The Paris Agreement approved by the 21st Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change ("UNFCCC") aims to (i) hold the increase in the global average ...

This story was originally published by The Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The draft text is the most important document that will emerge from the COP26 ...

The Glasgow conference was praised as a huge step forward in tackling climate change, but also drew criticism for not going far enough. Between 31 October and 12 November 2021, Glasgow hosted the 26th ...

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The main objective of the United Kingdom’s presidency of COP26 was to secure an agreement that would keep alive the 1.5C goal of the 2015 Paris Agreement. So, did it succeed? Barely – the goal hangs ...

Mary Gagen receives funding from Research Councils UK, National Geographic, the EU, the European Social Fund and the Welsh Government. Countries had made varying commitments to limit emissions by 2030 ...

COP 26 was a battleground where these two opposite visions of the future met face to face. There were two weeks of almost febrile negotiations and discussions, propelled by the understanding that time ...

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I promise that I’ll replace my gas boiler with an air source heat pump. I promise to shop more sustainably and with a lower carbon footprint, and I promise to donate more to help the disadvantaged. I ...

LATE IN THE afternoon of Saturday November 13th, when the COP26 climate talks were nearly 24 hours into overtime, the European Commission’s vice president, Frans Timmermans, took the floor. He worried ...

COP28 is just weeks away. UN Climate Talks are criticized for producing weak outcomes. But the world would be worse off without them. (Photo Illustration by Rafael Henrique/SOPA Images/LightRocket via ...