Fiona Harvey Environment editor / THE GUARDIAN

As the US and China climate envoys retire, more than a leadership gap opens in crucial bilateral relationship and climate politics

Not long before the crucial final meeting of Cop28 climate summit, a seemingly chance meeting took place in the heavily guarded VIP lounge next to the main conference hall in Dubai. John Kerry, the…

Sultan Al Jaber, president of Cop28, made a last-ditch call for all countries to come together this afternoon in Dubai, to find common ground amid deep disagreements over the future of climate action.

Exclusive: Simon Stiell says leaders must ‘stop dawdling’ and act before crucial summit in Dubai World leaders must “stop dawdling and start doing” on carbon emission cuts, as rapidly rising…

From fossil fuel chiefs to an outspoken UN secretary general, a look at who will attend the UAE’s climate summit

As global leaders ready for the climate meeting in the UAE, here are some of the most common terms and what they mean

What is Cop28? For almost three decades, world governments have met nearly every year to forge a global response to the climate emergency. Under the 1992 UN framework convention on climate change (…

Who are the polluter elite and why do they matter? The richest 1% of people are responsible for as much carbon output as the poorest 66%, research from Oxfam shows. Luxury lifestyles including…

Questions of social and economic class must be at the centre of our response to the climate crisis, to address the huge inequalities between the carbon footprints of the rich and poor and prevent a…

Former chair of climate change committee says UK’s decision has encouraged other countries to keep exploiting fossil fuels The UK’s decision to open a new coalmine in Cumbria was a “disaster” that…

Annual funding promise made in 2009 to help poor countries deal with climate crisis had original 2020 target The totemic promise by rich countries to provide $100bn (£80bn) a year to the poor world…

Campaigners call Graham Stuart’s comments ‘laughable’ and say Conservatives are weaponising climate action Oil and gas are “not the problem” for the climate, but the carbon emissions arising from…

The French president has called for action at a climate summit in Paris attended by heads of state and scientists before Cop28 France will spend €1bn (£880m) on polar research between now and 2030,…

Climate Change Committee also says rowing back on climate policies has harmed investment into UK Rishi Sunak’s reversals on key climate policies have damaged the UK’s ability to meet its carbon-…