Summary of the main developments on the eighth day of the UN climate summit in Glasgow
The legitimacy of the Cop26 climate summit was called into question by a number of organisations that said…
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…
A livestreamed session at Cop26 sets out to educate and inspire tomorrow’s leaders, from Ukraine to Peru
“Type your favourite crunchiness of peanut butter into the chat thread,” says Matthew…
In the last few years, hurricanes and flooding have devastated parts of the American south. Smoke-billowing wildfires have torn through millions of acres of the west coast. In the south-west, people…
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…
With stripes showing temperature rise in the polar regions, the shirts are designed to start conversations about global heating
Cop26 may not be the first place that springs to mind when thinking…
Coalition aims to give voice to ideas and solutions it believes are largely absent from the Cop talks
A counter climate summit kicks off in Glasgow on Sunday amid mounting criticism from activists…
Green campaigners are aghast as report shows increases in many departments despite a drive to cut emissions
Ministers and civil servants took nearly 107,000 domestic flights in Britain in just one…
As the UN Climate negotiations enter their critical second week, over 300 politicians from 42 nations in every corner of the world have signed the Declaration for a Green New Deal, and urge global…
So how much progress has really been made in the opening days of COP26 and what are the main challenges that lie ahead?
To paraphrase COP26 president Alok Sharma, this is the moment when the rubber…
Barack Obama has called on young people to "stay angry" in the fight against climate change at the COP26 summit.
The former US president urged them to apply political pressure to make a change, but…
First tool of its kind to quantify and verify the benefit of climate resilience actions for people and natural ecosystems
New analysis finds that half the world’s population may face climate…
Climate crisis is driving up deadly combination of temperature and humidity, says study released at Cop26
A billion people will be affected by extreme heat stress if the climate crisis raises the…
West African nation’s environment minister says richer countries must finally honour funding commitment made at Cop15 in 2009
Rich countries must hit their $100bn climate finance target in the last…
Witnesses say tents in forest in disputed area of Pará state set alight and residents beaten
A land defender from Pará, in the Brazilian Amazon, said armed men attacked a forest community she…
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…
Oil companies and the banks that finance them are making empty promises – and getting credit for them too
JPMorgan Chase won glowing headlines last year when the global investment bank unveiled a…
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