The Metropolitan Police plan to charge more than a thousand climate campaigners with public order offences, after they brought London to a halt in April
The German nominee for European Commission president has strengthened her climate ambition to win parliamentary backing from socialists and liberals
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When the world needed someone to step up as a climate power broker, why did no-one think it would be the EU?
The French president gathered the world’s biggest investors this week to push them to back climate-friendly projects
Most reserves of coal, oil and gas are unburnable if we are to prevent climate crisis. The international approach to nuclear weapons offers a model for action
Ursula von der Leyen said Europe should become the world’s first climate neutral continent, as she sought lawmakers’ backing for the top job on Wednesday
The British government is off track for its 2050 net zero emissions target, advisers warn, undermining its credibility as likely host of Cop26 UN climate talks
Russia says it wants a seat at the climate negotiations table, but the president warned problems with renewable energy must be considered
Green grouping co-chairs in the European Parliament set tough conditions to ratify Ursula von der Leyen as next Commission president after meeting her on Monday
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Diplomats are losing patience with players like Saudi Arabia blocking progress at international climate talks, instead looking to other forums for action
Ursula von der Leyen has been nominated to lead the EU’s executive at a critical moment for climate policy, but she has no record on the issue
In a joint statement with France, the world’s biggest emitter declared an intention to upgrade its contribution to the Paris Agreement
Taking over the presidency of the European Council for six months, Finland has set its sights on brokering a 2050 net zero emissions target for the bloc
French former minister Nicolas Hulot slammed pact with South American countries, saying it would enable rainforest clearance under Brazil’s Bolsonaro regime
Use social media and political organising to ‘force’ older generation to confront climate crisis, says António Guterres
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The UN boss faces down the forces of nationalism in his quest to drag countries toward a sustainable future
As countries meet in Abu Dhabi to discuss their climate pledges, they must draw up plans to end the production of fossil fuels, not just their consumption