The Latest Breaking News from Simon Stiell

Most parties, including the EU, missed the February deadline to submit new climate plans, and pressure is mounting as the UN climate summit approaches.

Chris Bowen says Labor will increase size of its main climate and energy program by 25% to capitalise on falling cost of solar panels and batteries

Australia is being encouraged to set a more ambitious climate target as the government maintains it has already significantly reduced emissions.

The United Nations Climate Change Executive Secretary, Simon Stiell, has urged the Australian government to set an ambitious 2035 emissions reduction target, declaring “bog standard is beneath you”.

UN Framework Convention on Climate Change executive secretary Simon Stiell says Australia has ‘one shot’ to seize the moment on clean energy

There’s no other way of looking at it: Sussan Ley faces a diabolical situation with the debate over whether the Coalition should abandon the 2050 net zero emissions target.

Simon Stiell says investors ‘ready to hit the go button’ if they have the right signals from governments

Officials and campaigners from around world pay tribute to pontiff who put environment at heart of his papacy

UN climate chief Simon Stiell said that the clean energy transition can be "Europe's economic engine-room".

Third of global GDP could be lost this century if climate crisis runs unchecked, says report

An international agency reports that the installation of renewable energy worldwide hit a record high last year, with 92.5% of all new electricity brought online coming from the sun, wind or other clean sources