Comment: A new climate finance goal is the top priority for the Baku summit – and there are signs of convergence on critical issues  Mukhtar Babayev is the COP29 President-Designate…

Developers of carbon credit projects will have to carry out a risk assessment and minimise any social or environmental impacts The UN’s new carbon market will have a compulsory mechanism…

Negotiators cite “convergence” on the structure of the post-2025 finance goal but gaps remain on contributors and amounts Governments have made progress on how a new global climate finance goal…

Comment: Frustration at slow progress towards the Paris Agreement goals is prompting calls to streamline the COP process – but restricting participation is the wrong response  Manuel Pulgar-Vidal is WWF’s…

The study found that, for Europe and China, importing US-produced LNG is worse for the climate than using local coal For Europe and China, importing fossil gas from the United…

Investing even more in oil and gas would be a huge financial risk so Claudia Sheinbaum should order Pemex to diversify Fernanda Ballesteros leads the Natural Resource Governance Institute’s work…

Japan’s Asia Zero Emission Community (AZEC) supported 56 projects using fossil fuel technologies in Southeast Asia — including LNG and carbon capture During his three-year tenure as Japan’s prime minister,…

Comment: The EU needs to stand firm against the countries and companies hellbent on weakening its pioneering regulation to stop commodities harming forests Nicole Polsterer is sustainable production and consumption campaigner…

Advice to politicians says revoking a ban on oil and gas drilling could damage relations with Pacific neighbours and risk lawsuits Civil servants from New Zealand’s foreign and trade ministry…