Latest climate change news
G7 offers tepid response to appeal for “bolder” climate action
News Climate and energy ministers from G7 nations agreed a coal exit deadline – with a caveat, but made little progress on other fossil fuels and finance
Comment How to fix the finance flows that are pushing our planet to the brink
Comment Commercial banks are financing a huge amount of fossil-fuel and industrial agriculture activities in the Global South – they must turn off the tap
Comment ‘More than a number’: Global plastic talks need community experts
Comment Frontline leaders who know the effects of plastic-related pollution want a global treaty that puts public health, human rights and the environment first
Analysis Southern Africa drought flags dilemma for loss and damage fund
Analysis Scientists blame the current drought on El Niño – which could exclude those affected from receiving aid for climate-change damage
Comment Indigenous lands feel cruel bite of green energy transition
Comment Mining companies have been offered a path to sustainability but few are taking it – Indigenous people need to be at the table demanding change
Comment Limiting frontline voices in the Loss and Damage Fund is a recipe for disaster
Comment Representatives of groups hardest-hit by the climate crisis say restrictions on their participation at the fund’s first board meeting set a worrying precedent
Tensions rise over who will contribute to new climate finance goal
News Germany wants all high-emitters, especially among G20 countries, to pitch in. But China and Saudi Arabia say the responsibility lies with developed nations
Will blossom of reform bear fruit? Spring Meetings leave too much to do
Comment Changes are afoot at the IMF and World Bank – but debt-squeezed developing nations need far faster access to more finance for climate action
