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What does COP28 need to do to keep 1.5 °C within reach? These are the IEA's five criteria for success

The COP28 climate change conference is bringing together world leaders in Dubai at a critical moment for the clean energy transition and international efforts to tackle climate change.

We can’t defeat climate change by investing in a handful of countries. The world needs to come together at COP28 – and fund a just energy transition

In June, the Summit for a New Global Financial Pact in Paris underlined the need to close the gap on climate finance by driving investment in clean energy transition in emerging and developing economies.

Developing countries need private sector help. They can’t fight the climate crisis on their own

As Cop28 gets under way, it is vital that corporations and richer nations invest in the global south

The Guardian view on Cop28: energy companies are not the only ones with a carbon addiction

Just like oil and gas businesses, and petro-states, carbon-intensive industries including meat will fight to keep on polluting

Cop28 diary: expensive coffee, cheesy slogans and petrol fumes

Climate summit’s opening days are a feast for the senses but air quality and smokestacks leave a bad taste

Belgian court orders 55% emissions cut from 1990 levels

Court of appeal ruling means government has only until 2030 to reach target A Belgian court has declared the country’s climate targets “clearly insufficient” and ordered the government to cut emissions faster.

Gender equality goals under threat in climate crisis-hit countries, says UN

Climate-related disasters disproportionately affect women and girls as reproductive services crumble and gender-based violence rises

Sultan al-Jaber: A quick guide to the COP28 president

He is an engineer, businessman and politician from the United Arab Emirates (UAE). As chair of Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc), Sultan al-Jaber leads a company that pumped 2.7m barrels of oil a day in 2021

COP28: UN climate talks take aim at planet-warming food

World leaders have for the first time promised to tackle the huge responsibility that food and agriculture have in climate change. More than 130 countries signed up to a declaration about food, on the second day of the UN climate summit COP28 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

COP28: Why Scotland needs to 'up our game' on climate

Scotland's First Minister Humza Yousaf is taking his first tentative steps in international climate negotiations with big boots to fill. He's spending five days at the COP28 summit in Dubai; the same climate change conference which came to Glasgow in 2021.

Pope Francis calls for end to fossil fuels at COP28 in Dubai

The Pope threw his weight behind calls for an end to fossil fuels in a message delivered here at COP28. In a wide-ranging statement, Pope Francis called for an end to coal, oil and gas as well as lifestyle changes to save the planet.

COP28: Head of UN talks hits back at climate denial claims

The president of the ongoing UN climate talks Sultan al-Jaber has hit back at claims that he denies a core part of climate science. It follows his earlier comments that there was "no science" behind requiring the end of fossil fuels in order to limit temperature rise to 1.5C.

COP28: Should India and China benefit from a climate damage fund?

China is the top emitter of greenhouse gases in the world, while India comes in at number three. The two countries also have major economies - so why is there a disagreement over whether they should contribute to a fund to tackle the damage caused by climate change?

COP28: 'My religion inspires me to protect the environment'

Can your religion affect how you feel about climate change? Many would agree that everyone has a responsibility to help limit future damage to the environment, but some people see it as more than that.

COP28: Israel should not be allowed to greenwash its war on Gaza

As its war on Gaza continues with no end in sight, Israel will be participating in the 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) which started on Thursday in Dubai.

COP28: Record number of fossil fuel delegates at climate talks

The number of delegates at this year's UN climate talks who are also linked to fossil fuel producers has quadrupled since last year, campaigners say. Around 2,400 people connected to the coal, oil and gas industries have been registered for the COP28 climate talks.