Paris climate agreement

Revealed: the ‘carbon bombs’ set to trigger catastrophic climate breakdown
Exclusive: Oil and gas majors are planning scores of vast projects that threaten to shatter the 1.5C climate goal. If governments do not act, these firms will continue to cash in as the world burns
Damian Carrington Matthew Taylor
11, May, 2022 @11:57 AM

Protect Indigenous people’s rights or Paris climate goals will fail, says report
Rainforests looked after by communities absorb twice as much carbon as other lands, analysis shows
Arthur Neslen
31, Mar, 2022 @1:00 PM

Shell directors sued for ‘failing to prepare company for net zero’
Environmental law organisation ClientEarth brings action and urges other shareholders to join
Damien Gayle
15, Mar, 2022 @6:00 AM

UK urged not to abandon climate goals amid net zero row
Climate experts fear attacks falsely linking net zero to energy price rises are undermining UK emissions targets
Fiona Harvey Environment correspondent
14, Feb, 2022 @1:19 PM

Alok Sharma: Cop26 must not become ‘bunch of meaningless promises’
Climate summit president makes clear UK net zero agenda is responsibility of all government colleagues
Fiona Harvey Environment correspondent
29, Dec, 2021 @1:40 PM

The shipping industry faces a climate crisis reckoning – will it decarbonize?
World’s largest shipping company Maersk plans to power new container ships on carbon-neutral methanol but very little of it is produced today
Maddie Stone
12, Nov, 2021 @1:00 PM

‘Devoid of ambition’: Secret Negotiators on the Cop26 draft text
The Guardian’s anonymous insiders respond to the publication of a draft deal at the climate conference
The Secret Negotiator
10, Nov, 2021 @5:56 PM

Paris Cop president warns projected 1.8C heating limit is only hypothesis
Laurent Fabius says countries must be open and accountable about how they will deliver pledges in full
Fiona Harvey Environment correspondent
05, Nov, 2021 @6:53 PM

Why activists fear little-known treaty could slow fossil fuel phase-out
Vital rulings on the world’s energy future are being made behind closed doors and others may be unknown
Jennifer Rankin in Brussels
03, Nov, 2021 @5:01 PM

Secretive court system poses threat to Paris climate deal, says whistleblower
Treaty allows energy corporations to sue governments for billions over policies that could hurt their profits
Jennifer Rankin in Brussels
03, Nov, 2021 @5:00 PM

Big finance is signed up to the 1.5C goal – but will that mean big money for the green economy?
Rishi Sunak should temper his hopes of a huge pool of business cash to fund the net zero transition
Larry Elliott
02, Nov, 2021 @10:30 PM

‘Nothing left to burn’: wildfires and floods could turn the tide on Turkey’s climate policy
Can a government addicted to concrete and profit turn around an appalling environmental record?
Bethan McKernan in Marmaris
02, Nov, 2021 @5:00 AM
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