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…

Comment: Changes are afoot at the IMF and World Bank – but debt-squeezed developing nations need far faster access to more finance for climate action Rachel Kyte is professor of…