Activists have set up a camp in Grünheide to stop expansion of Tesla’s factory, amid concerns over water, the forest and the wider effects of EV supply chains
UN rules governing bilateral carbon offsetting between governments have yet to be agreed but deals are being done, raising concerns about integrity
New regulations and monitoring advances could turn the tide on methane emissions from oil, gas and coal production this year
Russia’s climate targets are unambitious and Putin’s 24 years in power have seen no move away from fossil fuels, with upcoming elections set to bring little change
Farmers need crop irrigation to help beat drought – but it’s unclear if that would qualify for new loss and damage funding
In its first such move, the Green Climate Fund has pulled out of a project after developers failed to address environmental and social compliance issues
Fossil fuel companies that built gas power plants more than a decade ago are hoping for rewards from a new carbon credit market
The government aims to cut the amount of energy needed for its economic growth by 2.5% in 2024, putting it far off track for a key five-year climate target
Many Global South climate groups are funded by the German government, a political ally of Israel, and feel unable to criticise Israel’s military action in Gaza
Global emissions from energy rose by 410 million tonnes, or 1.1%, in 2023 to 37.4 billion tonnes, hitting a record hight
Britain has changed how it calculates its international climate aid, boosting its progress towards a 2026 goal without giving vulnerable countries more money
At talks in Nairobi, governments could not find consensus on new global governance for SRM, including proposals for “non-use” and a UN expert panel
The world will need oil and gas for a few decades more – and the debate is heating up over who should get to produce and sell it
Developed and developing countries are gearing up for heated discussions over the size of the goal and who should provide money for it
A draft resolution aimed at creating a space for discussion on sun dimming technologies will be debated at the summit of the UN’s environment body this month
The move has sparked fears of price hikes, which would exclude poorer activists and government delegates
Their failure to agree risks delaying help for victims of climate disasters in developing countries
Podesta will lead US international climate diplomacy alongside his current job overseeing the rollout of domestic clean energy subsidies
A new wave of climate litigation is targeting state institutions that are still providing public finance for fossil fuels, despite pledges to turn off the funding tap
Without proper interventions anchored on the latest and best available science, even more people would be vulnerable to disastrous impacts of tremendous economic and non-economic costs.
‘Blended finance’ took centre stage at Cop28, with the Green Climate Fund among its supporters. But there are still major problems with the concept that must be addressed before considering any further expansion.
Ex-Im’s financing would boost fossil fuel production in the Gulf state with the construction of over 450 new oil and gas wells
The oil and gas giant offset part of its emissions with over a million credits from Chinese projects suspended because of integrity concerns
Rich nations always say they need their parliaments approval for climate finance at Cops – now is the time to start
Renewable energy schemes make up four-fifths of Kyoto-era projects hoping to keep selling offsets under Article 6, sparking concerns over the credibility of the new market.
Setting finance goals without the revenues and systems to deliver on them is a recipe for disappointment – this year it must be different.
To fund a crackdown against gang violence, Ecuador’s recently elected president Daniel Noboa suggested a moratorium on a vote to ban an Amazon oil drilling project.
The Brazilian government wants to tap forest protection funds to pave a major highway. Western donors say that goes against the fund’s rules.
Vietnam’s just energy transition partnership plan has no timeline for retiring coal, as backers offer mainly commercial loans, not grants
Climate advocacy is overly dominated by scientists and engineers and is weakened by the lack of historians, philosophers and artists
Samuele Landi has been convicted for bankruptcy fraud in Italy. That was no problem for the UAE firm doing forest carbon credit deals across Africa.
Non-binary and trans people have been detained and deported at Dubai airport and being gay is effectively criminalised in the UAE
The taskforce, set to be launched at Cop28, will consider the feasibility of levies on shipping, aviation, financial transactions and fossil fuels.
Airlines are proving perfect targets for anti-greenwashing litigation, due to their dubious advertising claims
The farming and fossil fuel industries must help governments cut methane emissions 30% this decade by harnessing existing technologies and changing practices
France has abandoned plans to phase out tax breaks on agricultural diesel in efforts to appease its increasingly disgruntled farmers
The Biden administration is freezing approvals of new LNG export permits as climate considerations take centre stage.
Azerbaijan’s state oil and gas firm promises a green push but a lack of climate policies and plans to expand gas production are causing scepticism
Fossil fuel fights, finance struggles, a resurgent relationship, and much more. We recap the most impactful international climate developments in 2023.
One day into overtime at Cop28, countries agreed to transition away from fossil fuels in energy systems: a first for the UN climate process
The oil and gas industry wants you to believe it can capture its emissions and keep drilling as usual. That’s no way to avert climate chaos
I am named in a Shell lawsuit against Greenpeace for trying to board their oil rig, but I won’t stop fighting their climate vandalism
As the backlash against laws protecting nature intensifies across Europe, public pressure has helped push forests centre stage in Poland
The $1.8 million Centre for International Police Cooperation will be built in the Brazilian Amazon city of Manaus and funded by the Norwegian-backed Amazon Fund
Backed by the EU, Namibia has a $20 billion plan to export green hydrogen. A secretive tender process raises concerns for nature and citizens.
After the UK cut short a £52m climate adaptation scheme in Malawi, vulnerable communities saw their livelihoods destroyed by Cyclone Freddy
Climate Home analysed how highly-publicised commitments are faring two years on from their announcement
Project owners in Cambodia and Brazil are selling carbon offsets to Uber, Marathon and ArcelorMittal despite an uptick in deforestation
Brazil’s transport ministry plans to bid for money from the Amazon Fund to pave the world’s “most sustainable highway”
Nineteen countries signed up to an India-led alliance this month to boost production of biofuels, but experts raise sustainability concerns
Transport accounts for a growing share of global emissions. The EU should lead a push for clean travel at home and internationally
Some of the world’s biggest cruise companies are claiming to be green, while continuing to use weakly regulated fossil fuels
Oil and gas companies like Shell, BP and Equinor were represented at shipping climate talks
The EU’s interpretation of a global renewables target is less ambitious than the Cop28 presidency’s and incompatible with the Paris agreement
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Climate vulnerable Pacific islands struck a deal with emerging economies worried about the targets’ impact on economic development
Despite a strong push from Pacific islands, the latest draft does not improve on targets criticised as not ambitious enough
A draft agreement, which is subject to change, would target net zero near 2050 and set goals for 2030 and 2040
While most attention is on fossil fuels, the US is blocking progress on an adaptation playbook, a matter of life or death for many Africans
Data shows countries provided $89.6bn in 2021, but funding for adaptation declined.
Developing and developed countries are wrangling over whether finance should be included in an adaptation framework to be approved at Cop28
Dimming the sun could “complement” emissions cuts, says panel of leaders, while acknowledging concerns about the risks
Argentina’s southern city of Sierra Grande started public hearings for a shipping terminal to export from Vaca Muerta, the world’s second largest shale gas reserve
Despite Beijing’s sponge city project, the capital was overwhelmed by recent floods with dozens dying and a new “sponge airport” shut down
Economic models have ignored tipping points, rainfall changes and indoor work, leading them to under-estimate climate change’s economic damage
A dozen countries want to officially debate for the first time in history the possibility to halt deep-sea mining, but have faced opposition from China and the island-nation of Nauru.