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The Chancellor said she will make the UK ‘a rock of economic stability’.

Ruth Davis named special representative for nature ‘to put climate and nature at the heart of our foreign policy’

The forthright climate expert has occupied top positions at the World Bank and the UN

The UN secretary general Antonio Guterres has made an urgent call for a global action plan to tackle extreme heat. His recent speech in New York came as the average temperature of the Earth’s surface has broken records twice and followed 12 consecutive months as the warmest months ever.

Pressure piles on World Bank and IMF to steer countries to low-carbon transition at spring summit

UN climate chief says ‘torrents, not trickles’ of public and private finance needed to meet global challenge

President Biden is using the G20 summit to push for a bigger, better World Bank as an alternative to China's massive lending programs, which have left some low-income countries with massive debt.

Arizona state capital suffering from longest heatwave in 50 years; Italian hospitals see rise in urgent cases due to hot weather

Chinese counterpart Xie Zhenhua seeks ‘common ground’ in first key summit between two largest carbon emitters since US-Beijing freeze