Chloé Farand
Chloé Farand is Climate Home News’ senior reporter. Her work has appeared in national publications including the Guardian, the Independent, the i paper and the BBC. Before joining Climate Home News, she worked for the investigative environmental outlet DeSmog UK and contributed to Business Green.
Who will replace Patricia Espinosa as the UN climate chief?
The Mexican diplomat is stepping down in July after six years in the top climate job. Female candidates from Africa and Asia are tipped to be best placed to succeed her
Former presidents of Mexico, Niger, Kiribati join commission to tackle overshoot risks
The Climate Overshoot Commission will explore controversial options to cope with global heating in excess of the 2C Paris limit
Campaigners take Canada to court over oil extraction project
An NGO co-founded by environment minister Steven Guilbeault is challenging the approval of Equinor’s plan to drill millions of barrels of oil offshore Newfoundland
Philippines inquiry finds polluters liable for rights violations, urging litigation
The national human rights commission found 47 “carbon majors” acted “immorally” and could be sued – giving fresh impetus to legal challenges
Governments risk $340bn in legal claims for limiting oil and gas projects, study finds
Investors could use obscure treaties to lock countries into polluting energy systems and delay climate action, researchers warn
Amid record profits, tar sands companies want more subsidies for carbon capture
Canadian oil producers MEG Energy and Cenovus say the government’s $2.6 billion plan to support carbon capture and storage is not enough
DR Congo approves auction of oil blocks in one of the world’s largest carbon sinks
At least three of 16 oil blocks earmarked for drilling overlap with the world’s largest tropical peatland complex, posing a double threat to the climate
IMF’s resilience fund ‘out of reach’ for some nations in need
The Resilience and Sustainability Trust aims to help countries prepare for climate shocks. Bangladesh, Zimbabwe and the Philippines are among those unlikely to qualify
Vulnerable nations set to pilot loss and damage funding facility
Finance ministers from vulnerable nations have secured philanthropic funds to demonstrate how support for victims of the climate crisis could work
As 1.5C overshoot looms, a high-level commission will ask: what next?
Fifteen former leaders and ministers are set to address sensitive questions on the role of CO2 removal and geoengineering in climate action
No red alert was issued ahead of deadly South African floods
Experts say a communication breakdown, poor housing and inadequate infrastructure contributed to a death toll from extreme rainfall of 300 and rising
Brazil accused of backsliding in updated climate pledge to UN
While the Bolsonaro administration has nominally increased its 2030 target, a baseline shift allows Brazil to emit more than under its first Paris pledge
Leading scientists pitch for annual IPCC reports to keep climate on the agenda
Corinne Le Quéré is among a group of authors proposing the IPCC publish updates on key climate indicators every year amid an “explosion” of scientific literature
DR Congo audit exposes ‘lawless’ logging sector, implicating six former ministers
As Norway, UK and Germany commit millions to protect the Congo rainforest, a damning report shows governance in chaos
Saudi Arabia dilutes fossil fuel phase out language with techno fixes in IPCC report
The Kingdom pushed for a stronger emphasis on carbon capture and storage as a climate solution that keeps the oil industry alive longer
Five takeaways from the IPCC’s report on limiting dangerous global heating
The world is on track to overshoot 1.5C warming. Leaving fossil fuels in the ground, changing lifestyles and removing CO2 from the air are needed to fix the climate
Canadian government ducks fight with oil and gas industry
The Trudeau Administration is delaying delivery of a promised cap on emissions from the fossil fuel sector, insisting there is no need to curb production
Russia, China oppose ‘human rights’ in nature talks, amid slow progress to a deal
The draft biodiversity agreement references indigenous peoples’ rights but a proposal to streamline the text could strip more specific language from the targets
War in Ukraine is compounding a hunger crisis in East Africa, charities warn
Up to 28 million people are facing severe food insecurity as soaring wheat prices follow failed rains, Covid and desert locusts
Barbadian diplomat and small island ‘defender’ Hugh Sealy dies aged 59
Mia Mottley, prime minister of Barbados, hailed Sealy as a “true friend” and praised his commitment to the country