Nations have promised to end deforestation, curb methane emissions and stop public investment in coal power. Researchers warn that the real work of COP26 is yet to come

COP26's first week saw keynote pledges to end deforestation, phase out coal, and mobilise trillions for green investment. But observers say there is a gulf between host Britain's proclamations and the emissions cuts that must be achieved. Mohamed Adow, director of the Nairobi-based climate think...

COP26's first week saw keynote pledges to end deforestation, phase out coal, and mobilize trillions for green investment. But observers say there is a gulf between host Britain's proclamations and the emissions cuts that must be achieved. Mohamed Adow, director of the Nairobi-based climate think tank Power Shift Africa, told…

COP26 observers say there is a gulf between host Britain's proclamations and the emissions cuts that must be achieved.

Greta Thunberg said on Friday: “It is not a secret that COP26 is a failure.” Is she right?

MEPs say concrete plans at Glasgow's COP26 climate summit are still lacking, as the clock ticks. And according to new research, bad data may be underreporting carbon emissions.

BASIC countries raise concern over climate finance at COP26

Entering the climate summit in Glasgow, you feel entirely disconnected from the city which is hosting it.

The 2021 UN Climate Change Conference’s (COP26) first week saw keynote pledges to end deforestation, phase out coal, and mobilise trillions for green investment. But observers say there is a gulf between host Britain’s proclamations and the emissions cuts that must be achieved.

Success or failure depends on more than the host, and will be clear only in hindsight

Britain, which is hosting the COP26 meeting, will again try to set the pace, announcing 290 million pounds ($391 million) in new funding, including support for countries in the Asia Pacific to deal with the impact of global warming.

Vulnerable nations want more cash to help them adapt to extreme weather and greater ambition from developed counterparts to cut greenhouse gasses.

Samoa's PM tells COP26 to act with the same urgency as applied for the Covid-19 vaccination

By Akshat Rathi

'Keeping 1.5 alive' has been an unofficial motto of this year’s climate talks.

Agriculture, deforestation and other changes in land use account for about a quarter of humanity’s planet-heating greenhouse gas emissions.

Green Party leader heading Irish delegation on second week of climate conference

Recognising the “urgency of action” needed to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees is on the UK COP26 presidency’s wish list for the crucial climate summit – but the list doesn't include any detail on when countries need to demonstrate that urgency

Some nations, especially island states at risk of being swamped by rising seas, say reaching 1.5 C — in any year — would be the death knell of the iconic goal.

An overarching goal for the COP26 UN summit of “keeping alive” a 1.5-degree Celsius limit on global warming is in jeopardy, with deep splits about what would signal its demise.

At the ongoing CoP26 at Glasgow to discuss reduction in carbon emissions, much attention is on China as the largest polluter in the world since the last decade and a half. However, China’s

Following the evidence of vulnerabilities from the continent, the young African voices on climate change urged world leaders...

Dozens of nations pledged on Saturday to do more to protect nature and overhaul farming at the COP26 U.N. climate talks, amid misgivings about past failures. 

‘They’ve ignored the planet,’ said Mohamed Nasheed.

Business leaders optimistic COP26 visions will become reality

As COP26 begins its second week of meetings, here are the pledges made so far.

After a week of headline announcements from host Britain on ending deforestation and phasing out coal, experts say the underlying COP26 negotiations have barely progressed.

They say climate finance remains the responsibility of developed countries

Climate-action activists say COP26 climate talks agreements are insufficient

UK boosts commitment to curtail agricultural emissions and reduce climate-induced loss and damage

Some China climate watchers suggested that the nation’s leaders are more concerned with implementing measures at home than winning praise at COP26.

Climate protection in some countries is improving. But the world's 61 biggest emitters are failing to take action needed to stick to 1.5 degrees Celsius warming, according to the latest Climate Change Performance Index.

The COP26 climate talks resuming Monday have so far unfolded on parallel planes, with high-level announcements stage-managed by host country Britain during week one riding roughshod over a laborious UN ...

The COP26 climate talks resuming Monday have so far unfolded on parallel planes, with high-level announcements stage-managed by host country Britain during week one riding roughshod over a laborious U.N. process built on consensus among nearly 200 countries. A dizzying blitz of pledges to curb methane emissions, phase out coal-fired…

COP26 needs to bring the world’s attention to climate change-induced military challenges

‘High Ambition Coalition’ wants countries to submit more ambitious emissions cutting plans in the next year.

Climate Summit (COP26) enters its second week with global consensus on one matter: that climate is already changing at a dangerous pace due to human activities. If some consider this an already established given, it is worth remembering that it wasn’

Samoa's PM tells COP26 to act with the same urgency as applied for the Covid-19 vaccination