by sacked talks president Claire O’Neill of ‘not understanding’ the issues at stake
UK government drops Claire O’Neill as president of Cop26 summit
The presidency role will be elevated to a ministerial role as part of a UK cabinet reshuffle
Youth activists urge African governments to do more to curb climate change
Africa emits only 5% of world greenhouse gas emissions yet is most at risk from worsening heatwaves, droughts and floods
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UN relocates biodiversity talks to Italy from China after coronavirus emergency
Rome will host next month’s biodiversity meeting, when negotiators are due to review a draft proposal for a global framework to protect the world’s plants and wildlife
UN ruling on climate refugees could be gamechanger for climate action
The latest UN ruling is a step towards improving the lives of those most vulnerable and affected by climate change
Indigenous lands, protected areas limit Amazon’s carbon emissions
Greater international support for indigenous land rights and livelihoods is a cost-effective way to limit climate change, PNAS study
Oslo court backs Arctic oil exploration in defeat for environmentalists
Greenpeace says it will appeal to the Supreme Court, arguing oil exploration violates Norway’s constitutional guarantees of a healthy environment
Thunberg says only ‘eight years left’ to avert 1.5°C warming
Climate change is a top priority at the Davos meeting for policymakers and business leaders though Donald Trump is pulling the United States out of the Paris Agreement
UK to stop funding coal abroad but will help Africa with oil, gas
The UK largely stopped financing new coal mines overseas in the early 2000s but spent billions of public funds supporting oil and gas projects abroad since then
2020 may be ‘last opportunity’ to limit warming to 1.5°C
Whether countries deliver on their pledge to raise ambition will be more consequential to the future of the Paris deal than even Trump’s withdrawal
Australia’s climate change polarisation hampers long-term bushfire fixes
‘We need to re-invent and re-think the management of our landscape,’ say bushfire experts, warning adapting to climate change will require bipartisan political support
Cop25 president Carolina Schmidt blames big emitters for low-ambition climate talks
Chile’s environment minister survived calls for her resignation as opposition lawmakers accused her of having personally bungled the negotiations last month
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We won’t let Germany build a new coal power plant
German activists plan in 2020 to block Datteln 4, the only coal power plant under construction in Western Europe, and push Berlin to exit coal
2019 second warmest year on record, ends hottest decade yet, says EU observatory
Copernicus’ climate change service provides the first global picture of temperature levels and CO2 concentration in 2019