Paris Agreement

Influential diplomat credited with persuading Margaret Thatcher to address climate risks and laying the foundations for global climate treaties

BloombergNEF reveals clean energy investment rose 27 per cent last year, but warns further rapid growth is needed to deliver on global climate goals

COP26 President tells peers the team working on the government's COP26 agenda will fall from around 220 to under 150

Eliot Whittington of the Corporate Leaders Group argues COP26 was not the failure some have accused it of being - but now the onus is on businesses to prove their critics wrong

Presidency hopes to deliver deal later today, but late dramas expected on plenary floor as divisions remain over key parts of the draft text

COP26 has already delivered a series of big wins for the global net zero transition, as well as some worrying setbacks

The international agreement that comes out of COP26 will not be ambitious enough, but it could still drive the real world progress that will slash fossil fuel demand over the coming years

But crucial draft documents suggest negotiations on climate finance, carbon markets, and loss and damage are still a long way from being resolved

China and Saudi Arabia accused of blocking tactics, as US and EU urged to take a bolder stance in pursuit of ambitious final agreement

Hundreds of thousands turn out on streets of Glasgow, but crunch talks at the Summit remain on a knife edge as diplomats wrestle with numerous outstanding issues