Simon Stiell tells investors in NYC that rich countries are benefiting most from clean energy growth while poorer nations are deprived of finance for cheaper renewables
Azerbaijan’s COP29 president calls for determination and leadership from all countries to bridge the gaps on finance
GCF chief Mafalda Duarte tells Climate Home how she plans to boost the fund’s impact and position it to secure more resources
The UNFCCC has changed quota allocations for observers in a bid to address imbalance in regional representation
At June’s Bonn talks, governments made little progress on gender equality while evidence shows women bear a heavy climate burden
The UNFCCC has said it will not hold regional climate weeks in 2024 due to a funding shortfall – which means less inclusion for developing-country voices
UNFCCC chief Simon Stiell has made an urgent plea to plug the body’s funding gap with government donations
The UN didn’t get all the money it wanted for its climate programmes, leaving it reliant on the whims of wealthy donor nations
Billions of dollars are pouring into tech-based solutions to suck carbon dioxide from the atmosphere but the UNFCCC says they are unproven and pose unknown risks.
Stiell is a veteran advocate for climate ambition from a small vulnerable, Caribbean island, with a background in engineering and business
The head of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification will head UN Climate Change from 17 July and until a permanent replacement to Patrica Espinosa is found
The Mexican diplomat is stepping down in July after six years in the top climate job. Female candidates from Africa and Asia are tipped to be best placed to succeed her
Brazilian campaigners said tolerating the Bolsonaro administration’s spying at climate talks would set “a grisly precedent” and called on the UN to prevent future incidents
After losing a year to the coronavirus pandemic, UN Climate Change is considering an extra meeting in 2021 to resolve sticking points in the negotiations
Postponement will help clarify US climate policy – Trump is pulling out of the Paris Agreement but Biden or Sanders would rejoin if elected in November
UN Climate Change said it won’t hold any physical meetings until the end of April amid efforts to contain Covid-19
Christiana Figueres issues blueprint for a peaceful global revolution to tackle ‘dire emergency’ of climate change, guided by the Paris Agreement she helped craft
The committee passed an amendment to give $10m to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, an organisation Donald Trump wants to cut off
Fifty-seven countries accounting for 59.88% of global emissions have now indicated they will sign agreement before end of 2016
ANALYSIS: Delhi has huge plans to invest in solar but it’s the country’s longstanding coal addiction that has climate experts worried