Egypt to host next climate summit, putting a spotlight on resilience
Activists are hopeful Egypt will champion climate justice when it hosts the 2022 UN climate summit in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh
Draft Glasgow pact calls on countries to submit new climate plans in 2022
Analysts welcomed draft language on closing the ambition gap as Cop26 negotiations get to the crunch point
‘Nature-based solutions’ prove divisive at Glasgow climate talks
While advocates want to link the climate and biodiversity agendas, critics say nature should not be commodified and human rights safeguards are needed
A space is opening to discuss oil and gas exit at Cop26. Lobbyists are pushing back
Denmark and Costa Rica have launched an alliance in Glasgow to phase out oil and gas production, but few governments are ready to take on energy incumbents
China-US announce deal at Cop26 to accelerate climate action this decade
In a surprise joint statement, the world’s two top emitters agreed to work together in a range of areas to keep the goals of the Paris Agreement “within reach”
As Cop26 car pledge underwhelms, delegates ask: where are the bikes?
At transport day in Glasgow EVs were given centre stage, in what campaigners said was a missed opportunity to promote public transport and active travel
Draft Glasgow agreement calls for accelerated coal exit, in UN climate first
Language on phasing out coal and fossil fuel subsidies is likely to meet pushback from countries like Australia and Saudi Arabia
Cop26 deal brings support for victims of climate disaster a step closer
The Santiago Network could be up and running in a year, but thorny issues of how to fund it and channel aid to frontline communities have yet to be decided
Laurence Tubiana leads call for crackdown on climate misinformation in Glasgow pact
In an open letter, 250 signatories warn that false claims on social media threaten to derail global climate action
Developing countries put a number on post-2025 climate finance ask: $1.3trn a year
African nations and a group of 24 “like-minded” countries that includes China and India accuse donor countries of ducking substantive talks on finance
Support for vulnerable nations could ‘make or break’ Cop26 talks
As ministers arrive in Glasgow to broker a political deal, a lack of aid for those on the front lines of climate impacts is a sore point
From Chile and Taiwan via Glasgow, youth call for climate justice
Tens of thousands of demonstrators marched through Glasgow past the Cop26 climate conference venue on Friday, chanting and waving homemade placards
Canada, US, Italy among 20 countries to stop financing fossil fuels internationally
Major backers of coal, oil and gas projects will stop supporting them from 2023, instead backing clean energy in other countries
South Africa $8.5bn finance package offers a model for ending reliance on coal
The package was hailed as “groundbreaking” for being country-led and addressing a need to reskill and support coal miners
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
Thunberg v Carney: tensions flare over net zero and carbon offsets at Cop26
Activists escalated protests against “greenwash” and the carbon market “scam” as UN envoy Mark Carney touted a private finance climate pledge
Scotland breaks loss and damage “taboo”, raising hopes others will follow
Vulnerable countries welcomed Scotland’s leadership in helping victims of climate disaster, saying rich countries need to institutionalise support at Cop26
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
Over 100 countries join methane pledge but China, India, Australia and Russia stay out
The US and EU got more than a hundred countries on board with a commitment to cut methane emissions 30% by 2030, putting oil and gas sector leakage in the spotlight
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