Scotland’s leading anti-poverty campaigners are urging councils and communities “not to repeat past mistakes” by allowing “warm banks” – for those unable to afford heating…
View More Don’t let ‘warm banks’ become as vital as food banks, Scottish charities urgeTag: Glasgow
Revealed: the ‘carbon bombs’ set to trigger catastrophic climate breakdown
The world’s biggest fossil fuel firms are quietly planning scores of “carbon bomb” oil and gas projects that would drive the climate past internationally agreed…
View More Revealed: the ‘carbon bombs’ set to trigger catastrophic climate breakdownCop26 kept the world’s 1.5C limit in reach – now we will steer it over the line | Alok Sharma
By any measure, the Glasgow climate pact signed at Cop26 is a historic agreement. It was the result of two years of marathon work, and…
View More Cop26 kept the world’s 1.5C limit in reach – now we will steer it over the line | Alok SharmaRatchets, phase-downs and a fragile agreement: how Cop26 played out
As weary delegates trudged into the Scottish Event Campus on the banks of the Clyde on Saturday, few realised what a mountain they still had…
View More Ratchets, phase-downs and a fragile agreement: how Cop26 played out‘The pressure for change is building’: reactions to the Glasgow climate pact
The Glasgow climate package, aimed at ensuring the world limits global heating to 1.5C above pre-industrial levels, was acknowledged even by the UK hosts as…
View More ‘The pressure for change is building’: reactions to the Glasgow climate pactCop26 live: UK called out for cutting aid before summit
Just in case you thought any of the arguments playing out in Glasgow were new… Leo Hickman (@LeoHickman) Some historical context as we near the…
View More Cop26 live: UK called out for cutting aid before summitThird draft of Cop26 text retains key goal of limiting global heating to 1.5C
A third draft of the outcome of the Cop26 climate summit retained key resolutions to pursue greenhouse gas emissions cuts in line with holding global…
View More Third draft of Cop26 text retains key goal of limiting global heating to 1.5CSecond Cop26 draft text: Coal phaseout remains in but some language softened
Countries are being called on to accelerate the phaseout of coal power at the Cop26 summit, and to return to the negotiating table next year…
View More Second Cop26 draft text: Coal phaseout remains in but some language softenedGlobal Day for Climate Justice: marches and demos under way around the world
People on almost every continent were preparing for marches and rallies on Saturday to mark a Global Day for Climate Justice, halfway through the Glasgow…
View More Global Day for Climate Justice: marches and demos under way around the worldCop26: David Attenborough urges leaders to ‘turn tragedy into triumph’ – video
Sir David Attenborough tells world leaders that the Earth’s future is defined by a single number: the concentration of carbon in the atmosphere. Speaking at the opening…
View More Cop26: David Attenborough urges leaders to ‘turn tragedy into triumph’ – video