The industry-led Taskforce on Scaling Voluntary Carbon Markets is pitching carbon offsets as a win for the Global South. This is greenwashing at its most patronising
As Climate Home News celebrates its 10th anniversary, founding editor Ed King recounts the wild ride to establish it as a credible news outlet
“I don’t relax, the climate crisis is always on my mind” says Canadian regional organiser Amelia Rose Khan
Rapid advances in clean steelmaking are an example of the kind of sectoral progress that needs to be captured by the UN’s global stocktake of climate action
An educational program coordinator for a Canadian charity, Will Ward thinks great things can be achieved when you take brave positive action
The US has the opportunity to make fossil-free public finance a new international norm ahead of Cop26 – but that requires ending its support for gas
At November’s UN climate talks, leaders need to deliver on finance promises, raise ambition and accelerate the clean transition
Scandinavian countries have raised taxes on pollution in response to economic crises, while reducing them on labour and capital, boosting productivity
Governments and businesses have set laudable net zero targets, but few have committed to the annual CO2 cuts this decade the planet needs
As the IPCC warns of intensifying climate impacts, rich countries must deliver on their funding promises and set new commitments to the developing world
As a researcher, I want to bridge the gap between weather forecasts and warning systems so people can take protective action
The EU is planning to pocket the revenues from a border levy on carbon, with no support for climate vulnerable countries like Mozambique to clean up their industries
As environment ministers for Costa Rica and Grenada, we call on the G20 to give our countries a fair shot at a resilient Covid recovery
Even vaccinated, negotiators from vulnerable nations face logistical and financial barriers to travel to Glasgow amid border closures and quarantine measures
Government-based public finance institutions that support new fossil fuel projects face the risk of climate litigation, lawyers warn
Justin Trudeau cannot claim to be a climate leader while championing a high-carbon industry; it’s time for a managed decline of oil production
More than a hundred countries have set or are considering net zero targets. Climate Action Tracker has ten tests to sort the green from the greenwash
As a biology and chemistry student I love London’s Science Museum, but its acceptance of oil sponsorship for a climate change exhibition is inexcusable
With a US-EU summit scheduled following the G7 meeting, Biden and EU leaders have an opportunity to usher in a new era of collaboration on climate action
In many conflict zones around the world, climate change is intensifying competition for scarce natural resources, calling for a different approach to security