COP27

Germany

Berlin fuel summit hears calls for an end to the fossil fuel age

Germany's foreign minister has said it is time to ring in the end of the fossil fuel age, and to introduce targets for renewables for the next COP climate change summit. Annalena Baerbock was speaking at the Petersberg Climate Dialogue in Berlin.

2 May 2023

Nature

Eat more beans to help save the planet, campaigners urge

Could eating more beans help reduce emissions and fix the cost of living crisis? This campaign initiative thinks so.

29 March 2023

Climate

UN committee meets to make new loss and damage climate fund a reality

There are many details to be hashed out as the first transitional committee convenes in Egypt this week.

27 March 2023

Climate

These are the UN chief's top climate priorities in 2023

Secretary-General António Guterres is calling for an end to the “bottomless greed of the fossil fuel industry" this year.

6 February 2023

United Arab Emirates

Top oil executive named as president of COP28

Environmentalists are criticising a decision by the United Arab Emirates to name top oil executive Sultan Ahmed al-Jaber as the president of this year's COP28 climate talks.

12 January 2023

Earth News

'Brazil is back' as a global climate leader, says President Lula

Brazil's new President has been sworn in and is making good on his vow to end deforestation in the Amazon.

3 January 2023

Climate

G7’s new Climate Club vows to support the global push for net zero

The international club will transform industries to accelerate decarbonisation, G7 promises.

13 December 2022

Earth News

'Without nature we have nothing' UN Chief said at COP15

Scientists, rights advocates, and delegates from nearly 200 countries gather in Canada for the COP15 Biodiversity summit as UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said, "humanity's war on nature is ultimately a war on ourselves".

7 December 2022

Earth News

How it feels to eat lab-grown chicken after 7 years as a vegetarian

I tried cultivated meat while covering COP27 in Egypt - and left hungry to learn more about how big a climate solution it really is.

3 December 2022

World News

Euroviews. The EU needs to exercise its own brand of climate power | View

"The EU can exercise its own brand of climate power that allows it to be both competitive and supportive to more vulnerable economies."

28 November 2022

Climate

Food experts ‘deeply disappointed’ by COP27 approach to agriculture

The Koronivia Dialogue got a new lease of life, but experts were 'disappointed’ to see a systems-based approach cut from the text.

24 November 2022

Earth News

After COP27, what’s next for Egypt’s human rights defenders?

Many will be left wondering what happens now the UN and scores of international journalists have filed out.

23 November 2022

Tech News

Climate-threatened Tuvalu to become first digital nation in metaverse

Estimates show the Pacific island nation could be completely swallowed up by rising sea levels by the end of the century.

23 November 2022

Climate Now

COP27: What's next? Climate Now debate

In partnership with Copernicus

The world's leaders convened at Sharm El-Sheikh in Egypt to decide on the next set of global strategies on tackling climate change. This year felt like a turning point in the fight against climate disaster. Our panel will discuss whether it was a success or a failure.

23 November 2022

Europe News

COP27: EU left 'disappointed' by lack of ambition in final deal

A call to phase down all fossil fuels, including gas and oil, was blocked by Saudi Arabia, Russia and other big emitters.

21 November 2022

Earth News

'A fossil fuel fair’: Experts and activists speak out on COP27

But others hailed the conference for setting up a loss and damage fund.

21 November 2022