At its first meeting, the fund’s board decided to fast-track the selection of its host country so money can be disbursed as fast as possible to disaster-hit people The board…
Governments could not agree to keep talking formally about limiting plastic production up until the final round of treaty talks in November Hopes for a new global treaty to include…
Comment: Commercial banks are financing a huge amount of fossil-fuel and industrial agriculture activities in the Global South – they must turn off the tap Teresa Anderson is global lead…
Climate and energy ministers from G7 nations agreed a coal exit deadline – with a caveat, but made little progress on other fossil fuels and finance When UN climate chief…
Comment: Frontline leaders who know the effects of plastic-related pollution want a global treaty that puts public health, human rights and the environment first Heather McTeer Toney is the executive…
Scientists blame the current drought on El Niño – which could exclude those affected from receiving aid for climate-change damage Since January, swathes of southern Africa have been suffering from…
Comment: Mining companies have been offered a path to sustainability but few are taking it – Indigenous people need to be at the table demanding change Rukka Sombolinggi, a Torajan…
Comment: Representatives of groups hardest-hit by the climate crisis say restrictions on their participation at the fund’s first board meeting set a worrying precedent Isatis M. Cintron-Rodriguez is a Puerto…
Germany wants all high-emitters, especially among G20 countries, to pitch in. But China and Saudi Arabia say the responsibility lies with developed nations As negotiations over a new global climate…