French drama can’t hide real story from Cop26: Scott Morrison’s promise to do hardly anything

From a six-year-old emissions commitment to Boris Johnson’s non-binding breakthroughs, Australia’s lack of ambition was on full display.

Secretive court system poses threat to Paris climate deal, says whistleblower

Treaty allows energy corporations to sue governments for billions over policies that could hurt their profits

US oil giants top list of lobby offenders holding back climate action

Report into lobbying tactics names ExxonMobil and Chevron as worst, while carmaker Toyota takes third

How EXXONMOBIL Captured COP26

The Government, which is hosting the COP26 UN climate summit in Glasgow, is being formally advised by Texas fossil fuel giant ExxonMobil – one of the world’s biggest funders of climate science denial – according to Government documents examined exclusively by Byline Times.

Greeks fear megafires could be new normal for Med

World leaders at the COP26 summit in Glasgow are under pressure to respond to global warming, and intense heatwaves and frequent forest fires are becoming an increasing threat around the Mediterranean.

Deforestation: Which countries are still cutting down trees?

World leaders at the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow have pledged to end and reverse deforestation by 2030. There have been other attempts to protect forests, but has any progress been made?

US, UK and EU will help fund South Africa's coal phaseout, offering a model for the developing world

Johannesburg, South Africa (CNN)The US, UK, France, Germany and European Union will help fund South Africa's transition away from coal, in a multilateral effort that could serve as a model for other developing nations

‘Summers are becoming unbearable’: living on the frontline of global heating

From extreme weather obliterating homes to rising sea levels ruining crops, climate breakdown is a terrifying daily reality for many.

UN Secretary-General issues new global roadmap to secure clean energy access for all by 2030 and net zero emissions by 2050

As pressure mounts for urgent climate action, UN Secretary-General António Guterres today issued a global roadmap to achieve a radical transformation of energy access and transition by 2030, while also contributing to net zero emissions by 2050.  

Tens of thousands expected in Glasgow on Saturday as climate demonstrations go global

Thunberg v Carney: tensions flare over net zero and carbon offsets at Cop26

Activists escalated protests against “greenwash” and the carbon market “scam” as UN envoy Mark Carney touted a private finance climate pledge. There is an ideological battle going at Cop26 and it’s about the concept of net zero emissions and the use of carbon offsets.

Climate misinformation on Facebook ‘increasing substantially’, study says

A new analysis reveals that an estimated 818,000 climate misinformation posts received 1.36m views everyday

Op - Investing in fossil fuels amidst an energy price shock: the case of Greece

Tax reductions and subsidies to natural gas generate a wrong signal to the energy market, write Vlasios Oikonomou and Haris Doukas. A change of policy is needed before the phenomenon of energy poverty spreads throughout Greece and Europe this winter, they argue.

‘It will save the world’: Put Africa at heart of climate fightback, Cop26 told

Event co-staged by The Independent hears that protecting the continent’s carbon-rich landscapes is vital

Indonesia says Cop26 zero-deforestation pledge it signed ‘unfair’

Environment minister of country home to world’s third-biggest rainforest says deforestation pledge must not halt development Indonesia has questioned the terms of a Cop26 deal to end deforestation by 2030, days after joining more than 100 countries in signing up to it.

Australian government refuses to join 40 nations phasing out coal, saying it won’t ‘wipe out industries’

Australia accused of going backward as Cop26 pledge backed by five of world’s biggest coal power users

Greta Thunberg leaves carbon offsetting meeting urging attendees to 'stop greenwashing' – video

A video of Greta Thunberg leaving a meeting on improving the integrity of the voluntary carbon market has appeared from Cop26. As the climate activist leaves, Thunburg tells those in attendance to 'stop greenwashing'.

World urged to slash gas use by a third to avoid climate disaster

‘Gas is the new coal’, says Climate Analytics report that finds it the fastest growing source of carbon dioxide emissions

Op -Cop26 will be derailed unless the rich world meets its obligation to the poor

It’s no use telling developing nations to decarbonise. The west must accept it bears the bulk of the blame for the climate crisis

Ammonia from farms behind 60% of UK particulate air pollution – study

Problem is causing £8bn a year in health damage but can be tackled cost-effectively, say scientists Sixty per cent of the tiny particles polluting the air in the UK are from ammonia leaking from farms, according to research.