Op - We need radical policies to reach net zero. Here’s a fairer way to do them
A personal carbon allowance was first proposed a decade ago – but leaders haven’t been brave enough to take up this idea.
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Οp - No greenwash and no fudges: Cop26’s success depends on leaders telling the truth
The world needs to cut 28bn tonnes of emissions, current pledges only come to 4bn. Leaders cannot shy from this reality Ed Miliband is the shadow secretary for business, energy and industry
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COP26: World leaders promise to end deforestation by 2030
More than 100 world leaders will promise to end and reverse deforestation by 2030, in the COP26 climate summit's first major deal. Brazil - where stretches of the Amazon rainforest have been cut down - will be among the signatories on Tuesday.
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COP26: Act now for our children, Queen urges climate summit
The Queen has urged world leaders at the COP26 climate summit to "achieve true statesmanship" and create a "safer, stabler future" for the planet. In a video message, she said many people hoped the "time for words has now moved to the time for action".
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COP26: India PM Narendra Modi pledges net zero by 2070
India has promised to cut its emissions to net zero by 2070 - missing a key goal of the COP26 summit for countries to commit to reach that target by 2050. Prime Minister Narendra Modi made the pledge, the first time India has set a net zero target, at the Glasgow summit.
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COP26: Thunberg tells Glasgow protest politicians are pretending
Climate activist Greta Thunberg has told young protesters that politicians attending COP26 are "pretending to take our future seriously". The arrival of world leaders in Glasgow for the COP26 summit triggered a series of demos across the city.
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Indigenous peoples to get $1.7bn in recognition of role in protecting forests
Cop26 pledge cautiously welcomed as ‘first step’ in making indigenous rights central to climate crisis talks.
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What happened at Cop26 – DAY ONE at a glance
Summary of the main developments on kick-off day of the UN climate summit in Glasgow.
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Scott Morrison tells Cop26 Australia will exceed 2030 target in bid to fend off criticism
Glasgow conference is focused on more ambitious 2030 cuts but, while PM says Australia may cut emissions by 35%, the 26% to 28% target won’t be changed.
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Xi Jinping makes no major climate pledges in written Cop26 address
President of China, world’s worst emissions source, calls for more support for developing countries.
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AXA announces it won’t insure oil sands and shale gas projects
Obtaining insurance for oil and gas companies just got a little harder after AXA SA, a global French insurance company, said it would exclude most greenfield exploration and projects involving oil sands and shale gas. AXA’s U.S. operations generated €18.5 billion in 2020 revenue.
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India, UK to launch 140-nation transnational renewable grid project
India and the UK will launch a transnational and transcontinental grid project, the Green Grids Initiative-One Sun One World One Grid (GGI-OSOWOG or OSOWOG), at COP26 tomorrow.
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New partnerships for Africa & SIDS put climate equity, resilience and nature at the top of COP’s climate action agenda
Today, as delegates gather in Glasgow for the second day of COP26, real economy leaders join Heads of State on stage at the city’s SEC centre to launch new partnerships that will catalyze finance and climate solutions in Africa and Small Island Developing States, and help half a billion farmers t
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One-gigawatt wind-plus-battery projects on tap for Chile, Kazakhstan
Statkraft has been awarded a tender of public lands in Chile to host a wind power project and Total Eren is developing a 1GW wind power project in Kazakhstan: both would be paired with large-scale battery energy storage systems (BESS) of up to 1GWh capacity each.
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‘Nothing left to burn’: wildfires and floods could turn the tide on Turkey’s climate policy
Can a government addicted to concrete and profit turn around an appalling environmental record?
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The climate crisis explained in 10 charts
From the seemingly inexorable increase of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere to the rapid growth in green energy
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CLIMATE RELIEF: Deep Emission Cuts Now Would Stop Further Warming in Years , Not Decades.
On October 31, world leaders will descend on Glasgow, Scotland, for the United Nations Climate Change Conference, or COP 26, in a last-ditch effort to defuse the climate emergency by limiting global warming to less than 1.5°C.
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Canada ban on shipping coal would equal scrapping as many as 3 million cars
Change in Canadian policy could have major implications for U.S.
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Divestment, transition from fossil fuels converging to create renewables opportunity
Capital shift from fossil fuels opens window for economic transition Remarks of Tom Sanzillo, IEEFA’s director of financial analysis, at the launch of a rep
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COP26 is different to prior COPs
This time it’s all about this decade’s actions The world has entered a technology race for decarbonisation.
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