As Switzerland buys the first ever bilateral offsets, civil society’s analysis suggests the claimed emissions reductions from Thai buses would have happened anyway The first-ever exchange of carbon credits between…

Gwede Mantashe’s ministry argues for cutting ambition on renewables and investing more in gas. also plugging so-called “clean coal” The South African energy ministry has suggested that the country should…

While Israel’s attack on Gaza featured prominently, Sudan’s civil war and its climate links were largely ignored at Cop28 At the recent Cop28 climate talks in Dubai, hordes of Sudanese…

Donations meant to preserve the Amazon rainforest may be spent paving the road, which critics say will worsen the forest’s destruction The lower house of Brazil’s Congress has approved a…

The US and EU couldn’t agree on common rules for bilateral carbon trades in Dubai, leaving a vacuum for voluntary certifiers Carbon credit certifiers from the much-criticized voluntary market could…

With the EU ambivalent and small island states absent, Russia’s call for “transitional fuels” – read gas – made it into the Cop28 agreement The Russian government’s campaign for endorsement…

Rich countries must cut carbon faster and provide funding to fix the unfairness getting baked into climate talks You’ve seen the headlines that Cop28 in Dubai has resulted in an…

Developing nations got agreement to set targets for food and water security, but rich nations were unwilling to plug a huge funding gap Governments at the Cop28 climate talks in…

The EU and allies rejected proposed carbon trading rules that followed a “light-touch” approach favoured by the US Hopes of clinching a deal on carbon trading mechanisms evaporated under the…