How thousands of fossil fuel lobbyists got access to UN climate talks – and then kept drilling
Colossal Wreck review – sharp-eyed dispatch from the Kubrickian weirdness of Dubai during Cop28
September 2025
‘History will remember who showed up’: Keir Starmer faces call to attend Cop30 summit
Response from leaders and key climate figures comes after PM’s aides advised non-attendance over concerns Reform may attack him
July 2025
Countries failing to act on UN climate pledge to triple renewables, thinktank finds
Fossil fuel reliance likely to continue and Cop28 target of limiting global heating to below 1.5C will be missed
January 2025
If US millionaires can’t get fire insurance in the climate crisis, where does that leave poor nations?
Letter: The Californian wildfires have shown how rich countries can no longer push insurance as an alternative to paying into the UN loss and damage fund, writes Nushrat Chowdhury
November 2024
‘No sign’ of promised fossil fuel transition as emissions hit new high
Despite nations’ pledges at Cop28 a year ago, the burning of coal, oil and gas continued to rise in 2024
September 2024
G20 countries turning backs on fossil fuel pledge, say campaigners
Promise to ‘transition away from fossil fuels’ made at Cop28 climate talks has been left out of draft resolutions
August 2024
UK may unveil tougher emissions targets at Cop29 climate summit
Campaigners hail Labour’s ‘proactive approach’ after series of policy U-turns under Conservatives
April 2024
UN livestock emissions report seriously distorted our work, say experts
Exclusive: Study released at Cop28 misused research to underestimate impact of cutting meat eating, say academics
US meat lobby delighted at ‘positive’ prospects for industry after Cop28
Livestock bosses ‘enthusiastic’ about summit, while critics condemn vague language around meat and dairy consumption
The floods
The life and death of Rosa Reichel: the brilliant girl who was swept away
She was just 15 and her friends couldn’t save her from the rising waters. For her family and everyone in this flooded region of Belgium, nothing will ever be the same again
March 2024
Hosting Cop in 2026 could be the incentive Australia needs to turbocharge climate action
Richie Merzian
Albanese promised to put his hand up for the world’s largest climate trade show – but the bid’s not locked in yet and the clock is ticking
February 2024
‘Energy turmoil’ looms unless demand is checked, says Cop28 president
Stop looking for loopholes, UN warns, after Saudi hints end of fossil fuels ‘just one option’
January 2024
UK must act urgently to meet climate commitments, says watchdog
Goodbye Mr Kerry, farewell Mr Xie: end of an era in global climate politics
Women added to Cop29 climate summit committee after backlash
Cop28 deal will fail unless rich countries quit fossil fuels, says climate negotiator
The Red Cross is already green
World’s renewable energy capacity grew at record pace in 2023
