COP30 rainforest fund unlikely to make first payments until 2028
The Tropical Forest Forever Facility (TFFF) – a major new rainforest protection fund launched by Brazil at COP30 – is…
Middle East war is another wake-up call for fossil fuel-reliant food systems
Lena Luig is the head of the International Agricultural Policy Division at the Heinrich Böll Foundation, a member of the…
UK cuts support for climate action abroad to fund military instead
The UK will cut overseas climate spending by more than 10% to fund higher defence budgets, despite agreeing to a…
Will the EU finally make waste pay for its growing carbon footprint?
Janek Vahk is a circular economy and sustainability expert working to accelerate Europe’s transition to a zero-waste society. He is…
Landmark deal to share Chile’s lithium windfall fractures Indigenous communities
Rudecindo Espíndola’s family has been growing corn, figs and other crops for generations in the Soncor Valley in northern Chile,…
Roadmap launched to restart deadlocked UN plastics treaty talks
Diplomats will hold a series of informal meetings this year in a bid to revive stalled talks over a global…
As Trump’s attacks on science escalate, Big Oil moves to avoid legal accountability
Carly Phillips is a research scientist with the Science Hub for Climate Litigation at the Union of Concerned Scientists. The…
UN climate chief attacks “delusional” fossil fuel investments
Doubling down on fossil fuels in response to the spikes in oil and gas prices unleashed by the Iran war…
China and Brazil join pledge to triple global nuclear energy capacity
China, Brazil, Italy and Belgium have joined a pledge, launched at COP28 two years ago, to triple global nuclear energy…
Watchdog weighs action against countries missing UN climate plan
The Paris Agreement’s official oversight body is set to decide this month how to deal with over 60 countries that…
We must invest in early-warning systems to tackle crises like Kenya’s drought
Dancliff Mbura is the advocacy and communications manager at Action Against Hunger Kenya. He works to influence policy and resource…
New summit in Colombia seeks to revive stalled UN talks on fossil fuel transition
A landmark conference hosted by Colombia and the Netherlands will aim to lay the foundations for renewed talks on transitioning…
The US’s critical minerals club threatens an equitable clean energy transition
Nick Dearden is the director of Global Justice Now. The US push for nations to join a club that would…
Why women’s leadership is central to unlocking the global phaseout of fossil fuels
Osprey Orielle Lake is founder and executive director of The Women’s Earth and Climate Action Network (WECAN) and a steering…
Deep divisions persist as plastics treaty talks restart at informal meeting
Officials from about 20 countries met informally in Japan this week in a bid to bridge major differences in talks…
How women transformed a Vanuatu community with off-grid solar
Flora Vano is country manager at ActionAid Vanuatu. We are living at a time when women and girls are experiencing…
South African rare earths project aims to rival Chinese with low-cost model
The backers of a rare earths mining project in the arid plains of western South Africa say they have the…
China eases climate target but clean energy could still cut emissions, experts say
China has slightly weakened its headline climate target for the next five years, potentially allowing its emissions to rise until…
Gulf oil and gas crisis sparks calls for renewables investment
As well as claiming more than 550 lives, the war between the United States and Israel and Iran threatens to…
Hong Kong Sees Warmest Winter on Record
“Together with the well above normal temperatures in December 2025 and warmer than usual weather in January 2026, Hong Kong…