Paris Agreement

EXCLUSIVE: Global Witness study estimates societal costs of emissions from oil and gas production in the EU are continuing to increase

New report urges countries to focus on electrification rather than carbon removal, and ensure no more oil and gas fields are developed

New data from British Geological Survey highlights how climate impacts are fuelling increased subsidence risks and significant costs for properties across the country

National pledges fall short of Paris Agreement warming thresholds by more than five billion tonnes of CO2 per year by 2050, report warns, and carbon removals could struggle to fill the gap

Government formally tables legislation in Parliament to adopt Seventh Carbon Budget goal to reduce UK greenhouse gas emissions to 87 per cent below 1990 levels by 2040

UN's World Meteorological Organisation warns it is 'very likely' that global temperatures will temporarily exceed 1.5C for at least one year by 2030

UN Member States vote in favour of the International Court of Justice's ruling governments are legally accountable for climate action

Turkish Minister Murat Kurum backs global push to deploy electric technologies that can curb fossil fuel use, hinting measures to boost electrification could be top priority at November's UN climate talks

Government reportedly informs flagship global climate aid programme it will only deliver half of previously promised £1.6bn in funding

The rules governing carbon credit trading in the Paris Agreement are sound - the question now is whether the capacity to apply them will be developed quickly and broadly enough to make the mechanism work, writes Ritika Tewari from the Project Developer...