Keir Starmer and Viktor Orbán among world leaders expected to address the UN climate conference on day twoIn the halls of Cop29, activists from Oil Change International gathered around a computer to watch a Dutch...
Read MoreExclusive: Target is 81% emissions cut compared with 1990, but activists say it must be backed by plan of actionKeir Starmer will announce a stringent new climate goal for the UK on Tuesday, the Guardian can reveal, with a...
Read MoreSimple measures could raise five times more money than poorer countries are asking for, research claimsRich countries could raise five times the money that poor countries are demanding in climate finance, through windfall taxes...
Read MoreOxfam says ‘commonsense solution’ would reduce emissions and raise urgently needed climate financeFair taxes on superyachts and private jets in the UK could have brought in £2bn last year to provide vital funds...
Read MoreLaurence Tubiana, one of experts behind 2015 agreement, calls for taxes or charges on consumptionRich individuals in all countries must pay more to tackle the climate crisis, whether through taxes or charges on consumption, one...
Read MoreHumanitarian work in Afghanistan and Yemen now classified as climate finance, FoI request reveals, as £11.6bn pledge slipsThe UK government has been accused of double counting £500m of overseas aid as climate finance...
Read MoreWatchdog says ministers reclassified £1.7bn of existing aid but may still miss promises to poorer countriesMinisters have been accused of “moving the goalposts” to meet the UK’s international climate...
Read MoreThe organisers of the Dubai summit have been working on a new version of the global stocktake after the first draft met with strong criticismWe are shortly expecting a plenary to take place. The plenary sessions are the...
Read MoreNew draft text released by presidency omits reference to phase out of ‘fossil fuels’Tuesday morning at Cop28 and we’re back in a waiting game. Heads of delegation met until the early hours, mostly expressing...
Read MoreFossil fuel production and consumption will be reduced by 2050 in line with scientific advice, according to new draft agreementThe UN secretary general, António Guterres, has been speaking to reporters at Cop28,...
Read MoreSixth day of Cop28 comes as new report says threats to humanity drawing closer as carbon pollution heats the planet to ever more dangerous levelsCountries negotiating at Cop28 must not fall into the trap of point scoring and...
Read MoreFormer president of Republic of Ireland makes first comments since Sultan Al Jaber told her a fossil fuel phase out could mean ‘going back into caves’Global carbon emissions from fossil fuels to hit record highAlok...
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