The Latest Breaking News from COP

The COP27 climate talks in Egypt, which had appeared close to collapse on Saturday morning, edged toward a last-minute deal after progress on a landmark agreement to pay poorer countries for harm caused by global warming.

Countries urged to make progress as ‘untransparent, unpredictable and chaotic’ talks in danger of collapse

The weather presenter has been back on the news programme this week but not in the studio

World faces ‘stark reality that there is no safe limit of global warming for coral reefs’, says researcher

Coca-Cola is among several sponsors and partners whose track record is deemed incompatible with the climate summit.

China on Tuesday criticised calls made by some COP27 delegations for Taiwan to be included in the annual climate talks process.

COP27 has some of the most authoritarian security of any of the COP summits. Set in the walled resort of Sharm el-Sheikh in Egypt, it is surrounded by 36km of concrete and razor wire, overseen by new surveillance technologies and a “security observatory”.

US climate envoy John Kerry met Tuesday with his Chinese counterpart at annual United Nations climate negotiations in Egypt in a further hint of improving relations between the world's top two polluters, seen as vital for substantial progress against global warming. The meeting between Kerry and China's top climate official…

In his speech to the COP27 summit in Egypt, Chris Bowen says Australia is back as a key collaborator to deal with the threat of climate change.