The fossil fuel industry benefits from subsidies of $11m every minute, according to analysis by the International Monetary Fund. The IMF found the production and…
View More Fossil fuel industry gets subsidies of $11m a minute, IMF findsTag: Cop26: Glasgow climate change conference 2021
Global citizens’ assembly to be chosen for UN climate talks
One hundred people from around the world are to take part in a citizens’ assembly to discuss the climate crisis over the next month, before…
View More Global citizens’ assembly to be chosen for UN climate talksHistorical climate emissions reveal responsibility of big polluting nations
Analysis of the total carbon dioxide emissions of countries since 1850 has revealed the nations with the greatest historical responsibility for the climate emergency. But…
View More Historical climate emissions reveal responsibility of big polluting nationsQueen calls on Scottish parliament to tackle climate change
The Queen has urged Scotland’s MSPs to tackle climate change and “help create a better, healthier future” in a speech ahead of the Cop26 climate…
View More Queen calls on Scottish parliament to tackle climate changePoor countries must not be forced to take on debt to tackle climate crisis
One of the biggest issues at Cop26 is climate finance, the funding that is supposed to be provided by the rich world to developing countries…
View More Poor countries must not be forced to take on debt to tackle climate crisisCutting methane should be a key Cop26 aim, research suggests
Sharp cuts in methane from leaking gas drilling platforms and production sites could play a major role in the greenhouse gas emissions reductions necessary to…
View More Cutting methane should be a key Cop26 aim, research suggestsCop26 climate talks will not fulfil aims of Paris agreement, key players say
Vital United Nations climate talks, billed as one of the last chances to stave off climate breakdown, will not produce the breakthrough needed to fulfil…
View More Cop26 climate talks will not fulfil aims of Paris agreement, key players sayGreta Thunberg: ‘I really see the value of friendship. Apart from the climate, almost nothing else matters’
Greta Thunberg has made the ultimate sacrifice for the Guardian. She’s allowed us to turn her into a human oil spillage. The treacly black stuff…
View More Greta Thunberg: ‘I really see the value of friendship. Apart from the climate, almost nothing else matters’Boris Johnson tells UN that Cop26 must be ‘turning point for humanity’
Cop26 must be a “turning point for humanity” in just 40 days’ time, Boris Johnson has urged in a call to arms to fellow global…
View More Boris Johnson tells UN that Cop26 must be ‘turning point for humanity’Grasslands have key role to play in saving the planet | Letter
News that the perilous plight of endangered grasslands is not fully recognised in a EU draft anti-deforestation law (Leaked EU anti-deforestation law omits fragile grasslands…
View More Grasslands have key role to play in saving the planet | Letter