The EU, UK and Canada wanted fellow OECD members to commit to stop supporting foreign fossil fuels before Donald Trump takes over as US president
With global warming topping the key limit of 1.5C last year, adapting to worsening climate impacts has become a “necessity”, top scientist warns
The idea of taxing the super-rich to fund climate action shot up the international agenda during Brazil’s G20 presidency
The dry, sparsely-populated southern African nation is focusing its funding on ways to combat extreme weather rather than cutting already-low emissions
This year is set to be the hottest on record – but scientists say there’s still time to limit temperature rise and harm from climate impacts
Exclusive: Shell used rice-farming offsets for “carbon neutral” LNG campaign – but farmers and local authorities said no project activities took place
The outgoing administration said the target to cut emissions by 61-66% by 2035 can be reached even if Trump rolls back climate action
Countries including the US successfully resisted Africa’s push for a legally binding drought protocol at the “land COP” in Riyadh
While the Net Zero Advisory Body recommended a 50-55% cut in emissions, the government settled for a weaker 45-50% range
Two ICVCM expert advisors have resigned from their positions over what they called a “problematic precedent” set with the REDD+ decision
Spending on consultants, business-class plane tickets and a deputy executive director was questioned at the fund’s latest board meeting
Europe’s first scientific advice on the technology urges Brussels to prevent its deployment, leaving room for limited outdoor research
Countries increased their contributions to the International Development Association in its largest replenishment yet, but experts warn rising inflation means a real-term cut
The US is placing its critical minerals hopes in the Lobito Corridor project, which it says will also bring growth and jobs to Africa
The US, Saudi Arabia and others have pushed back against a global bid to clarify states’ legal obligations to tackle climate change
The reforms will allow governments to end protection for investments in fossil fuels within their borders while keeping them for renewables
Countries failed to break a stalemate over core issues for a new treaty, with a push to manufacture less plastic meeting resistance from oil-rich states
Diplomats from high-ambition countries urge petrostates to compromise as latest draft text for a global treaty to end plastic pollution leaves all to play for
Representatives of ExxonMobil, Dow, BASF and Sabic are among the oil and petrochemical firms with participants at the INC-5 negotiations in South Korea
Major fossil fuel-producing countries are blamed at negotiations in Busan for opposing curbs on plastic manufacturing, a key market for oil and gas