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Day eight at the Glasgow summit focuses on loss, adaptation and damage
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Here is the evening summary of today’s events:
Representatives of almost 500 parent groups tell Alok Sharma their children’s health depends on an end to funding for fossil fuel industries
It may have been his toughest meeting yet. A delegation…
Analysis: the ‘significant outcomes’ came thick and fast but there are question marks about credibility
Long before delegates gathered in Glasgow, the scene for Cop26 was set by the starkest warning…
The Amazon founder announced a $2bn pledge to fight climate crisis in speech at summit
Jeff Bezos has come under fire for flying in a private jet to the Cop26 climate summit, where he pledged $2bn…
Critics say pledge to end use of dirtiest fuel source in 2030s and 40s does not go far enough
More than 40 countries have agreed to phase out their use of coal-fired power, the dirtiest fuel source…
People on almost every continent gathered for marches and rallies on Saturday to mark a Global Day for Climate Justice, halfway through the Glasgow climate change summit. Activists in the Philippines…
Pupils will be recognised for their efforts to protect the environment in a new Duke of Edinburgh-style award.
It is one of a series of measures aimed at putting climate change at the heart of…
As Cop26 reached halfway stage, rallies were held around the world, with actor Idris Elba among those calling for African voices to be central to public debate
Tens of thousands of protesters took…
Vital rulings on the world’s energy future are being made behind closed doors and others may be unknown
The energy charter treaty (ECT) was signed in 1994 to protect the interests of western…
A new analysis reveals that an estimated 818,000 climate misinformation posts received 1.36m views everyday
The scale of climate misinformation on Facebook is “staggering” and “increasing quite…
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…
Little Amal, a 3.5m puppet of a 10-year-old Syrian refugee, will visit the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference COP26 from 9 to 11 November. This follows her completion of The Walk, a 4…
Modi is among 40 leaders to sign up to the UK's Glasgow Breakthroughs
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is among 40 leaders to back and sign up to the UK's Glasgow Breakthroughs, an international plan to…
Climate-related disasters have killed more Americans from flooding and wildfires than the 2,996 people who died in the 9/11 attacks. Let’s treat the climate crisis with equal seriousness
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…
Richest 1% will account for 16% of total emissions by 2030, while poorest 50% will release one tonne of CO2 a year
The carbon dioxide emissions of the richest 1% of humanity are on track to be 30…
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