Annual emissions may have just peaked but the world’s temperature will keep rising until we reach net zero
The EU has introduced a methane import standard, pressuring any company which exports oil and gas to the EU to cut its emissions
Climate Home analysed how highly-publicised commitments are faring two years on from their announcement
Wars harm climate action because large militaries emit a lot and military spending diverts money away from tackling climate change
The 27 member states agreed to pursue a tripling of renewable energy by 2030 but softened language on phasing out fossil fuels
At Cop28, developed nations will face calls to quit fossil fuels faster than developing countries, who did less to cause the climate crisis
While technical tweaks should make the World Bank’s capital go further, their impact depends on shareholders injecting fresh funds
Transport accounts for a growing share of global emissions. The EU should lead a push for clean travel at home and internationally
The World Bank says it will try to get governments to stop spending public money making fossil fuels artificially cheap
The International Energy Agency calls on countries to bring forward net zero targets and rely less on fossil fuel technofixes
From Beijing, climate envoy Xie Zhenhua stood firm against stronger rhetoric against coal, oil and gas deployed at UN headquarters
The world’s largest economies agreed to push for a tripling of renewable energy capacity by 2030, but made no progress on oil and gas phaseout
The US, Germany and Italy have been accused of backsliding on a Glasgow promise to end public subsidies to fossil fuel projects overseas
A joint statement forming the basis of Africa’s negotiating position for Cop28 is silent on the role of oil and gas
The Slovakian will replace Frans Timmermans as the EU’s lead on climate, at home and abroad
Economic models have ignored tipping points, rainfall changes and indoor work, leading them to under-estimate climate change’s economic damage
The West African nation is preparing to import LNG under a long-term agreement with Shell which critics say Ghana doesn’t need and can’t afford.
Cop28 president, Sultan Al Jaber and UN climate change boss, Simon Stiell, had called on G20 countries to show leadership and deliver ambitious emissions cuts.
Draft guidelines for its export credit agency signal support for some gas projects until 2025 – three years after the deadline set by the Glasgow pledge
The world’s largest economies failed to agree on targets to phase down fossil fuels and scale up renewables