The Latest Breaking News from COP

In Montreal, progress on biodiversity issues has been slow. We cannot go on like this

Negotiators say divisions mean risk is growing of a weak final agreement similar to Denmark summit in 2009

The 15th Conference of the Parties (COP15) of the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) is underway in Montréal. Like the COP27 climate conference held in Egypt last month, the goal of this conference is to get member nations to make agreements that can help reverse or slow down…

Letter urges sponsors provide ‘corporate climate political influencing statements’ after 630 lobbyists attend Cop27

Michael Gove greenlights £165m project that will produce estimated 400,000 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions a year

Pressure is increasing on world leaders to make progress at the UN biodiversity summit – but the pile of unfinished tasks is mounting

Widespread anxieties about energy made many governments cautious about phasing out all fossil fuels

The small Pacific island aspires to maintain its sovereignty even as it disappears into the ocean

China and the zero-Covid protests. Plus: humans versus nature at Cop15

Fossil fuel producers benefited from sympathetic treatment in Egypt at the COP27 climate talks, government officials said, bringing their influence to bear in rushed final negotiations and frustrating those who hoped for a more ambitious outcome.

The climate conference delivered a historic deal on loss and damage — but little else