A flagship UN report on livestock emissions is facing calls for retraction from two key experts it cited who say that the paper “seriously distorted”…
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Stop looking for loopholes, UN warns, after Saudi hints end of fossil fuels ‘just one option’
Governments must not try to pick loopholes in the global agreement to “transition away” from fossil fuels reached last December, the UN’s climate chief has…
View More Stop looking for loopholes, UN warns, after Saudi hints end of fossil fuels ‘just one option’UK must act urgently to meet climate commitments, says watchdog
The UK must act urgently to meet its international climate commitments, the independent climate watchdog has warned, after sending “mixed messages” to other countries at…
View More UK must act urgently to meet climate commitments, says watchdogGoodbye Mr Kerry, farewell Mr Xie: end of an era in global climate politics
As the final fraught hours of the Cop28 UN climate summit approached last December, a small but vital meeting was missing from the official agenda.…
View More Goodbye Mr Kerry, farewell Mr Xie: end of an era in global climate politicsWomen added to Cop29 climate summit committee after backlash
The president of Azerbaijan has added 12 women to the previously all-male organising committee for the Cop29 global climate summit, which the country will host…
View More Women added to Cop29 climate summit committee after backlashCop28 deal will fail unless rich countries quit fossil fuels, says climate negotiator
The credibility of the Cop28 agreement to “transition away” from fossil fuels rides on the world’s biggest historical polluters like the US, UK and Canada…
View More Cop28 deal will fail unless rich countries quit fossil fuels, says climate negotiatorDeforestation effect of UK consumption unsustainable, say MPs
UK consumption is having an “unsustainable” impact on the world, and contributing particularly highly to deforestation, a report by MPs has found. Products such as…
View More Deforestation effect of UK consumption unsustainable, say MPsWorld will look back at 2023 as year humanity exposed its inability to tackle climate crisis, scientists say
The hottest year in recorded history casts doubts on humanity’s ability to deal with a climate crisis of its own making, senior scientists have said.…
View More World will look back at 2023 as year humanity exposed its inability to tackle climate crisis, scientists sayEnvironmental campaigners filmed, threatened and harassed at Cop28
Incidents of harassment, surveillance, threats and intimidation are creating a climate of fear at UN events including the recent Cop28 climate conference in Dubai, experts…
View More Environmental campaigners filmed, threatened and harassed at Cop28Root and branch reform: if carbon markets aren’t working, how do we save our forests?
Keeping the world’s remaining forests standing is one of the most important environmental challenges of the 21st century. Humanity will not limit global heating to…
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