Global climate talks

El Niño may push heating past 1.5C but urgent action could avert catastrophe
Without emissions reductions, in next 10 years 1.5C target may be permanently exceeded
Fiona Harvey Environment editor
02, Jun, 2023 @11:00 AM

Next UN climate summit to consider health issues in depth for first time
Cop28 president Sultan Al Jaber says summit in Dubai in November will dedicate a day to health
Fiona Harvey Environment editor
02, May, 2023 @1:00 PM

‘We have no time to lose’: Ban Ki-moon criticises climate finance delays
Former UN secretary general calls for rich countries to honour promises made to the developing world after years of failure
Karen McVeigh
24, Feb, 2023 @6:30 AM

Canada and China prepare to open Cop15 biodiversity summit despite rifts
Ministers and experts say disputes between co-hosts unlikely to disrupt efforts to reach deal on protecting natural world
Leyland Cecco in Toronto
04, Dec, 2022 @11:15 AM

EU president says Cop27 deal is ‘small step towards climate justice’ but warns much more to be done – as it happened
Despite breakthrough on fund for developing nations, Ursula von der Leyen says Cop27 has not delivered on commitment to phase down fossil fuels
Bibi van der Zee, Natalie Hanman, Alan Evans, Damian Carrington and Graham Readfearn
20, Nov, 2022 @5:44 PM

‘We can do the impossible’: how key players reacted to end of Cop27 climate summit
World leaders, diplomats and activists respond to signing of ‘historic’ deal as climate talks wrap up
Guardian staff
20, Nov, 2022 @3:15 PM

The 1.5C climate goal died at Cop27 – but hope must not
Every fraction of a degree increases human suffering, so the fight to end the fossil fuel industry must ramp up
Damian Carrington Environment editor
20, Nov, 2022 @12:31 PM

Rich nations relent on climate aid to poor at Cop27
Developed countries agree to ‘loss and damage’ fund for vulnerable nations, but delay approving wider deal
Fiona Harvey in Sharm el-Sheikh and Nina Lakhani
19, Nov, 2022 @11:26 PM

China and US renew commitment to tackling climate crisis but differences remain
Xie Zhenhua said he’d had ‘very constructive discussions’ with John Kerry at Cop27 but there’s no change on finance issues
Fiona Harvey in Sharm el-Sheikh
19, Nov, 2022 @3:46 PM

Cop27 talks in disarray with 1.5C goal at risk, campaigners warn
Countries urged to make progress as ‘untransparent, unpredictable and chaotic’ talks in danger of collapse
Fiona Harvey and Adam Morton in Sharm el-Sheikh
19, Nov, 2022 @12:15 PM

‘False solutions’: scepticism over Saudi carbon capture plan
Kingdom’s Cop27 announcement of new storage hub part of pattern of delaying fossil fuel transition, experts say
Ruth Michaelson and Patrick Greenfield
19, Nov, 2022 @8:00 AM

Summit to be extended to Saturday as talks remain gridlocked – as it happened
The European Union has backed a loss and damage fund, one of the key demands of developing countries at the climate talks
Bibi van der Zee and Patrick Greenfield
18, Nov, 2022 @5:59 PM
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