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11 11 2021 | 09:11

Indonesia’s leader touts green goals at COP26, but overlooks green stewards at home

Indigenous rights advocates have lambasted Indonesian President Joko Widodo for failing to acknowledge Indigenous peoples and their role in protecting forests during his speech to other world…

11 11 2021 | 08:54

Hot air: Scepticism over Indonesia’s COP26 deforestation pledges

Campaigners say time for action, noting Southeast Asian nation has failed to meet previous promises on forests. Medan, Indonesia – As the COP26 climate change conference continues into its second…

10 11 2021 | 15:50

Op - Cop26 leaders blame individuals, while supporting a far more destructive system

It suits governments to lecture us on our consumption, but they need to offer systemic change if we are to tackle the climate crisis

10 11 2021 | 15:42

Op - Cop26 is creating false hope for a 1.5C rise – the stark reality is very different

Our climate analysis shows there’s a nearly 1C difference between countries’ 2030 commitments and their 2050 targets

10 11 2021 | 15:19

Op - If Biden doesn’t pass the climate bill, it will be the betrayal of a generation

Deep into the night last Friday, long past the hour when most Americans had ceased paying attention, Congress passed the $1.2tn bipartisan infrastructure bill otherwise known as the BIF. Its passage…

10 11 2021 | 14:47

The cow in the room: why is no one talking about farming at Cop26?

Sustainable food systems are a cornerstone to cutting emissions but have been largely absent from the agenda in Glasgow “The cow in the room is being ignored at this Cop,” says Carl Le Blanc of…

10 11 2021 | 14:14

‘The whole place feels wrong’: voices from across America on what the climate crisis stole

In the six years since the Paris agreement, the climate crisis has rapidly accelerated. From catastrophes to slow transformations of familiar landscapes, lives everywhere have been upended

10 11 2021 | 13:45

Climate change: What do scientists want from COP26 this week?

As the COP26 climate summit enters its second week, negotiations in Glasgow have hit a critical phase. The conference is seen as crucial if climate change is to be brought under control. So we asked…

09 11 2021 | 14:14

Why Australia is accused of cheating during climate talks – video

The Morrison government often claims that it 'meets and beats' its carbon emissions reduction targets. Those targets - first set during a major climate convention in Kyoto back in 1997 - actually…

09 11 2021 | 14:09

COP26: Why we marched in Glasgow

Tens of thousands of people have braved the wet and windy conditions in Glasgow to take part in the biggest mass protest of the COP26 summit. A huge column of activists made its way from Kelvingrove…

09 11 2021 | 13:58

OP - The battle over a vast New York park: is this climate resilience or capitalism?

The city’s plan to rebuild Manhattan’s East River Park on higher ground has incited a dispute over ‘green gentrification’ Astrip of land that borders New York’s East River has become the latest…

09 11 2021 | 13:57

COP26 is different to prior COPs

This time it’s all about this decade’s actions The world has entered a technology race for decarbonisation. Green hydrogen, the ‘electrification of everything’, batteries, electric vehicles (EVs),…

09 11 2021 | 13:56

How EXXONMOBIL Captured COP26

The Government, which is hosting the COP26 UN climate summit in Glasgow, is being formally advised by Texas fossil fuel giant ExxonMobil – one of the world’s biggest funders of climate science denial…

09 11 2021 | 13:12

COP26: Fossil fuel industry has largest delegation at climate summit

There are more delegates at COP26 associated with the fossil fuel industry than from any single country, analysis shared with the BBC shows. Campaigners led by Global Witness assessed the…

08 11 2021 | 15:27

Cop26 week one: the impression of progress – but not nearly enough

Analysis: the ‘significant outcomes’ came thick and fast but there are question marks about credibility Long before delegates gathered in Glasgow, the scene for Cop26 was set by the starkest warning…

08 11 2021 | 14:00

Climate protests: fury, and optimism, in the Glasgow rain

As Cop26 reached halfway stage, rallies were held around the world, with actor Idris Elba among those calling for African voices to be central to public debate Tens of thousands of protesters took…

08 11 2021 | 13:58

Why activists fear little-known treaty could slow fossil fuel phase-out

Vital rulings on the world’s energy future are being made behind closed doors and others may be unknown The energy charter treaty (ECT) was signed in 1994 to protect the interests of western…

08 11 2021 | 13:46

Op - It’s time to shift from the ‘war on terror’ to a war on climate change

Climate-related disasters have killed more Americans from flooding and wildfires than the 2,996 people who died in the 9/11 attacks. Let’s treat the climate crisis with equal seriousness

08 11 2021 | 13:39

Op - Fossil fuels made our families rich. Now we want this industry to end

Congress must help usher in a new energy age - a clean energy age with the same level of support that fossil fuels companies have received for over a century. Over a century ago, our families were…

08 11 2021 | 13:37

Op - Want to change the world? Then you’d better give up on self-defeating pessimism

A fatalistic worldview was once the preserve of conservatives. Now, from racism to the climate crisis, it has come to colonise much of the left