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 pledgeTag: Cop27
The ‘carbon pirates’ preying on Amazon’s Indigenous communities
A number of Indigenous communities in the Amazon say that “carbon pirates” have become a threat to their way of life as western companies seek…
View More The ‘carbon pirates’ preying on Amazon’s Indigenous communitiesWalkouts and tensions as row over finance threatens to derail Cop15 talks
Divisions between developed and developing nations over who should pay to protect Earth’s ecosystems are threatening to derail a UN biodiversity summit after a group…
View More Walkouts and tensions as row over finance threatens to derail Cop15 talksA deal on loss and damage, but a blow to 1.5C – what will be Cop27’s legacy?
On the eve of the Cop27 climate conference that has just finished in Sharm el-Sheikh, the UN secretary general, António Guterres, warned of the stark…
View More A deal on loss and damage, but a blow to 1.5C – what will be Cop27’s legacy?‘We can do the impossible’: how key players reacted to end of Cop27 climate summit
World leaders, diplomats, activists and experts have been reacting to the end of the Cop27 climate conference, which produced a groundbreaking agreement on climate finance…
View More ‘We can do the impossible’: how key players reacted to end of Cop27 climate summitCop27 agrees historic ‘loss and damage’ fund for climate impact in developing countries
Developing countries celebrated on Sunday morning as crucial climate talks ended with a “historic” deal on their most cherished climate goal: a global fund for…
View More Cop27 agrees historic ‘loss and damage’ fund for climate impact in developing countriesCop27 live: nations push for crucial climate deal as clock ticks down
Word from inside the heads of delegation meeting at #COP27 is that the Saudis and Russians are still saying any inclusion in text about fossil…
View More Cop27 live: nations push for crucial climate deal as clock ticks downSecond draft of Cop27 text: what has changed since the first draft?
At 10 pages, this second draft of the Cop27 cover text is just half the length of the previous version, which will come as a…
View More Second draft of Cop27 text: what has changed since the first draft?Our leaders had a final chance to halt climate breakdown. They failed each and every one of us | George Monbiot
The chances of any one person being born were calculated by the life coach Dr Ali Binazir. He multiplied the probability of your parents meeting,…
View More Our leaders had a final chance to halt climate breakdown. They failed each and every one of us | George MonbiotCop27 president bemoans slow negotiations saying some countries failing to address urgency of climate crisis – as it happened
From 3h ago Cop president Shoukry bemoans slow negotiations Damian Carrington The president of Cop27, Egypt’s foreign minister Sameh Shoukry, is now very worried about…
View More Cop27 president bemoans slow negotiations saying some countries failing to address urgency of climate crisis – as it happened