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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

A personal carbon allowance was first proposed a decade ago – but leaders haven’t been brave enough to take up this idea.

International diplomacy’ ahead of Cop26 has consisted of lecturing other countries about the need for ambition and action, while at home the government takes almost no action at all In the run-up to…

It might just be that the children of tomorrow might point out that, seriously, given it was one minute to midnight, could you not have drummed someone up who hadn’t, right up until 10 minutes to…

Now most countries have experienced the climate crisis as wildfires, floods or heatwaves, leaders know they must deliver. For a conference that had already been delayed by a year, perhaps this was a…

COP26 President Alok Sharma calls for immediate action and solidarity to ensure Glasgow delivers on the promise of Paris  Leaders addressed by young climate activists, indigenous peoples and…

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See statement by UN Secretary-General António Guterres at COP26 World Leaders Summit below: Dear Prime Minister Boris Johnson, I want to thank you and COP President Alok Sharma for your hospitality…

Report sets out heatwaves, wildfires, droughts and floods that have wreaked havoc this year The climate crisis has driven the planet into “uncharted territory”, with far-reaching repercussions for…

The Prince of Wales will tell the COP26 summit that a "war-like footing" is needed to tackle the climate crisis. Speaking at the opening ceremony of the conference in Glasgow, Prince Charles is due…

The Colour of the Climate Crisis is an exhibition by the environmental social initiative Do The Green Thing. It showcases the work of 24 Black and other artists of colour exploring the relationship…

Conference president, Alok Sharma, says countries must agree on how to tackle crisis Alok Sharma, the president of the Cop26 climate summit, has called on global leaders to “banish ghosts of the…

Nine fast-flowing glaciers in West Antarctica have been named after locations of important climate treaties, conferences and reports. One of the glaciers is now called Glasgow Glacier to mark the…

Experts say commitment to cut emissions by 2030 is not ambitious enough and relies too heavily on carbon offsets Climate change experts have warned that New Zealand has employed “accounting tricks”…

Nakate is a Ugandan climate-justice activist and founder of the Rise Up Movement. Thunberg is a Swedish climate activist and co-founder of the Fridays for Future movement. Dear media editors around…

Firms defend paying no corporation tax after government handed out billions to energy giants. Shell and BP, which together produce more than 1.7bn tonnes of greenhouse gases a year, have not paid…

That's all for now - we'll be back tomorrow After a very busy day of speeches and announcements from Rome and Glasgow, that's us done for today.

The leaders of the world's richest economies have agreed to pursue efforts to limit global warming with "meaningful and effective actions". But the agreement from the G20 summit in Rome made few…

The highly anticipated COP26 climate change summit has begun in the Scottish city of Glasgow. Delegates from around 200 countries are there to announce how they will cut emissions by 2030 and help…

Climate change activist Greta Thunberg has been highly critical of global leaders over their action to limit global warming. But speaking to the BBC's Andrew Marr ahead of the COP26 climate summit,…