Deep divisions still remained about the future of fossil fuels. Leaders from nearly every country in the world have converged upon Glasgow, Scotland, for COP26, the United Nations Climate Change ...

COP26 President Alok Sharma attends the Closing Plenary of the COP26 Climate Summit in Glasgow, Scotland. (Jeff J Mitchell / Getty Images) This column is part of Covering Climate Now, a global ...

A draft agreement between world leaders at COP26 has warned that richer countries are failing to commit to key pledges to help keep global warming below the critical 1.5C target. It sounded "alarm and ...

Over 40 countries have pledged to quit mining and burning coal before 2050 but major users of the fossil fuel - including the U.S. and China - have so far refused to commit to the plans. Participants ...

The COP26 international commitment to sell only zero-emission vehicles is a major turning point in transportation history, but policymakers must accelerate deployment through EV standards to to have a ...

Not one country is on track to meet its goal heading into the summit. Climate change is finally at the forefront of global agendas after a year-long delay and myriad promises made since the last major ...

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A short informal plenary meeting will be held on Saturday morning, not before 10am, when Mr Sharma says he will introduce the documents, share his assessment of the state of the negotiations and set ...

The overarching narrative emerging from COP26 is complicated. The deal that emerged—the Glasgow Climate Pact—wasn’t universally celebrated, nor was it universally condemned. It won’t save the world, ...

Gladys Habu knows first-hand the devastation climate change is already visiting on the world. The 25-year-old has vivid memories of Kale Island, a tiny islet in the Solomon Islands archipelago where ...

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The COP26 international climate talks in Glasgow, which begin on October 31, couldn’t come at a more crucial time. A state-of-the-science report published by the UN in August showed that the world is ...