The scheme aims to fund the coal-to-clean energy transition in emerging economies like Indonesia but experts warn the fine print is key
Argentina’s political class is promoting fossil fuels as a patriotic national endeavour and demonising any environmentalists who oppose them
The UN didn’t get all the money it wanted for its climate programmes, leaving it reliant on the whims of wealthy donor nations
Coal lobbyists have defended industry interests, met with politicians and delayed climate legislation in South Africa.
The lead Mexican negotiator Camila Zepeda said she had suffered a “difficult experience” at Egypt’s Cop27 and had not been supported by the US and EU
In fraught nations, developing countries wanted to focus on specific targets, while developed nations only wanted to talk about structure
The UAE say “fossil fuel emissions” should be phased out but Guterres said “fossil fuels” themselves must go, in a split on the role of carbon capture
A group of developing countries wouldn’t talk about emissions cuts without talking about finance – but developed countries refused to accept that
With governments unable to agree on agenda, all the negotiations so far in Bonn could go to waste
Commission members, scientists and youth advisors are concerned the body is justifying techno-fixes to the climate crisis
Just two weeks ahead of a key climate and finance summit, only two developed country leaders have promised to turn up
As a growing number of developing countries tighten control over carbon markets, MIGA plans to step in to provide political risk insurance and facilitate investments.
Divisions over wars between Russia and Ukraine and Azerbaijan and Armenia are delaying the choice of the host of next year’s climate talks
Turkiye and Australia will vie for the support of Western Europe, North America and New Zealand in their bids to host the 2026 climate talks
Over a hundred Twitter profiles are suspected of a coordinated effort to influence opinion online. The Cop28 team says these activities are “unacceptable”.
The current Colombia head of an American coal miner will face trial, accused of giving money to right-wing paramilitaries in the late nineties
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Green funds have been spent cutting down trees for biomass to make electricity, decimating the traditional food sources of indigenous people
Saudi Arabia and a group of emerging economies like China, India and Russia pushed to keep vetoes in plastic treaty talks
Indonesian pulp and paper giants are trying to rehabilitate themselves with the FSC despite continued accusations of deforestation in their supply chains