Climate Change News

EU’s nominated climate lead wants a global tax on jet fuel

Wopke Hoekstra argues a tax on jet fuel could raise revenue for a planned loss and damage fund, but experts warn that won’t be easy

Sultan Al Jaber urged governments to update their national climate targets by September. Not one heeded the call

A finance tool to shut down Asian coal plants up to a decade early will swing into action “soon”, says Asian Development Bank climate envoy

Five environmentalists have been jailed in the last two years, while the government works on a clean energy partnership with rich nations

The International Energy Agency calls on countries to bring forward net zero targets and rely less on fossil fuel technofixes

Some of the world’s biggest cruise companies are claiming to be green, while continuing to use weakly regulated fossil fuels

Brazil’s transport ministry plans to bid for money from the Amazon Fund to pave the world’s “most sustainable highway”

On the sidelines of the UN general assembly, rich and poor countries were divided on how to deliver funds to victims of the climate crisis

The case, to be heard in the European Court of Human Rights on Wednesday, could change the way states are held accountable for climate harms

While “ambitious” countries made few new announcements, the US, China, India and the UK had not offered enough to even sit in the room

In a relatively low powered year for climate leadership, a handful of government, climate finance and corporate initiatives are worth noting

From Beijing, climate envoy Xie Zhenhua stood firm against stronger rhetoric against coal, oil and gas deployed at UN headquarters

The UN’s flagship global climate fund looks likely to have to rein in its ambition, after France announced just a 4% boost in its contribution.

Nineteen countries signed up to an India-led alliance this month to boost production of biofuels, but experts raise sustainability concerns

Only five of the G20 major economies made the cut for Antonio Guterres’ Climate Ambition Summit in New York, despite pressure from big powers

Data won’t be confirmed until 2025 and developing countries say the rich world must make up for earlier shortfalls from the target

Brazil will go back to the climate targets it drew up in 2015 while it works on new and improved ones

The European Union is using taxes on pollution to fund a gas pipeline in Romania, claiming it will reduce emissions compared to coal

Masses of people will take to the streets in 650 events around the world this weekend, to call for a phaseout of coal, oil and gas

Dimming the sun could “complement” emissions cuts, says panel of leaders, while acknowledging concerns about the risks