The Belem Declaration echoes growing discontent with a new law prohibiting firms from importing goods linked to deforestation
Data from the Indonesian government suggests efforts to restore peatlands, a key part of the country’s climate strategy, do not match government claims.
Eight South American nations agreed on a list of joint actions to protect the Amazon rainforest, but failed to mention a long-awaited target to halt deforestation.
Economic models have ignored tipping points, rainfall changes and indoor work, leading them to under-estimate climate change’s economic damage
Climate Home News has identified more than 30 mining industry representatives in the official state delegations at last month’s momentous UN talks
Colombia wants to restrict oil production while the Brazilian government is divided on the issue
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The Energy Charter Treaty, which Spain is trying to leave, protects investments in fossil fuels and in renewables
The West African nation is preparing to import LNG under a long-term agreement with Shell which critics say Ghana doesn’t need and can’t afford.
When governments gather for the Amazon summit next week, they will talk about how to tackle drug traffickers who destroy forests
While China blocked a ban from this year’s seabed talks agenda, hopes are now high that it will be officially discussed next year
The EU wants environmental guarantees in case a future Brazilian government stops trying to protect the Amazon
With all their flaws, carbon offsets are not the solution to deforestation of the Amazon rainforest – leaders should acknowledge that
Cop28 president, Sultan Al Jaber and UN climate change boss, Simon Stiell, had called on G20 countries to show leadership and deliver ambitious emissions cuts.
An upcoming summit on protecting the Amazon has become the focus of a Indigenous and civil society-led campaign to set up an exclusion zone for fossil fuels
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Workers in Philadelphia questioned whether green jobs could permanently replace dirty ones and pay the same high rates
Timmermans has led the EU’s climate policy since 2019 but will now seek to become Dutch prime minister instead
Oil and gas companies like Shell, BP and Equinor were represented at shipping climate talks
US climate envoy John Kerry visited Beijing, re-starting talks on coal, methane and other climate issues