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Crypto bubble: The hype machine behind a $70,000 carbon credit
UK-based cryptocurrency venture Save Planet Earth has convinced investors it can make them rich and fix the climate, but its tree-planting vision is a long way from reality
A for targets, D for action: Joe Biden’s first year on climate, graded
While the US president has had some climate wins abroad, domestic action has been held back by the Senate, the courts and rising fuel prices
Egypt names foreign minister Sameh Shoukry to lead Cop27 climate talks
Cairo gave a junior role to environment minister Yasmine Fouad and the top job to a career diplomat with no significant climate experience
Germany ‘must triple pace of emissions cuts’ to meet 2030 target
Germany missed its climate targets in 2021 and the incoming “traffic light” coalition is promising a major policy package to turn things around
As EU seeks to rival China’s infrastructure offer, Africans are sceptical
Brussels is promising green infrastructure investment for African countries, but Beijing has a better reputation on the continent
Europe conflicted over push to fast-track mining code for the ocean floor
While some EU states are calling for a moratorium on deep seabed mining, others have interests in exploration – with Germany sending mixed messages
A rush to mine the deep ocean has environmentalists worried
Tiny Nauru is behind a push to fast-track talks on mining rules for the deep seabed, which could see fragile habitats opened to exploitation as early as 2023
As Delhi chokes, India’s supreme court is grappling with the air pollution crisis
Millions of residents in India’s capital are suffering under the winter smog, prompting the country’s highest court to hold government to account
What we can learn from Somalia about anticipating climate disaster
Sponsored content: While pastoralists took steps to plan for this year’s drought, Covid added an extra layer of stress – and the humanitarian response lagged behind
The breakdown: What is in the Glasgow Climate Pact?
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’
A Swiss pianist, a Rwandan chemist… meet 15 ministers brokering a deal in Glasgow
The UK presidency has appointed two ministers to steer each strand of Cop26 negotiations towards an agreement
Caught between EU pressure and soaring demand, AIIB weighs end to gas finance
Many Asian countries see gas as a “transition fuel” away from coal, while Brussels is urging the region to go straight to renewables
Donor nations commit $1.7bn to help indigenous people protect forests
The funding from US, UK, Germany, Norway and the Netherlands confronts the weakening of indigenous land rights in countries like Brazil
Frustrations mount at Covid barriers to participation in Cop26 negotiations
After expensive and difficult journeys to Glasgow, many delegates are excluded from negotiating rooms and can only watch an unreliable webcast
We don’t have time to dismiss carbon markets as a climate solution
Concerns carbon markets could become a new form of colonialism are not unfounded – but with robust safeguards, they can deliver much-needed climate finance
Once a vital feature of climate talks, has the huddle had its day?
Under rules to prevent the spread of Covid, negotiators at Cop26 have been asked to keep a metre distance, meaning they need to find new ways to resolve differences
On the edge of the Amazon, Manoki people grow soy and fight for land rights
In Mato Grosso, an indigenous group that was almost wiped out by white settlers is balancing tradition and modern agriculture to survive
Japan eyes international carbon offsets to deliver 2030 emission cuts
Campaigners accused Japan of failing to take responsibility for cutting its own emissions and relying on developing nations to do so
UN isolation fund launched to support Cop26 delegates who contract Covid-19
Delegates who test positive for Covid-19 must isolate for 10 days, with a solidarity fund to cover extra accommodation costs for developing countries
India’s vulnerability to coal shocks exposed amid surging energy demand and prices
The country’s looming energy crisis raises serious questions over India’s coal expansion plan as private investors move away from the sector, analysts say