Beef, soy and palm oil products driving deforestation are still being imported into the UK, despite government promises this practice would end, data has revealed.…
View More Beef, soy and palm oil products linked to deforestation still imported into UKTag: Cop26
UN to seek assurances UK will not renege on net zero pledge
The UN secretary-general, António Guterres, will be seeking assurances from the UK that there will be no reneging on climate promises, after Rishi Sunak’s rowing…
View More UN to seek assurances UK will not renege on net zero pledgeKeir Starmer accused of ‘wavering on climate commitments’
Keir Starmer has been accused of “wavering on climate commitments” after the Labour party refused to commit to the £11.6bn climate funding pledge made to…
View More Keir Starmer accused of ‘wavering on climate commitments’A third of companies linked to deforestation have no policy to end it
A third of the companies most linked to the destruction of tropical rainforests have not set a single policy on deforestation, a report reveals. Research…
View More A third of companies linked to deforestation have no policy to end itThe Guardian view on Cop27: this is no time for apathy or complacency | Editorial
Climate change is a global problem that requires cooperation between all nations. That’s why today more than 30 newspapers and media organisations in more than…
View More The Guardian view on Cop27: this is no time for apathy or complacency | EditorialRevealed: US and UK fall billions short of ‘fair share’ of climate funding
The US, UK, Canada and Australia have fallen billions of dollars short of their “fair share” of climate funding for developing countries, analysis shows. The…
View More Revealed: US and UK fall billions short of ‘fair share’ of climate fundingCurrent emissions pledges will lead to catastrophic climate breakdown, says UN
Pledges to cut greenhouse gas emissions will lead to global heating of 2.5C, a level that would condemn the world to catastrophic climate breakdown, according…
View More Current emissions pledges will lead to catastrophic climate breakdown, says UN‘We need to get China’: John Kerry calls for return to bilateral climate talks
John Kerry has urged China to return to the negotiating table with the US on the climate crisis to kickstart stalled global progress on cutting…
View More ‘We need to get China’: John Kerry calls for return to bilateral climate talksUK joins calls for World Bank reform to focus funding on climate crisis
The UK has joined calls for sweeping reforms to the World Bank, to focus much-needed funding on the climate crisis, saying that its current structures…
View More UK joins calls for World Bank reform to focus funding on climate crisisUK risks ending Cop26 presidency in disarray over Truss climate policy
The UK is in danger of ending its presidency of the UN climate talks next month in disunity and disarray, amid cabinet rifts on green…
View More UK risks ending Cop26 presidency in disarray over Truss climate policy