Indigenous rights advocates have lambasted Indonesian President Joko Widodo for failing to acknowledge Indigenous peoples and their role in protecting forests during his speech to other world…
Campaigners say time for action, noting Southeast Asian nation has failed to meet previous promises on forests.
Medan, Indonesia – As the COP26 climate change conference continues into its second…
Deep into the night last Friday, long past the hour when most Americans had ceased paying attention, Congress passed the $1.2tn bipartisan infrastructure bill otherwise known as the BIF. Its passage…
Sustainable food systems are a cornerstone to cutting emissions but have been largely absent from the agenda in Glasgow
“The cow in the room is being ignored at this Cop,” says Carl Le Blanc of…
In the six years since the Paris agreement, the climate crisis has rapidly accelerated. From catastrophes to slow transformations of familiar landscapes, lives everywhere have been upended
As the COP26 climate summit enters its second week, negotiations in Glasgow have hit a critical phase.
The conference is seen as crucial if climate change is to be brought under control. So we asked…
The Morrison government often claims that it 'meets and beats' its carbon emissions reduction targets. Those targets - first set during a major climate convention in Kyoto back in 1997 - actually…
Tens of thousands of people have braved the wet and windy conditions in Glasgow to take part in the biggest mass protest of the COP26 summit.
A huge column of activists made its way from Kelvingrove…
The city’s plan to rebuild Manhattan’s East River Park on higher ground has incited a dispute over ‘green gentrification’
Astrip of land that borders New York’s East River has become the latest…
This time it’s all about this decade’s actions
The world has entered a technology race for decarbonisation. Green hydrogen, the ‘electrification of everything’, batteries, electric vehicles (EVs),…
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…
There are more delegates at COP26 associated with the fossil fuel industry than from any single country, analysis shared with the BBC shows.
Campaigners led by Global Witness assessed the…
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…
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…
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
Congress must help usher in a new energy age - a clean energy age with the same level of support that fossil fuels companies have received for over a century.
Over a century ago, our families were…