COP27 Climate Summit

Hundreds of world leaders and as many as 30,000 delegates expected to attend next month's critical UN summit, Egypt's COP27 Presidency confirms

Raft of reports suggest global emissions are closer than ever to peaking, but a huge gap remains between national decarbonisation pathways and the cuts needed to keep temperature rises below 1.5C

Least Developed Countries Group says it wants to see 'concrete action' from richer nations to provide more finance to help the most vulnerable people manage the loss and damage caused by climate change

Plus: President Biden to attend COP27; World Bank warns of climate risks to China; France takes aim at private jet emissions, and fresh Indonesia coal transition estimates

Sharma's final major speech as COP26 President expected to focus on ramping up climate finance for developing nations

Governments urged to make waste management policy and investment a top priority at COP27 Climate Summit

Ed King offers his take on the key causes for climate optimism as the COP27 Climate Summit draws nearer

Environment minister from small island state pips COP26 President Alok Sharma and UNFCCC's Ovais Sarmad to influential post, where he will take up the reins from Patricia Espinosa

UN chief calls on countries to meet their climate finance promises, as global leaders meet in Berlin to lay groundwork for COP27 Climate Summit