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…
Developed countries could be sued for failing to provide sufficient climate finance, after the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled last week that, under the Paris Agreement, levels of public…
Public relations giant Edelman is helping COP30 host-nation Brazil hone its media strategy for this year’s UN climate conference – even though it also works for Shell, one of the…
