The tourism ministry has imposed a floor price for rooms in Sharm el-Sheikh which is several times their usual costs, prompting fresh concerns over participation at Cop27
Nepal may forgo a $500m grant from the Millenium Challenge Corporation to build power transmission lines, due to anti-US sentiment stoked by China
Cairo gave a junior role to environment minister Yasmine Fouad and the top job to a career diplomat with no significant climate experience
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Support to clean up industries in least developing countries is necessary for the propose levy to comply with WTO rules, Mohammed Chahim argues
Under a proposed reform of the EU gas market, the industry gets to propose new gas and hydrogen infrastructure projects across the bloc
The rainforest nation was threatening to block a deal in Glasgow over the status of Redd+ forestry projects in a UN carbon market
Investor and state-owned oil companies in the G20 find common cause in watering down climate ambition; we need to confront their influence
Australia and New Zealand have already said that they do not plan to update their 2030 targets by the end of 2022
The package agreed at Cop26 cites coal in a UN first and finalises the Paris Agreement rulebook, but is weak on finance for vulnerable nations
Activists are hopeful Egypt will champion climate justice when it hosts the 2022 UN climate summit in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh
Analysts welcomed draft language on closing the ambition gap as Cop26 negotiations get to the crunch point
Denmark and Costa Rica have launched an alliance in Glasgow to phase out oil and gas production, but few governments are ready to take on energy incumbents
In a surprise joint statement, the world’s two top emitters agreed to work together in a range of areas to keep the goals of the Paris Agreement “within reach”
Sponsored content: Germany, France and the US were among countries announcing new contributions to help vulnerable countries cope with the impacts of the climate crisis
The Santiago Network could be up and running in a year, but thorny issues of how to fund it and channel aid to frontline communities have yet to be decided
In an open letter, 250 signatories warn that false claims on social media threaten to derail global climate action
African nations and a group of 24 “like-minded” countries that includes China and India accuse donor countries of ducking substantive talks on finance
The UK presidency has appointed two ministers to steer each strand of Cop26 negotiations towards an agreement
As ministers arrive in Glasgow to broker a political deal, a lack of aid for those on the front lines of climate impacts is a sore point