Questions of social and economic class must be at the centre of our response to the climate crisis, to address the huge inequalities between the carbon footprints of the rich and poor and prevent a…
Former chair of climate change committee says UK’s decision has encouraged other countries to keep exploiting fossil fuels
The UK’s decision to open a new coalmine in Cumbria was a “disaster” that…
Annual funding promise made in 2009 to help poor countries deal with climate crisis had original 2020 target
The totemic promise by rich countries to provide $100bn (£80bn) a year to the poor world…
Campaigners call Graham Stuart’s comments ‘laughable’ and say Conservatives are weaponising climate action
Oil and gas are “not the problem” for the climate, but the carbon emissions arising from…
The French president has called for action at a climate summit in Paris attended by heads of state and scientists before Cop28
France will spend €1bn (£880m) on polar research between now and 2030,…
Climate Change Committee also says rowing back on climate policies has harmed investment into UK
Rishi Sunak’s reversals on key climate policies have damaged the UK’s ability to meet its carbon-…
Party will argue green growth is route to lower bills and says Rishi Sunak will leave UK stuck in economic ‘doom loop’
Labour will “double down” on making the case that tackling the cost of living…
IEA’s Fatih Birol says uptake of solar power and EVs is in line with net zero goal but rich countries must hasten their broader plans
The prospects of the world staying within the 1.5C limit on…
Fatih Birol, head of International Energy Agency, says countries planning expansion are ‘misjudging market trends’
Countries and companies planning to expand their fossil fuel production are taking…
Doubts about whether heat pumps work well in subzero conditions shown to be unfounded, say researchers
Heat pumps are more than twice as efficient as fossil fuel heating systems in cold temperatures…
Campaigners estimate about $3.7bn in trade finance was supplied to oil and gas projects despite bank’s green pledges
The World Bank poured billions of dollars into fossil fuels around the world last…
Fatih Birol, head of International Energy Agency, says countries planning expansion are ‘misjudging market trends’
Countries and companies planning to expand their fossil fuel production are taking…
Techniques such as solar radiation management may have unintended consequences, scientists say
Governments should place a moratorium on efforts to geoengineer the planet’s climate, as greenhouse gas…
Rishi Sunak avoiding UN summit after being warned about potential rejection.
Exclusive: PM risked embarrassment of downgraded status if UN deemed UK’s climate policies lacking ambition
Rishi…
UN hopes to galvanise summit talks by persuading world leaders to commit to stop burning coal, oil and gas, despite industry lobbying
A global push to commit to phasing out fossil fuels is gathering…
Governments are failing to cut greenhouse gas emissions fast enough to meet the goals of the Paris agreement and to stave off climate disaster, a major report by the UN has found.
Meeting the goals…
The phase down of fossil fuels is “inevitable”, the president of the next UN climate summit has said, but can only happen when the world has ramped up its renewable energy capacity.
Marginal improvements to agricultural soils around the world would store enough carbon to keep the world within 1.5C of global heating, new research suggests.
Rich countries are signing a “death sentence” for millions of poor people around the world by failing to phase out fossil fuels, the climate activist Greta Thunberg has told governments.
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