Local communities will be able to officially challenge UN-registered carbon credit projects before and after they are up and running The new global carbon market being set up under the…

The government wants to expand a road through the Aberdare National Park but conservationists argue it will harm the forest, wildlife and water supplies Kenyan environmentalists have overtaken the government…

Comment: The new UN fund can channel taxes and other innovative ways of raising money to pay for climate loss and damage – we just have to decide to apply…

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…