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Simon Stiell tells conference in Bonn the world is at ‘tipping point’ and must fight together for common good

The UAE and France agreed to launch a bilateral program that combines French and Emirati expertise to develop commercial and investable opportunities that accelerate clean energy development, notably in the decarbonization of hard-to-abate (HTA) industries, including clean hydrogen solutions for mobility. The program's operations will be officially launched during COP28,…

Paris (AFP) - Hundreds of campaign groups on Thursday condemned the appointment of an oil boss to lead UN climate talks in the United Arab Emirates, saying it threatened the meeting's "legitimacy".

COP27 could be called largely uninspiring; a plateau in progress marked by periodic bright points. It also represented an effective transition to a new dynamic as the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) moved beyond negotiations to a broader coalition of those willing to implement…

Climate change is an existential threat to human civilization and planetary ecosystems. Yet despite 27 UN Conference of the Parties (COP) meetings that have taken place so far, the international community has been unable to ward off imminent disaster.

Former prime minister says US and Europe will pay biggest share of loss and damage fund, but China must too

Many firsts were achieved at COP27 to which Aotearoa enthusiastically signed up, but we have a chasm between climate commitment and action.

Negotiations are centred on ‘loss and damages’ – but some think that language does not fully account for climate debt

Campaigners who interrupted US president’s speech had passes revoked after they put ‘lives in danger’

China is responsible for more cumulative emissions than any country other than the US

Oil and gas industries have 636 representatives at Egypt conference – a rise of more than 25% on previous year