Paris Agreement

'Every fraction of warming matters': World careering towards irreversible climate impacts, top scientists warn

Climate change

'Every fraction of warming matters': World careering towards irreversible climate impacts, top scientists warn

Landmark IPCC report provides wave of stark warnings, but stresses that rapidly putting the global economy on course to net zero emissions by 2050 could hugely reduce the escalating impacts that will result from a warmer world

clock 09 August 2021 • 10 min read
'Far from satisfactory': 80 countries miss UN deadline for delivering beefed-up climate pledges

Politics

'Far from satisfactory': 80 countries miss UN deadline for delivering beefed-up climate pledges

15 nations submitted fresh climate plans in support of Paris Agreement last week, but just under half of signatories have missed UN deadline

clock 02 August 2021 • 5 min read

Editor's Blog

In defence of net zero

Concerns about the efficacy of net zero targets are justified, but could condemnation of the concept from Greta Thunberg and others inadvertently serve to undermine efforts to decarbonise?

clock 27 July 2021 • 15 min read

Skills

Research: Limiting global warming to 2C could create eight million green energy jobs

Putting world on path to 'well below' 2C temperature goal in the Paris Agreement could create millions of green jobs worldwide, offsetting losses in fossil fuel sector, research estimates

clock 27 July 2021 • 3 min read

Politics

'Nothing short of critical': Fraught G20 climate talks intensify pressure for progress ahead of COP26

G20 agrees to submit enhanced Paris Agreement plans ahead of COP26, but fails to agree coal power and fossil fuel subsidy phase outs

clock 26 July 2021 • 9 min read

Editor's Blog

Move fast and fix things

The climate crisis is worsening and the welcome focus on long term goals can not distract from the need to act right now

clock 23 July 2021 • 4 min read

Transport

Transport firm gives 'Go-Ahead' for net zero strategy

Bus and rail operator submits new 2045 net zero target to the Science Based Targets Initiative

clock 15 July 2021 • 2 min read

Investment

HSBC AM unveils Paris Agreement aligned ETF

New fund aims to provide investors with 'a set of climate-focused building blocks that have the potential to become a widely accepted climate benchmark over time'

clock 09 July 2021 • 2 min read

Climate change

COP26 opens for registration in bid to facilitate vaccinations for delegates

UK government kicks off plan to offer vaccinations to COP26 delegates, as participants, observers, and media invited to apply for accreditation to crucial COP26 climate summit

clock 29 June 2021 • 3 min read

Policy

'The next few months are vital': Latest round of UN climate talks end in stalemate

Continuing deadlock over carbon market rules and frustration over access to vaccines and missed climate funding pledges means pressure is mounting on diplomats ahead of COP26

clock 18 June 2021 • 8 min read