Nations and Businesses Commit to Create Sustainable Agriculture and Land Use

45 governments pledge urgent action and investment to protect nature and shift to more sustainable ways of farming 95 high profile companies from a range of sectors commit to being ‘Nature Positive’, agreeing to work towards halting and reversing the decline of nature by 2030 

Over 300 Parliamentarians From Across the Globe Call for A ‘Green New Deal’ to Advance Urgent Action Beyond COP26

1bn people will suffer extreme heat at just 2C heating, say scientists

Climate crisis is driving up deadly combination of temperature and humidity, says study released at Cop26

Hit $100bn target or poor countries face climate disaster, the Gambia tells Cop26

West African nation’s environment minister says richer countries must finally honour funding commitment made at Cop15 in 2009

Armed attack on Brazilian Amazon community while delegate at Cop26

Witnesses say tents in forest in disputed area of Pará state set alight and residents beaten A land defender from Pará, in the Brazilian Amazon, said armed men attacked a forest community she defends while she was at the Cop26 talks in Glasgow.

COP26: Obama tells young people to stay angry on climate fight

Barack Obama has called on young people to "stay angry" in the fight against climate change at the COP26 summit. The former US president urged them to apply political pressure to make a change, but warned they would need to accept compromises along the way.

About 26,000 tonnes of plastic Covid waste pollutes world’s oceans – study

Increased demand for PPE has put pressure on an already out-of-control global problem, report finds Plastic waste from the Covid-19 pandemic weighing 25,900 tonnes, equivalent to more than 2,000 double decker buses, has leaked into the ocean, research has revealed.

UK COP PRESIDENCY – COP President Daily Media Statement and Latest Announcements 8th November

List of announcements, 8th November:  

'Nothing About Us Without Us' - 350.org and allies bring to COP26 the voices from people on the frontlines

UN Awards Ceremony Celebrates Innovative Climate Solutions

Race to Resilience assesses the potential impact of climate hazards for people worldwide

First tool of its kind to quantify and verify the benefit of climate resilience actions for people and natural ecosystems New analysis finds that half the world’s population may face climate hazards by 2030, up 43% today, impact

Fashion Industry Steps Up Climate Ambition with Renewed Charter

The fashion industry is raising its collective ambition with updated science-based emission reduction targets under the Fashion Industry Charter for Climate Action.

EPLO : BLUE ECONOMY FORUM II (22-23/2/2022)

Can Moomba live up to the hype? Santos’ $220m carbon capture and storage project

The first project registered for the government’s CCS carbon credits program is also claimed to be one of the world’s biggest

Op - Dark things are happening on Europe’s borders. Are they a sign of worse to come?

With a disregard for people’s lives, countries from the UK to Poland are toughening up, as if in preparation for climate displacement.

Cop26: Obama criticises China and Russia for ‘dangerous absence of urgency’ – day eight as it happened

Day eight at the Glasgow summit focuses on loss, adaptation and damage

Migrants freezing to death on Belarus-Poland border

The BBC has obtained first-hand accounts from migrants who say they’ve been illegally deported from the European Union by Polish border troops.

What happened at Cop26 – DAY EIGHT at a glance

Summary of the main developments on the eighth day of the UN climate summit in Glasgow

Cop26: Extinction Rebellion starts 24-hour vigil outside JP Morgan – day eight as it happened

UK’s chief science adviser says lifestyle changes needed to have chance of 1.5C

Cop26: 'Little Amal' takes centre stage on Gender Day – video

Speaking on stage alongside the puppet 'Little Amal’, leaders and campaigners have said the climate crisis cannot be ended without the empowerment of women. Indigenous women and politicians including Nancy Pelosi, speaker of the US House of Representatives, demanded increased investment.