Climate Change News

Greenwash alert as Cop27 draft allows double claiming of carbon credits

Companies and countries could take credit for the same tonne of CO2 cut under rules being negotiated in Sharm el-Sheikh

China, the world’s largest methane emitter, is yet to sign a pledge to reduce emissions of the greenhouse gas 30% by 2030

Sharm el-Sheikh talks are expected to approve a series of matchmaking events between investors, governments and project developers

The results of the US midterm elections make it harder for president Joe Biden to meet his promise to developing countries

Frans Timmermans gave the strongest signal yet the EU is willing to consider a fund for climate victims – but no decision this year

Brazil’s president-elect got a hero’s welcome at Cop27, where he met with climate envoys from the US and China

The US and Japan led on mobilising finance to retire Indonesian coal plants and scale up renewables, in a deal announced in Bali

The Cop27 host has increased its use of mazut, a heavy fuel oil, in power stations, despite its harmful impact on health and the environment

At the Cop27 summit in Egypt, a dash for gas risks distracting from the support for climate resilience Africans really need

Both presidents agreed on the G20 sidelines climate action was in their common interest, despite tensions over Taiwan’s status

Fossil fuel lobbyists outnumber every national delegation at Sharm el-Sheikh climate talks, keeping talks of a phaseout at bay

Egypt has agreed to consider a net zero target and speed up renewable deployment with the multimillion dollar package

Debt and climate shocks, combined with political shifts, have united historically left- and rightwing countries behind common asks

The UN Economic Commission for Africa is reviewing its private sector partners after learning of NJ Ayuk’s criminal record