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Tory MP becomes latest member of party to get behind push to drop moratorium with reports Michael Gove also supports move The president of the Cop26 climate summit Alok Sharma has become the latest…

The climate emergency is prompting some scientists to suggest extreme measures. But whether you call it geoengineering or biomimicry, others feel interfering with nature will have too high a cost

Never mind the yuck factor: precision fermentation could produce new staple foods, and end our reliance on farming

For too long pledges have gone unmet, so at Cop28 new solutions need to be explored

Former prime minister says US and Europe will pay biggest share of loss and damage fund, but China must too China must pay into a new fund for poor countries stricken by climate-driven disaster on…

Meanwhile, BP’s CEO was in town spruiking the energy giant’s climate credentials, as its oil output increases from last year In the wake of the UN climate talks in Egypt, the opposition leader,…

Scotland Yard believes environmental activist group will launch two weeks of ‘disruption’ in the capital before Christmas Just Stop Oil is expected to begin two weeks of action from Monday and has…

Decades after the world’s biggest otter disappeared from the country, a kayaking trip revealed a lone male swimming in the Bermejo River

The story of the damage done to the world’s biodiversity is a tale of decline spanning thousands of years. Can the world seize its chance to change the narrative?

In 201o, politicians pledged to halt devastation of Earth’s wildlife. Since then, no progress has been made. And despite glimmers of hope, prospects look grim for next month’s top-level meeting in…

Canada’s biggest banks receive letter grades of B- to D, and all show increases in their fossil fuel lending and underwriting between 2020 and 2021, in the latest report card issued last week by…

World leaders, diplomats and activists respond to signing of ‘historic’ deal as climate talks wrap up

Deal is hailed as potential turning point that acknowledges vast inequities of climate crisis Developing countries celebrated on Sunday morning as crucial climate talks ended with a “historic” deal…

From loss and damage to 1.5C goal and World Bank reform, the takeaways from Sharm el-Sheikh

Live Reporting

We’re winding up the blog now, but it has been an extraordinary and fascinating, if not always cheering, couple of weeks at Cop. You can turn to my colleague Fiona Harvey’s long read on exactly what…

With the deadly devastation fresh in the world’s mind, Pakistan pushed for damage funds with other frontline countries

Every fraction of a degree increases human suffering, so the fight to end the fossil fuel industry must ramp up When the history of the climate crisis is written, in whatever world awaits us, Cop27…

Experts say biggest economies must pledge more cuts to carbon emissions but hail agreement to set up loss and damage fund

Negotiations are centred on ‘loss and damages’ – but some think that language does not fully account for climate debt