Before talks on finalising a global pact on plastic pollution got underway in Geneva this week, many wondered which path the US would choose in the negotiations: take a backseat…
A group of eight oil- and gas-exporting nations has urged governments not to adopt a pact aimed at cutting the shipping industry’s carbon emissions, saying the deal’s targets are too…
Worsening fires in Brazil’s Amazon are a threat to new initiatives to raise finance for rainforest protection – including carbon credits and investment funds – due to be showcased at…
Nigeria has appointed a new head for its climate policy council for the third time in as many years, raising concern among campaigners who say frequent leadership changes could undermine…
Diplomats from 184 countries have kicked off what is billed as the final round of negotiations aimed at securing a global UN pact to prevent the world from “drowning in…
The Brazilian government launched a long-awaited official accommodation platform for COP30 last Friday after a UN committee had urged the summit’s hosts to find urgent solutions for the mounting logistical…
Heather McTeer Toney is the Executive Director of the Beyond Petrochemicals campaign, which aims to halt the expansion of the petrochemical industry.I grew up in the Black church, where silence…
A United Nations climate committee has given Brazil, the host nation for COP30, a mid-August deadline to find concrete solutions for accommodation challenges in the Amazon city of Belém, as…
As the Trump administration takes an axe to national climate policy, a landmark advisory opinion issued in late July by the world’s top court is expected to encourage and shape…
