COP27 will be remembered as a failure – here’s what went wrong

World still ‘on brink of climate catastrophe’ after COP27

At the talks, nearly 200 countries agreed that a fund for loss and damage, which would pay out to rescue and rebuild the physical and…

What is the fossil-fuel industry doing at COP27?

Tens of thousands of delegates have descended on Sharm el-Sheikh, an Egyptian resort town, for COP27, the UN climate summit. Of the 33,000-odd that registered,…

EU accused of climate accounting tricks

There’s some hocus-pocus going on with the emissions reduction numbers the European Union is proudly touting at the COP27 climate summit, climate campaigners allege. The…

COP27 being used to rebrand gas as transitional fuel, experts warn

Gas producers and their financial backers see COP27 as an opportunity for discussions about rebranding natural gas as a transition fuel rather than a fossil…

UN: World is on ‘highway to climate hell’

The UN secretary general, António Guterres, stated:

UN: ‘No credible pathway to 1.5˚C in place’

There is “no credible pathway to 1.5C in place”, the UN’s environment agency has said, and the failure to reduce carbon emissions means the only…

UN: Current emissions pledges will lead to catastrophic climate breakdown

Pledges to cut greenhouse gas emissions will lead to global heating of 2.5˚C, a level that would condemn the world to catastrophic climate breakdown, according…